Coach Torres

07/22/2023

As a parent or caregiver, one of your goals is to make sure your children are eating healthily. But what foods should kids really be eating? And in what amounts?

Children need the same number of servings per day from each food group, but portion sizes should increase as they get older.

07/17/2023

It’s just you and your nasty thoughts.

You vs You.

Facts.

07/15/2023

When I first became a certified kettlebell instructor it was a 3 day workshop in downtown. Day 1 was all about learning how to program, the difference between the kettlebell versus the other strength modalities, and it was all in the classroom. Day 2 was all about the carries, and the “grinds.” Day 3 was all about ballistics. One of the hardest 3 days because on days 2 & 3 I got my boot whooped! I still use everything I learned then till this very day on all my clients. I highly recommend learning and implementing the kettlebell in all training programs!

Portions of this article are adapted from the transcript of Gray Cook and Dan John’s Essentials of Coaching and Training Functional Continuums lecture video.

07/13/2023

"Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the iron into a sinole strength. I belleve that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts. Time spent away from the iron makes my mind degenerate.
I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind."
- Henry-Rollins

06/24/2023

Sled exercises are versatile and effective in building strength, power, & conditioning. Discover the benefits of this training tool and how to maximize results.

05/06/2023

The secret to jumping high is doing exercises loaded that replicate jumping, box squats!

20 Advantages of The Box Squat by
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1. You can sit back more, allowing you to place emphasis on posterior chain.
2. It can gauge that you are squatting to the same height each time.
3. Allows the lifter to stop midpoint for technical corrections.
4. Allows for a static to dynamic contraction.
5. Most people can recover faster from box squats than other squats, so they can be trained more frequently.
6. It’s easier to teach and for a lifter to adapt to a different stance, albeit wide to close or close to wide.
7. Done properly, it could allow lifters with joint issues to still be able to squat but control range of motion or allow joint angles they can no longer do with free squats.
8. It allows the lifter to learn how to stay tight in the bottom position of the squat.
9. Is a great way to teach compensatory acceleration with the squat.
10. Easier to teach a straight concentric bar path.
11. Builds explosive strength.
12. For general population, there is no easier way I’ve found to teach the squat as well as a proper sit-to-stand for basic post rehab.
13. Can be used for lifters from complete beginner to the most advanced.
14. Great way to test different shin positions to see what will work best and/or what is the most comfortable for each lifter.
15. Can lower box height based on joint mobility and/or flexibility within the same set.
16. Along with #15, lower boxes can allow for ballistic stretching in the bottom of the squat position.
17. Allows coach to cue flex on command from bottom position without group feeling like their heads will pop off.
18. Breaking of the eccentric - concentric chain, allowing for more power development.
19. They have stood the test of time.
20. Because Louie says so... _
These assume you are box squatting, not squatting to a box. They are also in no specific order, as I’m ripping these off the top of my head.

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03/04/2023

Coach Kim Goss explains the importance of elastic strength training in keeping athletes from getting non-contact ACL and Achilles injuries.

The incidence of ACL and Achilles injuries, even “non-contact” injuries, is rising, as anyone who watches football, basketball, or soccer knows. But not in weightlifters, even when they have accidents involving massive amounts of weight. Why? Coach Kim Goss delves into the importance of elastic ...

02/25/2023

Limit the variables that'll derail your early powerlifting gains as an inexperienced lifter. Here's conjugate in a nutshell.

Live, Learn, Pass on...

02/11/2023

The Kettlebell Sn**ch, like its barbell cousin, is one of those unique movements that allow the individual performing it to express...

The Kettlebell Sn**ch, like its barbell cousin, is one of those unique movements that allow the individual performing it to express multiple aspects of fitness simultaneously. Power, strength, coordination, stamina, balance – all of these are required to complete it successfully. But unfortunately...

02/04/2023

Mamba mentality.

In this powerful motivational video, Kobe Bryant shares some powerful life advice that made him extremely successful and how he became one of the greatest NB...

01/28/2023

Watch this 8-video series to learn how you can properly incorporate split squats and lunges into your strength and athletic training programs this season.

The value of single leg training is the athlete's improved focus and concentration on what they're doing rather than mythical functional strength and sport specificity. I've discovered that athletes not only become better lungers and squatters, they also become better lifters.