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Why we DON'T Use the Hex Bar for Deadlift
While the hex bar, or "trap bar", is very popular nowadays, we do NOT utilize it for the deadlift for a couple reasons: 1) There's a...


Even in Baseball, Only the Strong Survive
The right combination of exit velocity and launch angle leads to the highest value batted balls. That's not an arbitrary definition: in...


Why the 10 Yard Dash is the Best Test of Speed.
There are 3 reasons why we place a high importance on the 10 yard dash Sport is played in acceleration While sprint tests such as the 40...


Why I Started Training Athletes
I wanted to share how I came to start training athletes and opening a gym. It's been a unique odyssey, as I was anything but the...


The Confusion Over Talent
We had an interesting recruitment of one of our baseball pitchers this summer. He started with us his senior year of high school, and...


The Lost World of Speed
The longest standing record at our facility, the 10 yard dash (laser start/laser finish/hand in laser) was finally broken this past...


The Velocity Lottery
We tell kids all the time...many pitchers throw hard and they have no idea why. And to attribute their velocity to any one "program" or...


Exit Velocity and the Bench Press
Much like the radar gun for pitchers provides accurate and unbiased data of who's capable of throwing hard enough to succeed at the next...


3 Observations on Velocity for Pitchers
1) There is a massive genetic component to velocity Usually at the lower levels of sport, athletes that are successful at one sport are...
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