Sarah Walls 2/20/18 Sarah Walls 2/20/18

WOW: Week of Workouts 2/20/18

Check out a week of Push/Pull style training, plus, your second week of conditioning.

Here's the new week of workouts. This week's strength training is focused on a Push/Pull style template.

Push/Pull is utilized by everyone from athletes to body builders and can even be found in a rehab setting. It's popularity is due, mainly, because of how efficient it makes the training session. Another great byproduct of the pairing of exercises is an improvement in general fitness.

Using a push-pull style will allow you to perform exercises in the same set without making the muscles too fatigued. For example, a bicep curl (pull) and a tricep extension (push) would be paired together to maximize the repetitions and muscular time under tension, without exhausting one muscle or the other.

Without further delay...

This week's conditioning is going to be done on a field or track and you will need a stopwatch and markers for each day. This week we will be adding more plyometric work in in the form of heiden and broad jumps.

This is a tough week! If you finish up and realize you're in need of some Movement Therapy, please check out SAPT coaching alum Jarrett Brumett! Jarrett will be in at SAPT this Saturday offering one-on-one sessions. Jarrett has been described as a miracle worker by many (I'm serious) and can often find mechanisms of injury or pain when all others have failed. If this describes you, please reach out to him!

Enjoy and let us know if you have any questions or need a form check!

Sarah Walls 2/13/18 Sarah Walls 2/13/18

WOW: Week of Workouts 2/13/18

At-home strength training and fitness conditioning for all!

Today we have started a project I've been wanting to get going for awhile now: giving away free training programs!

Here is the first installment...

This week's topic for strength work is an at home program. Having a tight schedule can make it tough to find time to go to the gym, so why not bring the gym to you? I do this all the time! All of the exercises in this series can be done with little to no equipment and should not take very long.

This week of conditioning should be done on a field or track after the warm up and finished with the cool down. These workouts can be for anyone, but we would especially encourage those participating in sports to try these to find a new way to stay in shape!

That's it! Have fun and please reach out to let us know if you have questions on form or if we can help in any other way.

Sarah Walls 1/11/16 Sarah Walls 1/11/16

We Lifted Nine Elephants

Week 1 of our 2016 initiative 20,000 Stronger is officially complete! One of the (many) ways we're having fun as we strive towards this goal is by tracking weight lifted for the Big 3 and total repetitions for push-ups and pull-ups.

Just based on our first week's totals, it's clear that after 365 days of training, we'll be posting some insanely large numbers. In deadlift alone, we've already lifted the approximate weight of nine elephants! But, what I'm MOST proud of is the quality of these repetitions.

At SAPT, we practice excellent repetitions. So, while you look at these huge numbers grow over the coming months, remember we hold ourselves, as coaches, and SAPT trainees to the very high standard of excellence in movement execution.

What does that matter? It makes all the difference in the world. Perfect repetitions ensure that all SAPT atheltes remain safe and are only using loads their bodies can handle with perfect form. This builds an incredible foundation from which we build superior athletic performance.

If you are unfamiliar with our practices, here are some videos showing examples and some of the variations that will compose the growing total of pounds lifted and repetitions completed.