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The Top Tips For Training During Winter

Mental Toughness Team2021-07-09T05:20:08+08:00

So, you want to exercise outdoors (even though it’s winter)? Good on you for your dedication to maintaining your training! The great news is the shift in air quality and temperature can make your immune system stronger. Additionally, your heart rate speeding up to counter the cold makes your workout even more efficient. However, it's important to be safe when taking on harsh environments and weather conditions. Here are a few tips to help make the most of your winter workout: 1. Don't Forget To Warm Up! Your body is like a car, it needs some time to warm up when [...]

The Top Tips For Training During WinterMental Toughness Team2021-07-09T05:20:08+08:00

Daniel Jahn Maximum Sports Conditioning

Craig Sigl2015-05-13T04:11:01+08:00

Daniel Jahn - Former D1 Baseball Player and Now CEO & Director of Instruction for Strength and Conditioning Programs I tend to think about athletes who never quit or give up. I think about athletes who love working hard and welcome any challenge presented to them. Mentally tough athletes can deal with adversity and struggle in a way that ends in positive outcomes for the individual and his/her team. Athletes who set high standards for themselves and their teammates, then hold themselves accountable to those standards show mental toughness as well. To know the definitions of mental toughness are important, but [...]

Daniel Jahn Maximum Sports ConditioningCraig Sigl2015-05-13T04:11:01+08:00

Mental Cross Training For Performance Breakthroughs

Craig Sigl2015-04-04T22:23:17+08:00

As an athlete looking for tips and advice on how to get to the next level in your sport, you might be missing out on a very powerful resource that could give you an edge over your competition. You see, the typical athlete that I work with has a coach who has experience in that sport...great! Typical athlete also gets specific tutoring or classes in how to acquire certain skills. Also great! Here’s where I think athletes are missing out. They ignore lessons and learning that can be had from OTHER sports. For example. You may not really care about the [...]

Mental Cross Training For Performance BreakthroughsCraig Sigl2015-04-04T22:23:17+08:00

Avoid overtraining. Relaxation is necessary for performance improvement

Craig Sigl2017-04-04T20:23:28+08:00

Every athlete serious about getting to the next level is working hard on improving in their sport. Most of the athletes I work with are students in high school and college with a full academic load on top of their practice and training regimen. Many of them have packed schedules with barely enough time to eat 3 healthy meals and often short themselves on sleep hours during test crunch times. I have heard it and I get it. We are built for short-term periods of super productivity, yes. When obligations and commitments are overwhelming, we have some built in mechanisms to [...]

Avoid overtraining. Relaxation is necessary for performance improvementCraig Sigl2017-04-04T20:23:28+08:00

3 Biggest Mistakes Volleyball Players Make In Training

Craig Sigl2020-09-27T20:04:16+08:00

Training for any sport is a huge factor determining whether or not an athlete will be successful. One of the biggest mistakes an athlete or a coach can make is not utilizing the principle of specificity, where the training must match the physical demands of the specific sport. Volleyball is an anaerobic or stop and go sport requiring quickness, jumping, agility and explosiveness. These types of activities require fast reaction time; movement speed and utilizing fast twitch muscle fibers. The physical training for volleyball needs to match these demands, so jumping activities, sprints and agility drills are important for success. However, [...]

3 Biggest Mistakes Volleyball Players Make In TrainingCraig Sigl2020-09-27T20:04:16+08:00