Today, I’m excited to bring you Part 2 of the guest post series from my good friend Nick Ruddock. In his last guest post, Nick went over some fantastic points about preventing a toxic gymnastics training culture, and instead turning it into a world-class training environment. If you missed that blog post be sure to […]
Last year I wrote a blog post on some common medicine ball exercises I use for both the gymnasts I coach and the gymnasts I treat for rehabilitation at Champion. These included med ball slams, seated overhead throws, and rotational throws. I still use these regularly but have added a great progression, Tall Kneeling Medball Transitional Slams, […]
During this time of the year, most gymnastics teams are in full swing starting competition season. This brings with it lots of routines, cardio focus, and power based strength work to maximize meet performance. Our gym is in the same boat, and we have been doing a ton of physical preparation work alongside routines to […]
Today I wanted to quickly touch on a really interesting article I read last month. In The British Journal of Sports Medicine, a paper titled “Is there a correlation between coaches leadership style and injuries in elite football teams?” looked into the correlation between different head coach leadership styles and the rate of injuries across […]
Click Below to Download Free Tracking Sheets 2017 Tracking Sheets Wildcats One of the most helpful things I have started doing with our gymnasts is basic daily tracking and monitoring. By this, I mean having our competitive gymnastics team journal some very simple aspects how they feel before each practice. Each of our gymnasts has […]
Today, I’m incredibly excited to be featuring a long-awaited guest post from my good friend Nick Ruddock. In my 20 years of gymnastics, I’ve been fortunate to witness some of the most incredible examples of world-class training environments. I also, unfortunately, have seen my fair share of unhealthy gym environments that undermine both performance and […]
I’ve written some pretty in-depth articles on my thoughts related to hip flexibility research, injury mechanisms, and in gym methods, I think are useful. If you want to check them out, take a peek here, here, and here. Also, if you want to know exactly what hip flexibility exercises, drills, and circuits I use with […]
I’m really excited to be getting back into writing more content in the next few months. I asked a lot of readers what was the most helpful, and one thing they mentioned was “Quick Tip” type blog posts. People seem to really like being able to jump in an article quick, get a handful of […]
Hey everyone! After a crazy few months of traveling, speaking, and working on some monster projects I’m really excited to have time to write some new blog content. I’ve had a lot of time to brainstorm some new ideas based on the gymnasts that I am treating in the clinic, but also what I have […]
There are a lot of fundamental principles that help guide the overall rehabilitation process. One of the concepts that my friend Dr. Dan Pope and I swear by is the importance of structured, periodized, objective approaches to exercise prescription. We see it all the time in sports performance or strength programming that specific phases of a […]
