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DO YOU DARE

jessica@ihpfit.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

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"IHP is harder than this"

seth@ihpfit.com — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Dan "The Handler" Hornbuckle fought on Thursday (8/19/2010) in Bellator 25 against Brad Blackburn. The Handler won the fight with a 29-28 unanimous decision. I spoke to Dan the next day about the fight and he said "In between rounds 2 and 3, when I was sitting on the stool, I thought to myself IHP is harder than this!" Dan was able to say this because of the fight circuits designed for this fight. Rounds 1 and 3 reflected his game plan and round 2 simulated a round [...]

The Snowman Wins!

seth@ihpfit.com — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

On Saturday (8/21/2010) Jeff Monson fought Jason Guida. The Snowman defeated him with a second round submission.

LAX rankings

adam@ihpfit.com — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Just want to take this opportunity to congratulate IHP client, Max Susskind (Jr. midfielder- St Andrews lacrosse team), for being ranked - according to insidelacrosse.com - as the top 30th High School lacrosse player in the country and 8th ranked midfielder.

Max and I have been training together since his freshman year and it has been quite rewarding to watch him grow as an athlete and more importantly as a person.

How low can you go?

adam@ihpfit.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

As it pertains to squats, the question shouldn't be how low should you go, but rather how low can you go?

From my own observations at the Institute of Human Performance most individuals, barring injury, demonstrate the ability (thus mobility) to perform a bodyweight (BW) squat (i.e. onto a box) to a depth that is parallel or deeper. However, add a vertical load - such as a barbell squat - dominated by gravity and the previously demonstrated mobility is overshadowed by [...]

Olympic Lifts for Baseball Strength Training...Really?

adam@ihpfit.com — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Just so we're on the same page, baseball is a rotational sport. So while recently looking over a collegiate baseball summer training program I couldn't help but notice Olympic lifts were included. Really?

Olympic lifting is a sport in and of itself that includes lifts such as the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk. These lifts require a tremendous amount of technique and demand a high level of skill specific to the sport of Olympic lifting.

So why are these m [...]

Ultimate Fighter Finale!

seth@ihpfit.com — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Ultimate Fighter Finale took place lat night, Saturday June 19th 2010. Rich Attonito fought Jamie Yager in the 1st fight on the card. It was an amazing fight. I worked with Rich preparing for this fight, we used guerilla strength and fight specific circuits to get ready. Rich defeated Jamie in the 2nd round by taking his back and ground and pounding him until the referee stopped the fight.

CONGRATS RICH !

The Ultimate Fighter Premiere

seth@ihpfit.com — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Ultimate Fighter season 11 premiered last night at 10 p.m. on spike TV. It will be on spike every Wednesday at 10. This season's weight class is the middleweight which is 185 lbs fighters. One of our fighters from American Top Team, Rich Attonito, made the show. Last night's episode had all the fighters fighting to get into the house. Rich dominated his opponent with superior wrestling skills and is now in the house. Stay tuned to see what happens.

GOOD LUCK R [...]

Music as a Motivational Tool

adambolanos@ihpfit.com — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Here's a situation everyone can relate to...You get home from work/school and you're tired as hell. You know you want to work out but...you're tired as hell! Somehow, you gather the momentum to get changed, get in your car, and go to IHP...ehem...I mean the gym. ;-) You get there, and you start your workout. A quarter of the way into it, you lose track of yourself and lose the enthusiasm. All of this leads to you leaving early and going home to watch The Biggest Loser and feeling like a loser [...]

The "I CAN'T" Syndrome

tara@ihpfit.com — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Lately I have been hearing the words “I can’t,” A LOT! It seems to be a staple in the fitness world language. “I can’t do a squat, I have bad knees.” “I can’t rotate my shoulder, it’s weak.” I used to be an “I can’t-er!” Growing up I always had knee “issues.” Many doctors and coaches would say your knees are weak, don’t do that exercise, don’t run at all, you will never [...]

IHP Kickboxing/Bootcamp Class

elvin@ihpfit.com — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Our class will blow your mind. It is nothing like any other class in Boca Raton, FL. We make it fun while you burn lots of calories. If you are looking for a challenging and exciting class come over to IHP and experience the rush

Preparing for an MMA fight against a Striker

seth@ihpfit.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Micah Miller and I are currently preparing him for an MMA fight against an opponent who has a boxing style. We anticipate the fight to be more of striking match, so I must prepare him for a striking battle. Part of this will involve fatigue resistant training of his shoulders so he can throw punches the entire fight. I will be implementing a new circuit with him, which will involve the JC Chisel Your Chest routine, punches on the heavy bag, the hydro-gym power 360, the versa climber, and some ab [...]

General Guidelines of the training cycles

cesar@ihpfit.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Keeping your training cycles in order is the most effective way to achieve peak performance in your clients and athletes. Here are some of the basic guidelines of these cycles and their fitness equivalents.

Conditioning (TONE): allows the client or athlete to establish their functional capacity.

Hypertrophy (BUILD): the main target is to increase the structural integrity of the tissues by increasing the cross sectional area of the tissue.

Strength (STRENGTH): the objective i [...]

Maximize Referrals

jessica@ihpfit.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A great trainer and good friend of mine, Terry from Canada sent me this email. He has successfully built his own studio and is well recognized in his home town. I know these statement below will benefit us all. Jessica Once you have your first client, keep these tips in mind to maximize referrals:
"We" can work it out Clients look up to their trainer as an "expert" and when they feel like you are working in [...]

Determination: The STA Football Philosophy

adambolanos@ihpfit.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

I had an interesting chat with JC tonight. However, before I get onto the subject, a brief premise. For those of you who don't know, I went to St. Thomas Aquinas (STA) and graduated in 2001. Before that, my sister went there and my father coached there. Now, I've been coaching there for the past 4 years. All in all, I have been a member of the STA family for over 14 years. In the years that I have been a coach, we have won back-to-back state championships in 2007 and 2008 and were voted the F [...]

What's the problem...Not what you think

adam@ihpfit.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Many of us have knee pain. However, there's a really good chance that the pain we experience in our knee is only a symptom and not the problem. There are two possible scenarios that could be causing your knee pain.

1) Tight Psoas - Tight psoas inhibits/turns-off your glutes thus limiting the amount of force that your glutes can normally produce. In part, the glutes are responsible for decelerating femoral internal rotation. [...]

Do you have low back pain? This might be the reason...

grif@ihpfit.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

One of the biggest reasons that we experience low back pain is because we sit to much. Most of us sit all day at work and then go home and sit some more. This results in tight hip flexors which have a direct impact on the health of your low back.

How do we address this problem? The first mistake people make is they go to the gym and do a majority of their exercises in the SEATED position. So sitting is the cause of our problems and then we go [...]

Neck Problem

elvin@ihpfit.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Neck problems are very common. People feel like they cannot do much about it. The less you do, the more it will hurt. Having stress, herniated disc or any other injury can be devastating. There are plenty of things one can do to minimize the pain and live an active life style. With our functional training programs we work around pain not through pain. The old same no pain no gain is not entirely true. What they actually mean is tha [...]

30 Minute Work Out

jessica@ihpfit.com — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Here's a 30 minute workout I put together for a client that is on a business trip. Perfect when you have little time and want a good calrie burn!

*Remember its all fast pace which mean GO GO GO!! As fast as you can with very minumal breaks.

EQUIPMENT: Body Weight and Super Band

1min maximum rest between sets

10 sec maximum rest between exercises

& [...]

Grip Work

seth@ihpfit.com — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A person's grip is extremely important, but most times overlooked. If you cannot grip something your other muscles cannot do anything with that object. This means that we must incorporate grip strength into our workouts. This is done by using the grip dominator series. For grips that involve a pinch grip I use the Clamp grip which is about 2.5" in diameter. For applications that involve a hook grip, I use the lockdown grip which is about 4" in diameter. For grips that involve clothing [...]