Posts Tagged 'athlete'

Quick Feet Cone Drills

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Quick Feet Cone Drills

I love cone drills. They can be as simple or as complicated as your imagination. Make a triangle, square, circle, semi-circle, or a bunch of zig-zags and you have a ready-to-go speed and agility drill.

Some of the drills in the video are ones I have done for many years. The others are from xlathlete.com’s – Cone Drills.

If you want to build quick feet, acceleration, and fast changes of direction you need to implement cone ...

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Dumpster Diving

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Dumpster Diving

There is an interesting counter-culture movement afoot called freeganism. The basic definition is “limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.” Translation: modern scavengers.

Freegans are individuals who want to leave as little a footprint as possible on the modern world and Mother Nature. Scavenging through trash they engage in what I call primary recycling, and it is remarkable what they find. From desk lamps to ipods and love seats to paintings ...

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Cheating Your Body

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Cheating Your Body

When I was in tenth grade all I ever desired was getting bigger. I wanted to be the scariest looking defenseman on the field. But, there was a problem. Nothing I did added pounds onto my frame. I drank whey protein before and after workouts for six months. I ate as much as I could manage. I even purchased muscle gainer shakes that packed on an extra 3,000 calories to my diet. I went as hard as I could but ...

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