Proper Nutrition Advice For Athletes

This month, I had the opportunity to answer some athlete training and nutrition questions from Craig Lane at Boise State University.  As coaches, teachers, and parents, we are often faced with many nutrition issues with our young athletes.  For the record, my nutritional advice is based on research, experience, and practical knowledge that comes from […]

The 4 C’s of Coaching Young Athletes

One thing I enjoy being as a strength coach is being able to train young athletes. Over the past 5 ½ years, I have been blessed with the opportunity to train many young athletes at all levels. What I have come to realize, is there is a lot more that goes into training young athletes […]

The Scores Report chats with Drew Brees’ trainer, Todd Durkin

At your local gym, you may have been offered a chance to try out a tool called the TRX Suspension Training, which is an innovation by former elite Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick. As a Navy SEAL, Hetrick often found himself in remote safe houses with limited means to keep he and his soldiers in shape. […]

Stressed Out? Eat Up!

By: Tara Coleman Courtesy of the Total Gym Inside blog You are so stressed out and busy that your sleep is either long and restless or solid but way too short. So you wake up and start pounding coffee to get going. There’s no time to eat so by the time you get around to it you […]

The Importance of Nutrition For The High School Athlete

One evening I was talking to one of my high school athletes in the athletic development camp that I teach. During the workout, I casually asked him, like I do with all my athletes, what he ate during the day. Keep in mind I was training him at 7:00 p.m. The kid said that he […]

Eight Great Bodyweight Resistance Exercises

Fitness Quest 10 personal trainer Doug Balzarini performing eight bodyweight training exercises designed to target every major muscle group in the body. To increase resistance Balzarini added a stability ball, resistance tubes and a weighted medicine ball, which are fairly inexpensive purchases at a sporting goods store. The video includes pointers on correct form and […]

Injury Prevention and Performance For Scripps Ranch Old Pros Soccer

Playing soccer is a great way to keep fit.  Unfortunately, the competitive fitness and athletic demands for the game can contribute to injury as we get older.  If you are an adult soccer player and struggle with nagging injuries or a lack of fitness, this program is for you.  Learn new practical strategies to prevent […]

Would You Like Fries With That

The other day I was talking with a young woman who was distressed about her life. She complained that everything was tough, “I have no time to exercise, I have two kids, I work ten to twelve hours a day, my husband was just laid off, the economy is stressing me out and I am […]

“Skinny Jeans” 6 Week Spring Makeover

It’s time to shed those extra inches and get ready for summer!!! Fitness Quest 10 has designed a program to help JUMPSTART your health and fitness plan to get you looking and feeling your BEST just in time for SUMMER! Introducing… the SKINNY JEANS 6  WEEK SPRING MAKEOVER The Makeover begins April 8th- May 21th […]

Count Calories… Not Crunches

Have you ever seen those info commercials that guarantee a thinner midsection after doing 3 weeks of AB exercises?  Or maybe thinner arms after shaking a weight for only a few minutes a day?  Maybe you are someone who has actually ordered and used one the many devices that promise the same results.  I’m not […]