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Hope everyone is having a great week!!!! We have our first round playoff game tomorrow in Turlock Ca. time to bring it!!!! These two core exercises are great to mix in with your normal routine. Many people ask me if you can work your core everyday. The answer is kinda 🙂 if you are doing the same workout ie 4×100 …

First off I want to thank all those who have been supporting our basketball team, we are going to the playoffs!!!!!!!!!! CHEST BUMP, CHEST BUMP! First time in 10 years Vintage High has finished 2nd place in league and advances to the playoffs!!! On to the exercise 🙂 the DB Curl Lunge Press is a great exercise that targets the …

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!!! This Metabolic Finisher is great to do at the end of your workout in place of cardio if your crunched for time, I use it with my athletes after game days, to get the heart rate and blood pumping!!!! Create a great day! -Coach T

Chest Bump Everybody!!!! Sorry, it’s been so long since posting a vid, it’s hoop season and we are at the tail end preparing for the final push before playoffs!!!!!!! The Bulgarian Lunge has received much attention lately, it is also known as Rear Elevated Split Squat. A great exercise to incorporate on your lower body training days. Your back leg …

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!!! During hoop season time spent in the weight room is always limited; due to practice and academic schedules. Here is a quick arm circuit that you can have your athletes use. 3×8 at each spot DB curl hold; 3×10 overhead rope extension, 3×10 Tricep pushdown. Create a great day! -Coach T

Hope everyone is doing great here is a vid that is a easy variation to the standard planks. Planks are great for targeting the core and are a must for all athletes. Once planks become to easy throw some weight in the mix and they become much more difficult. Create a great day! -Coach T

Chest bump, Chest bump!!!! This drill helps to warmup your body as well as improve on jumpstops (on balance), ball fakes, shot fakes, and using your dribble to go somewhere. These are great tools to use against over aggressive defenders. Create a great day! -Coach T

Chest Bump Chest Bump…. CAL beat Stanford, put a hurting on them 🙂 Now onto the vid, this is another exercise that will increase explosive power off one foot (first one I showed was the Reverse Barbell Lunge). Make sure you have a secure box that you are stepping up on, place complete foot on the box, push through your …

Here is a advance version of the abdominal rollout that my good friend Josh Schlottman showed me. By using the band you must control the movement even more than usual, make sure back is set, core is tight as if someone is going to punch you in the stomach, and really exhale with force throughout the exercise. Thanks for visiting …

Getting stronger at bench press is as simple as 1-2-“Drop Set”. These are the top 3 techniques based on the research I have done, that will increase your bench press. “Drop Sets” Flat bench to pushups, no rest in between sets. Second is “Negatives” load up the bar and make sure you have a spotter, slowly lower the bar working …