An Incredible ‘Return From Injury’ Story By Dan Schuck At 15 she tore her ACL, a terrible injury for any young athlete to have. It requires surgery, and it usually takes about 9 months to return to full capacity and ready to play. But somewhere along the
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How We Handle In-Season Athletes By Will Hitzelberger First off, it’s important to recognize the importance of sticking to a ‘Strength’ program while in-season. We often see many athletes spend an off-season working out 3-5 days per week only to come to a complete halt when their
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M&D Lacrosse – Fall Sports Performance Training By: Daniel Sharvit Over the previous month with the M&D Lacrosse we worked on a range of movement skills and strength such as speed, agility, quickness, cardio, and upper & lower body power. The goal of the month was to
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XL Soccer Academy – Fall Update By Danny Sposato As we mentioned in our ‘Testing and Screening’ post, the athletes here at the XL Soccer Academy have a lot on their plate between the academy, school, and club. Therefore, it’s our responsibility to build a training protocol
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When the team first began back in June of 2020, we started with what we call a General Physical Preparedness (GPP) Phase
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Why Are YOU Really Working Out? By Will Hitzelberger Elevate Your Heart Rate!!! I once heard that someone who goes to the gym for an hour only does about 10 minutes worth of actual work. Have you seen those people on the “cardio” machines every freakin day
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LACROSSE SPEED & SKILLS CAMP LACROSSE SPEED & SKILLS CAMP December 28-30, 2020 Presented by SPECTRUM Performance & Short Lacrosse Our camp focuses on combining lacrosse specific skills with the functional speed and movement you need to develop into a dynamic playmaker! In lacrosse, your ability to
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