Strength, Conditioning, Nutrition, and Supplements

Well no not really sort of...................................... This post was inspired by an article I read from TNation   I am guilty my-self of prescribing crunches for my athletes.  Athletically there isn't much use for them unless you are training a Brazilian Jui-Jujitsu Athlete and he/she need it for their guard. I am going to quote Jerry Ward "Bro Science"  I have been husky most of my life and haven't had any chronic beck problems. With the exception of a Department of Transportation Physical six years ago I haven't darkened the door of a Chiropracticer and the time before that was when I was playing college football and could't turn my neck enough to see the side-view mirror my Ford Ranger.   Is it great genes?  No both of my parents had bad backs so much so they consumed enough Ibuprofen and Aleve to punch a ton of holes in their livers.  It also might be that I have stayed somewhat active lifted weights or did Jujtistu most of my w

When we test our athletes at my school or I see times, heights or distances of our track athletes. Those of our athletes who are absent from after/before weightroom or chose to do their own thing like 4 days in a row of bench press(I actually have a program for that), trying to get summer ABS while still eating cafeteria food. I feel like  K. K. Ichikawa. I am like that is great you can triple jump 40' feet but if you got a little stronger you could have been a 43' triple jumper and been a Regional Qualifier with a outside chance at state.  Because you could travel down the run way faster and been able to have more jumps in practice. Or that freshman who put both 30lbs on their power clean and bench but the kids who show up consistently added 50lbs to their lifts.   So like K. K Ichikaea bet one thousand a hand instead of his usual thirty thousand a hand.  Which is like when their sport coach makes them lift weights I see their results not as gains but like, K.