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I was a very successful baseball player in high school and went on to play in college. In high school I was the all time career leader in home runs while being named to various awards such as: all prep, all county and all conference. I was also named captain my senior year.

I had a handful of low level Division 1 offers, but ultimately decided on the high academic Division 3 route for an opportunity to play right away AND seek a top level education. This lead me to Babson College in Massachusetts, where my initial desire for entrepreneurship was cultivated. Unfortunately, I suffered a severe ankle injury after my freshman year and my college career was never able to gain much traction. However, this injury, the rehabilitation process and my lack of success in college baseball is what motivated and inspired me to immerse myself in the world of strength and conditioning! I have had success AND I have failed, which I think is important when it comes to my ability to help athletes!

I think the absolute biggest thing I can do to help an athlete improve their game is to augment and bolster characteristics such as speed, power and explosiveness. For one, I think that improving physical qualities and learning to move well can help greatly when it comes to improved output and movement in particular sporting movements.

Additionally, I have had great success helping athletes improve things like their sprint speed, mechanics and add on several inches to their vertical jump. Improving areas such as this can aid tremendously in all aspects of sport by giving athletes an added edge in their game.

Lastly, I think the confidence that comes with putting on size, getting stronger and feeling more explosive is one of the biggest advantages we have seen our athletes walk away with from training with us.

A typical training session can vary based on how many times per-week an athlete is training, but let's discuss a full body training session including speed AND strength.

We start our sessions with a standard warm-up and then progress to speed work. This begins with sprint prep that consists of lower and higher impact jumps to prepare our ankles, calves and limbs. From there, we will move to loaded acceleration training. We will find an ideal loaded sprint load for the athlete and work on improving mechanics, force production and overall 10 yard starts before moving to unloaded 10 yard sprint work to further solidify mechanics.

From there we may do some deceleration/agility training before moving on to plyometrics. This can include box or broad jumps, landing focused jumps or whatever we feel the athlete can benefit from at the time.

After that, we will finish with a strength focus on all main movement patterns. This will include rep ranges of 1-5 and slow/controlled focused movements to build stability and proficiency with the movements. Heavy pushes (loaded push-ups or bench), squat or RDL patterns, single leg strength exercises and more.

The best coach I ever had was my high school baseball coach. He took the time to understand the mental aspects of the game and how important they were to me. I firmly believe that the confidence he instilled in me allowed me to prosper and eventually play in college. All of that was extremely instrumental in my love for the game of baseball and the path I ultimately went down to become a strength and conditioning coach who loves to work with athletes.

Athletes and parents should know the intense focus on detail when it comes to my programming and training. Every weight lifted is accounted for, we have a set and consistent testing approach to gauge a baseline and progress and the environment at my facility is one that will push you to be consistent and results driven.

Everything I do in training is based on the sound principles of strength and conditioning, mixed with things we have tried and had success with over the past six years. Athletes and parents can be confident that they will be training with someone who pushes them to be consistent and accountable, but also looks out for their well-being when it comes to managing training load and ensuring they are prepared to succeed on the court/field. Lastly, we guarantee to cultivate a level of confidence in an athlete that they have never experienced before!