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Summer 2010 Sports Performance Training Session – June 1 – July 30

June 7, 2010 in: In The News

The Summer is already here and if you were still looking for a program to get your athlete to the next level…look no further. the ICON Performance Summer Performance Session is just now underway, but it’s not too late to enroll your athlete this week. We are starting all our pre-testing, video analysis and movement [...]

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Jeff Green’s Article in the Hammer Strength Newsletter!

July 7, 2010 in: blog

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My Podcast List

June 7, 2010 in: blog

I have been getting a few emails about what resources that I might recommend for up and coming trainers and coaches without spending a lot of money. My favorite FREE resource is podcasts. There are tons of them and the majority are free for every one with iTunes. I have an 80 Gig iPod that [...]

What It Takes to Be No 1

May 17, 2010 in: blog

Every competitor, no matter how successful, NEEDS to hear this once in a while… You’ve got to pay the price. Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all-the-time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is [...]

Replacing the BCS

April 11, 2010 in: blog

This is such a great article, I had to re-post. Enjoy and I would love your comments. Replacing the BCS

Nutrition and Soft Tissue Health

March 28, 2010 in: nutrition

Everyone is aware of the importance foam rolling and stretching for soft tissue health, but few people are aware of the impact of nutrition. I challenge anyone with multiple chronic adhesions, trigger points, or tendonitis to give up all wheat (gluten), corn, legumes, and dairy products for a week. Eat as many whole meats and [...]

Explosive Dynamic Isometrics (EDI’s)

March 25, 2010 in: blog

This training protocol is great for building an incredible amount of isometric (static) strength, explosive concentric (accelerative) strength, and decelerating (breaking) strength ALL AT THE SAME TIME. This training method also is great for increasing one’s ability for “turning off the breaks” and allowing one to turn on one set of muscles maximally and turning [...]

Vertical Jump Tip: The Equation

March 16, 2010 in: Vertical Jump

When executing a vertical jump, people do change direction during their countermovements (transition from down to up) at different speeds, but in much the same way, everyone pretty much straightens their legs at the same rate of speed. The main determining outcome in the vertical jump isn’t how fast your legs move, it’s the amount [...]

Serious High Jumping…

March 13, 2010 in: Vertical Jump

Performance Tip: The Vertical Jump

March 9, 2010 in: Vertical Jump

Studies Have Demonstrated One’s Relative Strength in the deep squat, or strength per pound of bodyweight, is the single biggest determinant in the vertical jump!

Sports Performance Tip: The Vertical Jump

February 23, 2010 in: Vertical Jump, blog

Once you have base strength levels (squats, deadlifts, pulls), the best exercises that have carry-over to vertical jump increases are the following: Power Snatch, Push Jerks, Clean Pulls, Power Cleans, Snatch Pulls, Jump Squats, Barbell Back Lunges, Pull-Throughs, Med Ball Scoop Toss, & High Box Step Ups.

Pro Agility Drill – Change of Direction Strategies

February 21, 2010 in: blog

There seems to be two schools of thought when teaching the athlete on how would be the most effective method in change of direction. The two two methods are known as the “Hockey Stop” and the “Spider”. The former is just like it sounds. As one approaches the line, the athlete anticipates the last two [...]

Charles Poliquin Audio Interview Series

January 31, 2010 in: Audio Interviews

Full Biography Charles Poliquin is a native of Ottawa, Canada. While completing graduate studies in Exercise Physiology in Canada, Charles began coaching athletes, a career move that has resulted in hundreds of medals, wins and personal bests of many elite athletes. He is known worldwide for producing faster athletes. When a country wants a Gold [...]

Keith Klein – Sports Nutritionist Audio Interview – Parts 1 & 2

January 29, 2010 in: nutrition

Founder & CEO, Institute of Eating Management History Trained in Clinical Nutrition at the Institute of Specialized Medicine during the early 1980s, Keith Klein spent five years at the Institute working along side some of Houston’s most prestigious physicians. In 1986, Keith began working with psychiatrist Dr. John H. Simms, where he became the Dietetic [...]

Force Development vs. Force Absorption

January 25, 2010 in: blog

Speed is often defined as a combination of stride length (how much ground can one cover in each stride) and stride frequency (number of leg cycles does it take to cover the distance at hand). That is basic speed mechanics. The shear physics of linear speed development is a matter of how much force can [...]

NFL Combine / NFL Pro Day Training Press Release

December 20, 2009 in: ICON Combine Partners

Press Release: The NFL Combine and the NFL Pro Days Class of 2010 is Right Around the Corner. Are You Ready for the Biggest Opportunity of Your Life?

Performance Training at ICON

April 4, 2010 in: Video

Athlete Training at ICON

40 Yard Dash

Lineman Speed

July 5, 2010 in: 40 yard dash

Define “speed” for a offensive or defensive lineman. The position requirements are pretty similar. The D-lineman has to be a bit more reactive and athletic where the O-lineman is more of a “wall” one just has a hard time getting around much less through. The play might last 7-10 seconds and cover rarely more than [...]

Rest In Peace Charlie Francis.. A True Guru of Speed Development

May 23, 2010 in: 40 yard dash

The Bulgarian Deadlift

May 23, 2010 in: 40 yard dash

One the best movements that I have come across in the last several years in strengthening the musculature in an integrative manner to help get one out of the blocks or off the line in a hurry. The single leg application of the posterior chain is a unique movement than the single leg reverse hyper [...]

Running Technique: Running while Jumping Rope

May 16, 2010 in: 40 yard dash

Run with one end of a jump rope in each hand. The rope swings beneath the body during the floating phase, turning a cycle each step. Because the arms cannot cycle either, and in order to avoid the dangers of tripping, the push-off phase must short and reactive. Forward velocity will be increased while skipping. [...]

Train for Speed…Get Off Your Feet!

April 25, 2010 in: 40 yard dash

To properly engage the posterior chain (which is designed mainly for horizontal displacement) use exercises that will engage those muscles directly against gravity – AKA reverse hypers & glute bridges. These are great exercise for firing the glute -hamstring complex with more direct stimulation that say.. the Olympic Lifts. IMHO, please don’t misunderstand what I’m [...]

Speed Tip: Increasing Hamstring Activation

March 8, 2010 in: 40 yard dash, Speed Kills, blog

Just Taking Your Squats (Back, Front, Overhead) to the Rock Bottom Position (Butt-to-Ankles) Can Increase One’s Hamstring Strength by as Much as 20%!

The Truth About Speed, NFL Combines and the 40 Yard Dash!

February 2, 2010 in: 40 yard dash

Two coaches that I respect greatly, Mike Boyle & Nick Tumminello, wrote this great article on 40 yard dash speed times. Enjoy! The Truth About Speed, NFL Combines and the 40 Yard Dash! By: Mike Boyle & Nick Tumminello at nicktumminello.com Speed is the stuff of urban legend. Deion Sanders supposedly showed up at the [...]

First “Push” Quickness vs. First Step Quickness

December 28, 2009 in: 40 yard dash, Speed Kills

“Speed Kills and Strength Punishes” – The ICON Athletic Corner – January 2008 As a speed, strength and conditioning coach, I am open to all successful training strategies and theories. One that I do follow, I got from Coach Mike Boyle in the way he coaches explosiveness off the line. Whether it be a lineman [...]

Bullet Hypers – A Great Speed Development Exercise

December 19, 2009 in: 40 yard dash

I wanted to introduce an exercise we use as part of our speed development program called Bullet Hypers. It is a movement that we use to teach powerful “on & off” switching of the antagonistic muscles of mainly the quads and the hams. The ability to turn the muscles on and off instantaneously and maximally [...]

Top 5 Jealously Guarded Secrets of Athletic Speed Development

November 22, 2009 in: 40 yard dash, Speed Kills

Hard hitting truths about athletic speed and strength once only available to elite level athletes. Secret #1: Speed is best developed by putting force into the ground, not by moving feet faster in most athletes. Running speed is a combination of stride length and stride frequency. Many athletes spend way too much time on ladder [...]

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