michael reid

"Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. "

-- Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker

High Performance Training a la Paul Chek

If you have never seen or listened to Paul Chek, then you are in for a treat.  Some of you may find this to be some pretty heavy s**t! 

This is the first part of an 11 part video series that you can watch on Paul Chek's youtube channel.

Be Well,
Mike Reid

Do your athletes land like this?

Do your athletes land from jumping like this?  Well if they do, you just identified an athlete with a higher risk of a non-contact knee injury, particularly ACL tear.  Male or female, it does not matter but females will display this kind of knee posture more often then males and this is one of the reasons why females are 2-8x greater risk of a non-contact knee injury.

What can we do about this?

• Get stronger using movements like squats, lunges and single leg squats with great technique (i.e. keep the knees out!).

Be Well,
Mike Reid

Chicken Made Easy

Cooking healthy food does not need to take long or even require great skill.  Below is a simple way to cook chicken. 

1. Buy the Chicken.  I bought chicken thighs, it is dark meat and has quite a bit of fat so it is hard to over cook it and make it dry (kind of fool proof).

2. Wash Chicken under cold water and remove any bits that are not appetizing (e.g. hair or feathers)

3. Spice it with what you like.  Today I used salt and pepper.

4. Place in oven and cook for 30-45 minutes at around 200 C. 

 

Now go and eat.

Be Well,
Mike Reid

The videos you were supposed to see

During my presentation last weekend I had some multi-media difficulties and was unable to show the class these videos.  The videos demonstrate what the research indicates; athletes injure their knees when they have an increased valgus stress at the knee.  Valgus at the knees simply means when the knee(s) collapse inward toward the mid-line of the of the body.

Be Well,
Mike Reid

Training the Athletes Knee - review

Group photo of the participants who attended "training the athletes knee" this past Saturday.   It was a really good group of coaches and athletes.  I was really impressed with the number of young athletes who attended.  Some as young as 14 years old!  Really good job to all of the participants!

Just a reminder on the exercise key points:
    - quality before quantity
    - chest up
    - knees out
    - feet flat

Good technique starts with doing these key points when you are squatting, lunging and dead lifting. 

Be Well,
Mike Reid

Training the Athletes Knee

date: 10-05-2008 (this Saturday!)                              time: 1030-1400 (Bar-b-Q Lunch Provided)

venue: Gothia Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden                            Cost:  200 SEK

Overview:

• Learn how the knee works and it's supporting structures.

• Why females have greater risk of knee injuries.

• Jumpers Knee – what exactly is it?

• It's not about the muscles.

• Learn specific exercises you can use during a practice session to keep the knees healthy.

• The #1 Swiss Ball exercise

• The Health Lift for the intermediate lifter.

• Sample Programs

• This seminar is part lecture and part movement.  You are going to learn by doing, please come prepared to move.

Registration:  Please Contact Marina  031 693 550 (daytime)

marina.tillberg@hogsbobasket.se