TRAINING, NUTRITION
The Spot Staff
Hot Gym Workouts: Staying Safe and Maximizing ...

With a heat wave hitting Columbus, hitting the gym can feel like stepping into a sauna. But don't let the heat derail your fitness goals! With proper preparation and smart strategies, you can still have an effective and safe workout.

Hot Gym Workouts: Staying Safe and Maximizing Your Session
JL Holdsworth
Five NonNegotiables of strength development

Strength development for athletic performance is one of the most overused and misunderstood tools there is. While it is true that strength training has the most potential to do good for an athlete, by natural law, it has the most potential to do harm as well.

This ax doesn’t just swing one way. Coaches and parents who are completely against strength training are just as dangerous. To make sure you have all the information you need to make great decisions about your athletes, we are going to give you FIVE nonnegotiables for strength development in athletes.

Five NonNegotiables of strength development
JL Holdsworth
Endurance: The Cherry on Top

To fully understand endurance training, you must understand the different means in which it can be accomplished. Some people believe endurance work is super long sessions on a piece of cardio equipment or really long runs. While this can be part of a complete endurance program, it is definitely not where most people should start or what their entire program should consist of.

Endurance: The Cherry on Top
JL Holdsworth
Top 4 indicators of great training for Athletes

What metrics do you use to determine if you or your child is getting great training?

With the promise of a new American Girl doll, my 9-year-old daughter can easily give any athlete a workout that will be super hard, have continual movement, and be really fun.

If my young child can accomplish the indicators by which you measure great training, don’t you think it’s time to rethink your metrics?

Top 4 indicators of great training for Athletes
Matt Gilbert
Speed is King - Learn how to rule!

We have all seen the fancy marketing videos for “speed training”. Speed ladders, training in the sand, and a million different cone drills run one right after another.

The problem is, none of the activities listed above actually build any speed.

In this blog, we will walk you through the different types of speed, how they are trained, and most importantly, how we measure them to know if the athlete is actually getting faster.

Speed is King - Learn how to rule!

WHAT'S YOUR WHY?

Figuring out your “why” is easily most important question that everyone should ask themselves. It takes time, learning, experience, failure, and most importantly honesty. My why for example is helping others, I’m aware that I enjoy people and as my experiences, knowledge, and even my failures continue my why has only been reinforced.