Osgood Schlatter’s Disease (really a disorder and not a disease) is an overuse injury caused by repetitive forces generated by the quadriceps and transmitted through the patellar tendon’s insertion point on the tibial tuberosity (the point where the patella tendon inserts onto the tibia). The tibial tubercle or tibial tuberosity is made up of a […]

With high school tryouts wrapping up in New England, and the college season in full swing, athletes are shifting their focus from the off-season program to their practices, games, and hopefully, their in-season lifts! In-Season Training, although may seem like a challenge, really isn’t all that difficult if you have a plan. Often times it’s […]

Here’s a great medicine ball exercise that we utilize for upper body explosiveness, power output and lead leg stability. We try and perform this at max effort, otherwise it would just be considered a warm-up and prep work movement (which is fine if that’s your goal). In our programming, we either perform it at the […]

Hydro-Inertia training is an awesome way to create core stability and enhance the ability to resist motion in specific planes of movement. It’s also a great way to train explosive hip flexion to hip extension movements. What is Hydro-Inertia? Hydro-Inertia is the use of water to create instability or an unstable resistance during an exercise. […]

The Off-Set Squat is a great way to challenge an athlete’s coordination, stability and strength all in one and should be integrated into your program in some capacity! Body weight squats are great and much needed, but we sometimes find that when we place a light external load to hold, their technique gets better and […]