Greetings, with Warm Weather to Greet You!
The past few days here in Thief River Falls, MN has been some
awfully nice, wonderful weather. Yesterday's track meet was just
about the perfect conditions that one could ask for: right around
60 degrees in the afternoon, less than 5 miles/hour wind, and
plenty of 'funshine', as my local radio DJ's call it.
If you get the time, get outdoors during this great weather. If
you live elsewhere, you may have had some nasty stuff. For you, I
can advise to patiently wait, I'm sure the good stuff's around
the corner for you.
Right now is about the time to get on a bike & just GO! No timed
workouts, no intensity levels to worry about, just enjoy the ride
and the fresh spring air, breathing new energy into you.
I love this time of year for running, although I could do without
some slight allergy issues, but for the most part, I love spring
time runs.
Last Saturday, I went out on a nice, cool, don't-care-how-long-I-go
type of a run. I needed one greatly. Except I wore the wrong shoes
for that type of run. I wore my Nike Free's, which are lightweight
shoes, made for lower mileages, due to the light feel and extreme
flexibility of the shoe itself. The shoe can literally conform &
twist to every bend of your foot it seems. However, its not an
ideal shoe for longer runs with its minimal shock absorption. My
feet & calves took quite a brunt from it all, even with a full warm
up with The Stick device, plus a cool-down afterwards.
If you don't know what The Stick is, or all about, check it out
at their non-sales & information site, http://intracell.net
This is strictly a company information page for you, as I don't want
it to look like I'm blatantly trying to sell you one, mainly make
you aware of it.
Another good site with a review on Sticks is at my good friend
John Izzo's site, http://standapartfitness.com . This site is easy
to join and does not c-o-s-t you anything. Simply sign up, get your
password, and enjoy. I have a series of articles on there ranging
on various topics. My latest one is about myself 'going off' on
the entire industry, its current nature, and lack of attention to
the basic essential needs for fitness in our society today, and how
some trainers & clubs are diseasing the industry, with their focused
efforts on vanity and high priced expenses for such a basic,
elemental need in our society. There's no fathomable reason why
trainers or gyms should be charging hundreds or thousands a month,
all in the name of 'looking gorgeous' alone.
I just went from Sticks to a 'thorn' in the side for me in that
last paragraph. Frankly, I'm fed up with the state of both the
fitness & sports training fields, pushing and promoting the trainers
and owners to make all the bucks first, and con all the 'suckers'
who fall for it all, time & time again, for shoddy service and
high-priced fees attached to it all.
Anyway, this sort of leads into my next topic of the All-Star
Academy of Performance Training Camp, or "ASAP Camp" for short.
What I've been witnessing as a trainer & coach the past 7 years
in the field is an incessant 'need' created for young athletes
to attend week long, or short, 3-4 day camps for a sport.
Hundreds are paid for such few short hours of skill work only, and
what's left in the dark is the basic movement skills of squatting,
lunging, shuffling, hopping, skipping, etc.
I see some kids who can't skip a rope decently, yet they attend
all these camps, week after week at colleges or area high schools.
What happens is some big name school program will put on a camp for
area kids, bring in 100-200 or more kids, shuffle them all into
gyms or onto a field for a week, charge hundreds per kid, and use it
as a hidden recruiting watch-dog for top athletes, all while leaving
so many kids in the dark as to how to get better.
Want to know my take on this setting? The good kids get looked at,
and get attended to more (wouldn't you do so, if you were a college
coach, who's main business is selling your program to get kids to
go to school and play for you there?), and the not-so-good ones
are simply told 'keep working harder'.
Well, why send your kid or kids off to a week long camp, where they
might meet a few new friends, but new friends won't help them get
any better as an athlete. You, as a parent, are investing hundreds,
sometimes thousands into the betterment of your child (don't forget
all the money you spend on feeding them alone throughout the year).
Why watch all of that get wasted away on false promises?
(Okay, here I go into selling mode, I warned you...)
Why not send your well-deserved child to a summer-long, camp-like
atmosphere, where they will get individualized programs, setup on
their schedules and needs?
If your child needs more strength than speed, I'll set them up for
strength workouts, moreso than speed ones.
If there's more of a need for balance & quickness, I can tailor the
workotus to use drills that will focus more on those qualities.
You see, with my 30 minute workout structures, you'll be ensured
that your child can:
- Workout at a time that's good for him/her, and with teammates if
they are also scheduled as a group
- Get a high-quality, high attention workout in, since I only will
work with 4 at a time in this setting
- Get a flexible scheduling feature that no other program or camp
can match, for those unexpected games and situations that ALWAYS
come up in summertime
- Won't get worn-down with 2 hour training sessions, and be wiped
out at the end of the week: less workout time means more rest time
for proper recovery, regeneration, and growth
- They will go through a proven system that I have evolved over the
past year, and have gained national attention through sports
training websites about (This system was recently showcased in a
national training website progrma launch in February)
- They will not be 'babysat' like some camps typically become, your
child will be expected to show up, warm up, work hard, work smart,
& enjoy their time, not dread it!
Right now, I'm having a local lunchtime flyer ad being put out in
today's flyer, showcasing this program, and announcing that if
athletes are signed up & registered by May 1st, they will be able
to get a special DVD as a bonus for doing so.
So, you not only would get 10 weeks of high-quality, specialized
workouts, but you'd get a DVD to help you along further with the
athlete's own at-home training workouts they can do, with 2 simple
tools: a dumbbell (or kettlebell, if they ever want to get one), as
well as a jump rope.
I know it sounds too simple, but sometimes the most complex issues
are solved with simple tools. I believe I've found quite the combo
of simple tools to get amazing things done for today's busy athlete.
Visit http://xpress.speeddialcoach.com to find out more on the
"All-Star Academy of Performance" Training Camp today.
I won't be able to train everyone, I'm expecting a load that I could
handle, being around 40 athletes as a high point to manage with
my sanity intact. I have more than just the ASAP option, too, so
check out the website for information on "Power Boot Camp", too.
Power Boot Camp is the bare-bones-basic-training for the athlete
who is so busy, this would be all they might have time for. It
stays true to my staples of "Zings, Strings, Rings, & Swings" for
simple, effective power production for today's athlete.
I'm not about just getting a high number of kids.
I'm about getting the numbers of the athlete's performances into
much better categories when I'm done with their training.
I strongly feel I have 2 systems in place that follow some pretty
basic & simple principles for improvements in athletic performance.
I also feel its at a price within reason for today's budget-minded
families, who need to wisely spend their money in today's tight
economy.
Call me at 218-686-5417 for any questions you have, and of course,
you can email me anytime by replying to this newsletter.
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Reminder: The $29/month Beach Body Boot Camp special is still on,
visit http://camps.speeddialcoach.com for all your Boot Camp Basics.
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"Run so as to win."
Rick Karboviak, CSCS
SpeedDialCoach.com
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