Upper Body Training for Athletes
What sort of training should an athlete do for their upper body? Do all athletes need upper body training? Some athletes don’t...
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- Jan 20
How Many Reps Should an Athlete Do in Strength Training?
For an athlete, the goal of strength training is to better prepare the athlete for sport. With that (as we’ve maybe mentioned), getting...
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- Jan 9
Strength Training IS Resilience Training for an Athlete
In sports, an athlete must be resilient. This is true physically and mentally; strength training can help build resilience in both...
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- Dec 27, 2022
Should an Athlete Strength Train In-Season?
Hopefully, at this point, we’ve convinced you that strength training for an athlete is important. As a reminder, the long story short is...
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- Dec 8, 2022
How Strong Does an Athlete Need to Be?
As an athlete, how strong do you have to be to be a good athlete? LOADED QUESTION – but here we go! In simplest terms, being strong is...
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- Dec 6, 2022
Women and Strength Training
A short list of stellar reasons why it's important for women to hit the weight room. 1. Lose body fat. As lean muscle mass increases, so...
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- Dec 5, 2022
When Should My Son/Daughter Start Lifting Weights?
WHENEVER THEY SHOW INTEREST IN IT! But in all seriousness, it is a great question as there are a lot of misconceptions out there about...
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- Nov 14, 2022
Why Do We Do So Many Different Exercises?
If you come to a couple of our athlete sessions, you’ll notice something: we do a bunch of different exercises. We don’t typically stick...
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- Oct 31, 2022
A Lesson In Exercise "Technique"
Have you ever watched an athlete that by all accounts is a great athlete within their sport, but their technique just isn’t what we would...
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- Oct 21, 2022
Training For An Athlete: Don’t Overfill Your Bucket!
Athletes often have to juggle lots of different things at the same time: sports practice/competitions, strength and conditioning...
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- Oct 13, 2022
How To Expect Progress As An Athlete
As an athlete, you have to practice your sport in order to be any good at it. You don’t just show up and start draining 3-pointers after...
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- Oct 7, 2022
Updating Your Athlete’s “Software”
By: Coach Chris In today's age, I'll bet you’re pretty tech savvy huh?? So I can drop some tech lingo and you'll know exactly what I'm...
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- Sep 30, 2022
What Does an NSS Athlete Session Look Like?
We get asked all the time what goes into our Athlete Enhancement Program. This is how a typical Athlete Program session breaks down. The...
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- Sep 23, 2022
Why Train Speed and Change of Direction?
Why should an athlete practice speed and change of direction when they can just lift weights and then go play their sport? Speed and...
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- Jun 14, 2022
Juggling / Balancing Two Different Goals
Have you ever felt like you had two WILDLY different goals in the fitness realm? Like, you want to run a marathon, but you also want to...
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- May 6, 2022
Barbell Bench Press Walkthrough
In this video, we will go through the barbell bench press. In it we will cover: Proper setup Considerations for grip width Proper bar...
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- May 4, 2022
May Client of the Month: Dan Quiggle
We are proud to honor Dan Quiggle as our May 2022 NSS Client of the Month! If someone were to ask you to run a marathon around a baseball...
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- Apr 27, 2022
Barbell Back Squat Walkthrough
In this video, we will go through the barbell back squat. In it, we will cover... Proper bar placement on the back. Considerations for...
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- Apr 27, 2022
Obscure Exercise Names
If you’ve ever heard an exercise with the terms Supine, Prone, Abduction, or Adduction and wondered what the heck they meant, this video...
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- Apr 24, 2022
KB Swing - FIXES!!
Like to do kettlebell swings? Check out this short video on what you can do to finetune and get the most out of your swings!
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