Sports Nutrition, in fact life nutrition is one of the most important aspects of any individual program for healthy living.  Taking in the proper foods, calories, and paying close attention to things like enzymes can be the difference between good and great!  We take the approach of teaching kids how to make healthy choices from the beginning, that way they never have to succumb to "fad dieting", crash dieting, and being drawn towards harmful eating disorders.  For the aspiring athlete, getting the correct amount of proper nutrients is the key to fueling hard working muscles and giving the athlete that internal edge.

Speed Enhancement.  One of the single most talked about aspects of any athletes abilities.  Every coach in every major sport wants the fastest athletes on his team.  We work the athlete from the very basics of creating explosive muscle power and muscle endurance.  Key components to being fast.   From sprinter speed, to on field or on court quickness, we attack all aspects of creating and maintaining an athletes speed, quickness, agility, balance and overall athleticism.

Strength & Power.  Every athlete needs the ability to move their own bodyweight in quick change of direction and in leaping and jumping.  Weight training gets your body ready for that increased force of gravity and inertia on the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints.  Incorporating free weights, balance discs, plyometrics and other training techniques, the young and older athlete can reach their peak potential of athletic ability.  We strive to stay on the cutting edge of strength training, but never losing sight of the "old school" tried and true methods that have served top athletes for decades.

Injury Prevention & Care is probably one of the most overlooked aspects of a young athletes training.  The old adage "NO PAIN, NO GAIN" has it's place in the gym, but how does a youngster know the difference between soreness and injury?  When is working through the pain doing more harm than good?  How many 12-year old aspiring baseball players never attained their goal because an injured elbow was never properly diagnosed and treated?  We will work with each individual athlete and talk about common injuries in their specific sport(s).  This will give them the knowledge to know when their body is trying to tell them to take a break, before IT breaks.

Homeopathic Considerations will also be discussed with athletes.  Today's high profile sports figures are quick to stump for pharmaceutical companies the latest and greatest in sports enhancers, pain relievers, and other pills to give you "the edge".  Discussions about natural pain relievers that are applied through the skin rather than overstressing body systems like the kidneys and liver through the increased dosages of pills and chemicals.  Nature has it's own remedies which if utilized properly may give an athlete just as much of an edge as any high priced lab produced chemical.

Guest Speakers

Each section will have a specialist column discussing training tips and ideas for the young athlete.