There has been a lot of focus over the last few years in the coaching community about sport specialization. The research behind sport specialization is pretty clearly negative and has shown increased psychological stress, overuse injuries, and burnout (Jayanthi et al., 2013). Despite the negative research, it is unrealistic for specializing to go away. Many factors, including college recruiting, will keep specializing alive. I do think as the research continues to be talked about, and multi-sport athletes are being advocated by major college coaches we will see an uptick in multi-sport athletes.

Daily Blog, EducationalDarren HansenOctober 4, 2019HansenAthleticsTraining, Year Round, Youth Athlete, Tips, HansenAthletics, Pocatello, Idaho, PowerAthlete, Coach, Strength CoachComment

It's Your World

It's important to realize that we are constantly taking in information through a "filter." We are making our best attempts to piece together billions of small bits of information and creating a distorted "best attempt." We need to be AWARE of that fact.

Educational, Daily Blog, Personal Trainer, Strength Training, Training TipsDarren HansenSeptember 5, 2019HansenAthleticsHansenAthletics, Coaching, Strength Coach, Movement, Pain, mindComment

SHIFTING YOUR MINDSET HELPS

Progress comes with adaptation. Adaptation is quite often painful and uncomfortable, mentally and physically! Correcting movement, lifestyle habits, and increasing training volume all aid in the progress clients are looking for, but dialing in mindset will lead to harder work ethic and improved behaviors OUTSIDE the gym. The correct mindset will help change the perception of pain and the uncomfortable feelings that come with change and lead your clients down the path of progress.

Educational, Daily Blog, Personal Trainer, Strength Training, Training TipsDarren HansenAugust 26, 2019HansenAthleticsHansenAthletics, Coaching, Strength Coach, Movement, PainComment

Squatting: Should Your Knees Go Over Your Toes?

It’s pretty commonplace to hear that the knees traveling over the toes in the squat is dangerous for the knees and can lead to frequent nagging pain. After looking into what actually happens at the knee joint we were able to debunk this misconception. Healthy athletes can perform the squat to full depth without worrying about hurting their knees given proper training methods.

Daily Blog, Educational, Health, Personal Trainer, Strength Training, Training TipsDarren HansenAugust 16, 2019HansenAthleticsSquat, Training, Trainer, Tips, Healthy Knee, Squatting, StrengthComment