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Week Two:

I closed out my stint at the PhillyFIT Youth Football Camp yesterday. 

What a great time!

As I said last week, one of the BEST ways I could contribute would be to EDUCATE the kids on proper Core training for their growing bodies AND doing a basic structural body diagnostic screening.

This kind of screen can detect any muscle imbalances that may be brewing within thier developing bodies that could not only be preventing them from attaining peak performance but more importantly, increase their risk for injury….and we don’t want that!

Detecting these ”weak” spots at an early age is KEY in PREVENTING any major issues from developing when they get older.

It’s a shame that SO many – TOO many  –  trainers and coaches in my field do NOT take the time to learn these valuable ways to ‘screen’ the human body.

At least I was able to help THESE kids by giving them an INDIVIDUALIZED exercise routine based on the results of their screening and hopefully prevent THEM form developing any problems…which made me feel VERY GOOD about the whole thing.  The fact that the kids were very receptive made it even better.

Here are some picturesof my time at the PhillyFIT Youth Football Camp:

Here I am speaking to the kids about developing good habits…

Here’s an example of me screening one of the Camp kids.  I started with a basic analysis of their overall body structure and body-type screening… 

Then moved on to a simple Push-up HOLD screening to check core stability…

Then moved into more specific tests based on EACH individual kid…for THIS Camper I did an Overhead Squat exercise…

Now based on this OTHER Camper’s body, I needed to do more upper body testing, so I had him do a simple Standing Arm Pull-back.. 

The result of performing these screens was designing a simple personal exercise routine that I wrote out for EACH Camper based on THEIR personal developing body that would literally take ONLY minutes a day.

Minutes that could PREVENT serious LIFE LONG orthopoedic issues for these kids in the future…

And people wonder why I LOVE what I do!
  
Being part of the Camp was a great experience and I Thank Jami, Lloyd and the entire PhillyFIT Team for choosing me to be a part of it all.

Looking forward to NEXT year guys!

Week One:

Had a great time yesterday presenting at the PhillyFIT Youth Football Camp that is being led by past Temple University Footbal star and Dallas Cowboy – Lloyd Yancey.

I was very excited to help in anyway that I could.  And one of the the BEST ways to EDUCATE the kids on proper Core training for their growing bodies AND doing a basic structural body diagnostic screening.

This kind of screen can detect any muscle imbalances that may be brewing within thier developing bodies that could not only be preventing them from attaining peak performance but more importantly, increase their risk for injury….and we don’t want that!

Detecting these ”weak” spots at an early age is KEY in PREVENTING any major issues from developing when they get older.

I wish someone would have done that for ME when I was growing up. 

Maybe I wouldn’t have destoryed MY lower-back at age 17!

Oh well…at least I was able to help THESE kids and hopefully prevent THEM form developing any problems…which made me feel VERY GOOD about the whole thing.

AND the fact that the kids were very receptive made it even better.

Looking forward to NEXT week’s Camp!  And l hope to post some pictures and video too.

Stay tuned…

I am very excited to have been chosen as the sports performance trainer assisting in PhillyFIT Magazine’s first ever “Youth Football Camp” during the last 2 weeks in July 2009.

The Camp will be for youth athletes between the ages of 9-13 years and is headed up by past Temple University football star, NFL player and Dallas Cowboy – Lloyd Yancey.

Being hand-picked by Lloyd to be on the team he’s putting together to teach kids how to train the RIGHT WAY, meant a great deal to me and I am really looking forward to being a part of it.

Thanks Lloyd!

We have reached another milestone here at Fusion, our FIRST college intern!

Andrew Feher is a Sport & Exercise Science major in his junior year at DeSales University, a baseball player, a past client of mine and will be spending the Summer of 2009 with us here at Fusion.

When I asked Andrew WHY he chose to intern with me, this is what he told me:

“Everyone else out there is still doing all the same old stuff.  Your approach to training is very cutting-edge and is the way of the future,  which is why I wanted to get a head-start on my peers in learning more about it and getting more hands-on experience.”

Thanks Andrew…that’s one of the best compliments I’ve ever had!