Youth Sports Performance
For the sake of this article we are going to assume that both of our athletes have zero red flags, no pain, no previous injury history, and no reason to refer them to a medical practitioner. More times than not, we see two different types of athletes – one athlete that is a modern-age ‘Gumby’ …
Creating Mobile Monsters: Part 2 – The Role of IsometricsRead More
For many years, mobility and flexibility were synonymous terms. How do you sit lower in a squat? Work on your hip mobility. Developing anterior knee pain? Get your hamstrings more flexible. Stretch this, mobilize that. It was largely viewed as the same thing; make whatever it is that is ‘tight’ move better. Defining ‘mobility’ Let’s …
Creating Mobile Monsters: Part 1 – Identifying Where to StartRead More
By: Bill Parisi “A setback is a setup for a great comeback.” It’s one of my favorite things to touch base with Owners and Program Directors across the country just to hear how things are going, and more importantly, how our Corporate team can continue to provide value and help facilities reach their goals. I …
Shoulder pain is the pain that can wreak havoc on your life, yet many people resign themselves to simply having bad shoulders not realizing that they fully have the capability to do something about it. Shoulder pain can drastically reduce your ability to lift heavy weight, as well as perform daily activities. Let’s stop for …
Do your knees feel like they want to explode every time you squat to parallel? Do your joints scream at you every time you do a lunge? How about a jump? If you cringe at the thought of any of these, fear not because you are not resigned to only lifting upper body. Unless you …
There are a million ways you can go about screwing up your lower back. Deadlift? Yep. Performing the wrong core exercises? Yep. Bending over the wrong way? You bet! Your lower back is one of the most vulnerable areas in your lower body and injuring it will have an effect on everything you do. Want …
WOD’s are not Sports Performance Training. With the incredible growth of Crossfit and Box gyms, Sports Performance has been thrown into that bucket. I have great respect for adults training and using various modalities to achieve their fitness goals. But for athletes, especially youth athletes, they need proper programming. Programming must include teaching, progressions/regressions and …
How the WOD Mentality is Killing Sports Performance TrainingRead More
On March 27th, nearly 50 NFL coaches, scouts and player personnel staffers converged on the Texas A&M campus for Aggie football’s annual Pro Day at the McFerrin Athletic Center. One of those athletes was long-time Parisi athlete, Keith Ford, who led the pack with an off-the-charts performance. 10’6″ Broad Jump 39″ Vertical Jump 4.54 40-Yard …
Parisi Athlete Keith Ford’s Outstanding Pro Day PerformanceRead More
One of the primary concerns for coaches and parents of youth athletes is always injury prevention. While the benefits of joining team sports and beginning routine physical activity at an early age are well understood, they never overshadow the risk of injury. Luckily, in recent years, research, science and technology have advanced so greatly that …
3 Things You Need to Know About Injury Prevention for Youth AthletesRead More
Athletic Trainer and Medical Assistant, Danielle Palestina, joins us again this month to discuss shin splints and how to diagnose and treat this pain.
With summer quickly approaching, many people are more focused on eating healthy. Often, this is much easier said than done. Eating healthy can have many different meanings. Some people are challenged to eat healthy every day. We first need to have a basic understanding of what eating healthy really means. Eating healthy for one …
Most people focus all of their attention on the “work” of working out. Unfortunately, this is where the attention stops and the biggest training mistake is made. You see, it’s not until you leave the gym that the muscles begin to recover and get stronger. The crucial recovery time that follows the workout is often …
