Motivation
How To Be A Successful Athlete
As a coach, one of the most rewarding aspects of my job is helping athletes of all ages increase their athletic potential and reach goals through strength and conditioning. When [...]
Q&A With Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor, Tara Emerson
When it comes to being active and motivated, Tara Emerson is at the top of the list. One of Los Angeles' premier fitness instructors, Tara has years of experience teaching [...]
How To Effectively Motivate Your Athletes
Motivation is anything but static, continuously coming and going. It is easy to obtain when things are going your way and ever so absent when things are not. As a [...]
How Athletes Can Play & Stay In The Present
"In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way." Phil Jackson, Sacred [...]
How To Manage Daily Stress
“Stress is a scientific concept which has suffered the mixed blessing of being too well known and too little understood.” - Hans Selye. Stress is an aspect of life that [...]
How To Prevent Overtraining In Youth Athletes
The term, "Overtraining" frequently gets thrown around by parents, athletes, and coaches. Some individuals have a general understanding of what constitutes overtraining syndrome or what it may even look like, [...]
How Sports Parents Ruin The Car Ride Home
Great sports parents have great timing. There are good times to talk with your son or daughter about the game or practice, and then there are bad times....
4 Strategies to Create a Successful Weight Room Environment
A successful environment must be created by the coaching staff. In a high school weight room, it is easy for things to get out of hand. There must be...
12 Answers to Common Fitness Questions
Over the years of training people, I always engage in conversations discussing questions that repeat themselves in one form or another. How can I lose weight the fastest? Does lifting [...]
Does Walking With a Weighted Vest Help You Lose Weight?
The first time I saw it, I wrote it off as an anomaly. But then I saw it again. And again. And again. Totally normal people walking around in public [...]
