What a great feeling! In the heels of a great TV watching experience with the beach volleyball Olympics, I was inspired and pumped as I conclude my own summer beach volleyball season. Back in November of last year, I talked about my goals for upcoming year. I endeavored to win an A-level beach EVP volleyball tournament in Chicago. Today, my partner and I won the EVP Open/AAA Level Tournament and qualified for Pro Beach level. Wow! While working out of pool play was a test of skill and ability... Read Full Story
A while ago I started the quest to find the best muscle recovery and energy supplement in the market. This was not meant as a broad scientific experiment, after all it’s my body! I trusted the recommendation from several closed friends on this subject and wrote about it in a previous post. My goal was to improve my overall strength and endurance during sports conditioning training. After a lot of reading, I came to understand (and agreed) that the best way to improve strength and endur... Read Full Story
Swimming legend Dara Torres makes history at the age of 41 by becoming the oldest member of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team. My P90X training taught me the importance of stretching and joga. One of Dara secrets to success is resistance streching. This is an inspiring story and her techniques are definetely worth reviewing. I’ll be cheering for her all the way later this year at the Olympics. Read Full Story
Any long-term effort and activity requires discipline and perseverance. Once you endure these, you develop habit and then enjoy the reward of performing at your best. This cycle serves as the best motivation to continue to excel. Well, I have applied and learned this lesson during my P90X workout routine which to this date continues to be an important part of my weekly routine. I started P90X nearly eight months ago and have seen dramaticly positive results. Without a doubt, P90X is one of t... Read Full Story
This weekend I participated in Pat Powers’ volleyball clinic as an assistant coach in Chicago. About 60 eager volleyball players spent 11.5 hours over a full weekend of non-stop solid talk, drills, game strategy and more by non other than volleyball legend Pat Powers. I’ve participated in a few of his clinics several years ago. Coach Pat breaks down the game using a non-nonsense and step-by-step approach that works for junior players and adults alike. In this session, about 15 ad... Read Full Story
In my heavy days, I’ve been taking one Whey protein shake after workouts. This is about twice or three times a week. I read that this improves muscle recovery, especially when you are working out later in the day. I also read about BCAA and two months ago started taking two pills with my shake. BCAA focuses on a chain of non-essential (not naturally occurring in the body) amino-acid credited to be important for recovery and muscle growth.
The results? Unknown and probably not worth it.... Read Full Story
Back from my Clearwater, Florida trip with 11 guys and 4 days of non-stop beach volleyball action from sunrise to sunset. Clearwater is going through quite a transformation. Lots of new commercial development, infrastructure and condo conversions. Needless to say, the locals are not happy that the retail profile has changed dramatically and that the crowded evenings during spring are summer may never come back. Nature threw at us all it got with an assortment of heavy fog, rain, gusty wind a... Read Full Story
This is my final strength training week. I’ll have to replace my recovery and core focus next week and my last overall, for my 5-day beach volleyball trip in Clearwater, Florida. I feel pretty good about completing this program and ready for a great summer. Game on! Read Full Story
What a blast! I can’t say anymore this week compared to last week. Interestingly, this is the last week for some of the routines that I’ve come to hate and love. This is my last time doing Chest and Back. I’ll miss you! I’ve started to pick up the pace on my beach volleyball training. My coach makes me feel like I’m a teenager who can’t control his body due to adolescence growth. I’m clumsy and not approaching and contacting the ball with the precision that... Read Full Story
