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Joseph Ross
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Joined EzineArticles on Jul 13, 2008 Brotherhood, Respect, and Freedom
Recreation and Sports • Published: March 16, 2010
I am a football coach and strength coach writing about brotherhood, respect, and freedom as they pertain to athletic training. Loyalty, honor, and integrity are not catchwords to be used to manipulate others, but are ways of life for a warrior.
Let's Talk Strength
Health and Fitness: Build Muscle • Published: March 1, 2010
I want to share with you some principles of strength that I apply to my current training today. I have watched the fitness industry change and grow over a 43 year period. During that time I think I have tried every new gimmick or idea in my pursuit of strength. I believe you can never be too strong no matter your age.
Weight Loss and the High School Athlete
Health and Fitness: Weight Loss • Published: February 11, 2010
The value of a proper diet and good nutrition has become increasingly important in athletic performance. Excess body fat restricts speed of movement by adding useless weight that must be moved at high speeds. Here is a simple formula you can use to give you a guideline regarding how many calories you need to begin losing weight.
Specific Conditioning For Athletes
Recreation and Sports • Published: February 10, 2010
Specificity of conditioning is a term we use to describe the specific adaptations that take place physically from an exercise or activity. A football player's conditioning is very specific. The demands of the muscular system while running a series of sprints straight ahead is different than while running a pass route in full pads.
Basic Lifts For Developing Core Strength
Health and Fitness: Exercise • Published: February 4, 2010
I believe everyone should train like an athlete! Working to increase your athletic ability not only will help you improve your athletic ability (going out on a limb there), but improve your real world functions as well.
Increasing Maximum Strength
Health and Fitness: Build Muscle • Published: February 2, 2010
Increasing your maximum strength is one of the most productive things you can do for yourself. No matter your goals, scientific research has shown that increasing your strength produces greater benefits of health and real world performance.
Want to Get Better? Work Harder and Smarter!
Recreation and Sports: Track and Field • Published: January 29, 2010
Strength and conditioning is an important part of any sport. Specific strength is most important. Focus on the four components of athleticism: strength, power, speed, and agility.
Fitness Goals - Let's Get Started
Health and Fitness: Exercise • Published: January 29, 2010
The most powerful goals are those which will excite you and energize you. How about your health and fitness goals? Are they powerful enough to excite you and energize you so that you will take action and control of your health and fitness?
What Athletes Need to Know
Recreation and Sports: Football • Published: January 28, 2010
Key ingredients to work on in the development of athletic performance are: strength, power, speed, agility. Adjust your training to include these components to improve athleticism.
Missing Ingredient in Young Athletes Improving Athletic Performance
Recreation and Sports: Football • Published: January 27, 2010
Find out how important it is to increase maximal strength in conjunction with training your speed mechanics. Being able to accelerate and run fast is probably one of the most valuable skills for any young athlete to have.
Baseball Players Are Building Power Through Strength
Recreation and Sports: Baseball • Published: October 29, 2008
Baseball strength training is necessary for players to develop the specialized skills needed to be competitive in the sport. Baseball has special requirements that other sports do not. Building strength for a baseball player is going to involve improving all of the areas below.
Basketball - What Your Competition Doesn't Want You to Know!
Recreation and Sports: Basketball • Published: October 29, 2008
We have come a long way from the days when coaches would not let basketball strength training be a part of their program for fear of ruining their player's shooting ability. As more coaches have become aware of the benefits of building strength for their basketball players, the myths have been erased and basketball strength training has become an important aspect of building a competitive athlete.
Strength Training For Women Who Don't Want to Look Like Men
Health and Fitness: Womens Issues • Published: September 22, 2008
There are many misconceptions about women strength training. Because of this, many women are missing out on the incredible and numerous benefits. Aerobics seems to be the accepted choice among females. Many fear that lifting weights will turn them into Arnold Schwarzenegger. Many women fear growing large muscles and losing their femininity.
Increase Your Athletic Potential As a Football Player - Build Strength, Power, Speed, and Agility
Recreation and Sports: Football • Published: September 12, 2008
Football is an "open-skill" sport, meaning that the athlete needs to react to different situations quickly and efficiently throughout the competition. If you are looking for ways to improve your skill, performance and athletic ability there are four areas of training that will help you achieve this goal. They are Strength training, Power training, Speed training, and Agility training.
Strength Training - How Young is Too Young?
Health and Fitness: Exercise • Published: September 6, 2008
With athletes getting competitive at an earlier age we see more kids taking up weights to build their body strength and endurance. Studies show positive and negative effects of weight training for youth athletes. Find out how to make strength training safe for your children and help them develop a healthy lifestyle.
Aerobic Exercise - A Vital Part of a Strength Training Program
Health and Fitness: Aerobics Cardio • Published: August 28, 2008
The term aerobics means "with oxygen". While performing aerobic exercises your heart, lungs, and blood vessels respond to your physical activity by increasing the oxygen available to your muscles.
Athletes Need to Train For Power, Strength, Speed and Agility to Develop a Competitive Edge
Health and Fitness: Build Muscle • Published: August 27, 2008
Learn how to develop a competitive edge over other athletes in your sport. There are four areas that you can learn to train which will give you that edge over the competition. Become faster, better, stronger with proper training and hard work. Building your strength, power, speed, and agility is the key to your success.