Many coaches and trainers have a hard time helping their young athletes develop proper running mechanics. They are too concern about making them faster that they forget that mechanics is one of the five components of speed. We have to learn to identify the problem before providing solutions that could delay their progress. Most young athletes have developed poor running [...]

The 1822 Athletic Training division is dedicated to work with athletes from ages 10 & up in the sports of baseball/softball, volleyball and basketball. Athletic Trainer Joel Molina knows the demands and sport specific training that athletes need to fully develop in their sport and caters his training to the athlete based on the skill set they need to increase. [...]

The number one reason why people don’t exercise is that they don’t have TIME. At least that’s what they tell themselves . I know we are all busy. Between getting to and from work, balancing responsibilities and having time for yourself, there’s little left over for workouts. With the holiday season fast approaching your busy schedule is sure to get [...]

What if I told you that the Fountain of Youth had been discovered and that you could reap the benefits of its life-extending, body-enhancing powers today? You would probably think I had either lost my mind or that I was about to pitch a new line of supplements to you! But it’s true, the Fountain of Youth exists, and I [...]

The squat is one of the most or the most beneficial exercise among the lower body exercises. When squatting make sure to follow the following tips to maximize the benefits of one of the greatest exercises of all time. 1. Preparation: Set the bar in the power rack at about mid-chest level. Get in front of the bar with your [...]

Many people have asked me many times about the right way to breath while exercising. Here is what I have to say: 1. During strength/endurance training such as weight lifting you should generally exhale on the exertion (the most difficult part of the exercise) and inhale on the recovery (the easiest part of the exercise). For example, when squatting, you [...]

Whose fault is it that you’re out of shape? If you go by what you hear in diet ads then you believe that it’s anyone’s fault but yours. The big diet companies think that if they put the blame on you, then you wouldn’t buy their bogus pills. So they put the blame on your cortisol levels, your modern diet [...]