COVID Re-Opening Safety Procedures at Power Source
When the State of Massachusetts allows gyms to (finally!) reopen, we will be 100% ready to provide the safest training environment possible for our members. ....
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4 Tips For Successful Home Workouts
Training at a gym has its advantages. Experienced coaches, tons of equipment, the motivation of working out with others, and plenty of space to do your work. Your home workouts may not provide any of those things, yet you still can get a lot done with the right approach. Between our own clients and those of friends within the industry, a few noticeable trends are cropping up that you may want to avoid in your pursuit to stay strong and fit at home. Here are a few simple changes that will help you avoid pitfalls, and drive better results:
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Doing Too Much Will Soon Lead To Problems
An environment with more downtime and no where to go can lead the ambitious and energetic athlete to do .... -
Virtual Speed Clinics (Free - With Video)
Of all the physical skills an athlete needs to be successful, speed development is the most challenging one to obtain. Distance running definitely doesn't help. (I won't sidetrack this post but if you want to know why you can check out an older Power Source blog post here ) Other types of cardio workouts won't do much to develop speed, either. Strength training gets a little closer. Quality plyometric work helps even a little more, but still isn't all the way there. The one way to build true speed and agility is with proper speed & agility training. If you have a little outdoor space, and a couple items to use as cones you can follow the lesson below to get some ....
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Best Ways To Train At Home
To say we are currently in less than ideal circumstances would be an understatement. However, that doesn't mean we cannot adapt and grow in new ways. That's what we humans do. For an athlete who had been working hard to improve in their sport, gone right now are the team practices, the workout sessions at the gym, the games, and everything else you were traveling to. That's the bad news. The good news is all of your competition is in the same boat, and to get a step up on them all you have to do is get more done than they are. There are levels to what you can do at home that range from doing nothing up to having everything you need to stay right on track. We've organized those levels ....
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4 Ways To Keep Moving Forward, Even While Home
We're one week into a life-altering situation that none of us have ever experienced before. I am hopeful that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe thus far. Today I'd like to simply pass along a message to everyone we work with at Power Source, youth and adult athletes alike. Keep making yourself better. I know how hard that can be with an endless series of disruptions to your routines, missing out on events you enjoy, and with the stress and anxiety that comes with it all. But sooner or later this will pass. Unless you are a healthcare professional, are caring for a sick loved one, or are in some way working on finding a cure for the virus, you might be struggling to find ....
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NEW! Elite Strength, Speed & Conditioning Class for High School & College Athletes
The most productive workout environments are a combination of both science and culture. Training programs that use the best exercises and training methods deliver on the science side. There are right ways and wrong ways to train, for sure, and you always want to use methods that get you the best results for the time and energy you put in. However, the environment in which you train is just as important. You need to be surrounded by other hard working people who are positive, supportive and energetic. Deliver on one of these and you’ll almost certainly improve. Do it on both, though, and you have the perfect recipe for elite athletic ....
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This Is Exactly How Training Makes Kids More Confident
Other than "Can you make my kid faster?", the number one request we get from parents who inquire about our program is "I want to see my child build self-confidence." Self-confidence itself is kind of this vague, hard to quantify trait that someone either supposedly has or doesn't have. In that light, it would seem to be hard to map out a plan for building it because the actual destination is difficult to pinpoint. Except it isn't hard at all. Building self-confidence is a stunningly simple to understand process. All you have to do is this - take on a challenge that you aren't sure you'll overcome and work hard until you succeed, even if if it doesn't happen right away, Actually, ....
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3 Dangers Of Bodybuilding Workouts For Athletes
A workout is a workout, right? So long as you're lifting weights, no matter what you do, you get stronger. Right? In a general sense that is true, but if I'm an athlete who wants to perform at a high level there are ways to train that lead to far better results than others. And number one on the 'Probably not the best idea' list would be bodybuilding-style workouts. For communication purposes, in this piece we'll define bodybuilding-style workouts as one that breaks workouts down by body part (back and bicep days, chest and tricep days, etc), involves higher volume and a good amount of isolation exercises like bicep curls, leg extension, tricep extensions and so forth. Although ....
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Lessons For Athletes From Kobe Bryant
I'll be honest with you, until this week I was never a big Kobe Bryant fan. However, the stories that have come out regarding the way he selflessly gave his time to help and encourage so many other people - family, basketball players and fans - has changed my view. Most notably, the way he has mentored so many young basketball players and worked to teach them not just the game of basketball, but how to approach the mental side was what stood out most. We can't re-create that experience here for your child, but we all can learn from a few of his more memorable quotes over the years. Here are a few that jumped out to me as being extremely valuable for younger athletes to ....
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Free 3 Month Team Training Application
Over the last few months we have been working behind the scenes to develop an online platform for programming workouts and storing workout results. Now it's time to take it for a test drive! Power Source is looking for one team that is highly motivated to train hard and get superior results as a group this spring or summer to work in our new and improved Off-Season Team Training program. Teams from any sport are eligible to apply. It would likely work best for high school age athletes, but may also fit well with a hard-working 7th or 8th grade-age team too. Both school-affiliated teams and AAU/Club programs are eligible. I can get into more of the specifics if you want to reach out to ....
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