Entries from April 2017

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

End of Season Wrap-Ups

At the end of every season it’s important to reflect on it. Reflecting on your season makes you either feel accomplished or it makes you feel motivated and hungry for more due to it not panning out how you would have liked. Reflecting by yourself is good but where you really want to reflect is […]

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

Summer Workouts

Summer is coming up on us fast! Summer is the time where athletes really get the chance to work on their craft. As a student-athlete we are finally finished with the “student” part so now we can emphasis the “athlete” part. Using the summer to your advantage is very important. The summer is your time […]

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017

Marketing Yourself

Marketing yourself might not be a such a bad thing after all. Often times athletes get a bad reputation because of a select few who are not good people. These athletes often define what the public sees as athletes but in the grand scheme of it all this is not what we are. Marketing yourself […]

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017

Why Physique Hunting Is Bad

So you’re watching your favorite movie and the actor or actress in it is looking really good. They toned, sculpted, shredded, etc. You seem them and then you see yourself with their body. Okay, you did that? Now stop that. Physique hunting is bad for you and here’s why. Physique hunting from an athlete’s perspective […]

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Let’s Talk About Coaches

Like my title says, let’s talk about coaches. Coaches are a pivotal part of your athletic career. They’re with you from when you start to when you end even though they may change. You may love them and you may hate them. It’s a fact of the game you play that you need a coach […]

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Athlete Motivation

In times of struggle and times you need to perform your best you may not fully be there. I understand it and I have felt it. When these times come it is important for us as athletes to get motivated. Everyone is motivated by something and you have to find what that is and let […]

Thursday, April 6th, 2017

Supplementing and Gaining

Here’s a fact about nutrition, supplementing will only work when you actually eat well already. Nutrition is arguably just as important as your training so why is that we athletes think we can cheat the system and just use supplements and think we’re adequately eating? We don’t skip our workouts and we don’t cut our […]

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

Dealing With Injury

Every now and then there will be a time where you will be injured. It’s just bound to happen so come to terms with it now so you don’t get disappointed later. The most important thing to remember is that during that time of frustration it’s important to just accept that it is happening and […]