How to Perform Assisted Pistol Squats
In the last couple of blog posts I introduced and discussed exercise progressions for a single leg exercise called the Pistol Squat. If you missed them, check out those previous posts here:
In this episode I will show you 2 more progressions towards performing this challenging and effective exercise: Airborne Lunges and Assisted Pistols. The airborne lunge will help you develop greater balance and stability, which is required for the pistol squat. The assisted pistol variations I am demonstrating allow you to control the amount of assistance you give yourself so that you can gradually make the exercise more challenging. Check them out in the video tutorial below:
Here’s another video I found with a great Assisted Pistols variation that I hadn’t tried before: Band Assisted Pistols. I tried it by looping the resistance band over my chinup bar and it worked great! Take a look at it:
Try these exercises out and let me know what you think in the comments section below. Next episode I will show you some assistance exercises you can use to increase the strength and stability of your knees, hips, and ankles, to help you progress one step closer to performing full pistols safely and easily.
Stay fit,
Josh
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Another Pistol Squat Progression – Side Step Ups
I hope you found my last post on the Pistol Squat interesting, and have decided to take on the challenge to master this difficult yet rewarding exercise. Last time I introduced some basic exercises you can do to prepare your body before beginning this series of training progressions, and then I shared a video demonstration of the Single Leg Sitting Squat. In this episode I will be demonstrating the next training progression which I call the Side Step Up. Check it out in this video tutorial:
Once you master this exercise and can increase your range of motion with good form, you will be ready for the next training progression, coming soon!
If you have any questions or comments I’d like to hear from you. Leave a message below!
Until next time, stay fit – train smart – and Play Hard!
Josh
Develop Lower Body Strength and Stability with this Exercise
All soccer athletes can benefit from improving their lower body strength and stability. This will improve performance as well as help prevent common injuries, such as ankle sprains and hamstring strains. One very challenging yet very effective exercise for lower body development is the single leg Pistol Squat.
I myself have never been able to perform this exercise with full range unassisted, so I have taken it upon myself to train for it over the next few months, and share with you the series of exercise progressions that I use to be able to perform it. This would not only represent a big strength accomplishment for me, but it will provide you with some useful training tutorials to follow. Part of my motivation to be able to perform exercises such as this has developed out of a shift in my approach to my own physical training routine, from primarily focusing on maximum strength toward concentrating more on full body conditioning, stability, and mobility.
If you’re goal is to incorporate strength movements to help you become more athletic, it will benefit you incorporate challenging body-weight exercises such as weighted dips, pullups, varied pushups, pistols, handstand pushups, etc. These movements are not only effective, but will also make your joints feel great!
So why should you consider taking on the Pistol Squat as one of your training goals? Well, the benefits of Pistols include greater strength and stability of the hips and knees, better balance, improved flexibility, a great thigh workout, and bragging rights, of course! Also, it just looks really cool. Are you sold? Great, let’s check out the first series of progressions.
Now, if you have any knee issues, or if you are a true novice lifter (less than 3 months strength training experience), I recommend you include the following basic exercises in your training plan (as well as squats and deadlifts, of course) to get your glutes firing, and to work on the isolateral strength balance between both legs:
Single leg hip bridges:
This is a simple hip extension movement that will help you activate your glutes and get you used to using your hips for exercise, rather than just for sitting on.
Step ups:
A very basic single leg exercise to help develop better balance, train your stronger and weaker leg independently, and build glute and thigh strength. Progressively increase the height of the step used and increase the weight held as you become stronger. Use slow, strict form and avoid ‘bouncing’ up by pushing off the bottom leg.
“Bulgarian” Split Squats:
A slightly more challenging single leg variation which places greater stress on the leg in front and involves strong glute extension.
Once you feel strong in the above exercises and have a solid training foundation, you can progress to the first pistol progression, single leg sitting squats, as demonstrated in the video below:
I will be posting the next Pistol progression soon, but I still need some more work getting a bit deeper on these single leg sitting squats. If performing ‘pistols’ is one of your goals as well, keep working on this initial progression until next time, and let’s get there together!
Stay fit, train smart, play hard!
Josh
A Strong Core Improves Performance
Because all movement originates from the core, it’s important for soccer athletes to develop a strong midsection to improve performance with other compound exercises and athletic movements. First of all it’s important to recognize that your “core” is more than just your abs. It includes all of the muscles in your torso that support the spine and midsection, including:
- Rectus Abdominis. – The abdominal muscle group referred to as your “six-pack”.
- Internal and External Obliques. – These run in opposite directions to each other and are on the abdomen and sides.
- Transverse Abdominis (TVA). - This is the deepest layer of abdominal muscles that wrap around the waist, located underneath the obliques.
- Multifidus & Erector Spinae. – The lower back muscles that support and rotate the spine.
- Gluteus Medius, Minimus, & Maximus. – These are the butt muscles or “glutes”.
The names of these muscles aren’t really important, but it’s good to have an idea of what muscles we’ll be working on, and where they are on your body. The main function of your core muscles is to control movement of your entire torso, as well as providing stability and resisting movement. The exercises shown in the videos below will target each of these main muscle groups.
When you first start training your core, strength should be developed progressively by learning how to engage the core musculature with static contractions. This is accomplished by using Core Activation exercises as in the video below, which I’ve posted before:
Once a decent base of core strength has been developed, and you have learned how to “brace” from your midsection, then a variety of core exercises can be added to your strength training program. Here are a few of the core exercises we typically include in our workouts:
One of my favorite core training accessories is the Power Wheel. You can perform a number of challenging exercises using the ‘Wheel’, and a university study actually rated it as the best core trainer in the world, based on how well it works all of your supporting midsection muscles. Check it out at Strongest Core.com
After building sufficient core strength using some of the exercises demonstrated above, and once you can perform them easily without any lower back discomfort, then core strength and stability can be effectively maintained simply by incorporating compound exercises into your program, such as the squat, deadlift, single arm standing press, and through the use of body-weight only training (as shown in the video below). It is still practical to include some direct core isolation work to specifically target the midsection. Check out this video… she’s pretty impressive! Guaranteed you need a strong core to performance those exercises:
Conclusion:
The great thing about building powerful core muscles is that this will also improve your progress in every other area of your training, because your core supports movement in every other part of your body. Also, as part of complete training and nutrition plan, these exercises will help you achieve a stronger, leaner, solid-looking waistline. Try incorporating some of these exercises into your own workouts and let me know what you think!
Train smart and stay fit,
Josh
Warm Up Exercises For Soccer
A proper dynamic warm up will not only help prevent injuries during soccer games and practices, but it will also lead to a more powerful performance on the field, or in the gym. The exercises demonstrated in the videos below will prepare your muscles, joints, and nervous system for the activities ahead, enabling you to contract more quickly in the game or practice to follow. Here is a basic full body athletic warm up, progressing from slower to more explosive movements:
Here is another demonstration of more soccer-specific dynamic warm up exercises. If time allows, once you have finished the general warm up shown above, this series of “Warm Up Activation Exercises” below would be a great progression to help you get game-ready!
Be sure to make time to properly warm up before training or playing… it can make the difference between a winning soccer performance versus missing games due to injury. Review these videos, and make sure you’re training with a team or coach that understands the importance of a good dynamic warm up.
To thank you for checking out our blog and being part of our soccer community, I have attached a free e-report to this post for you… it covers some of the basic warm up exericses, with descriptions and illustrations, so you can print it and bring it with you to practice. You can download it at:
Train smart and play hard!
Josh
Our Soccer DVD is Now a Digital Download!
We are very proud to announce that our already popular DVD, “Building the Complete Soccer Athlete: Train Like a Pro” has been converted to MP4 format and is now available as a digital download at:
This development was in response to many requests from customers and subscribers to make our DVD available for instant download online. We listen to your requests! To celebrate this new format for sharing our soccer training program, we are offering it at discounted price for a limited time, plus we have added an additional bonus ebook called “Develop Power For Soccer”. Learn more by clicking the image below…
Check it out and start playing better soccer right away!
Stay fit, train smart, play hard.
Josh Hewett
Is Strength Training Safe for Youth Soccer Fitness Programs?
For years medical and exercise professionals, soccer coaches, and parents discouraged prepubescent youth from resistance training. The old school of thought was that strength training would damage the growth plates and retard or stunt children’s skeletal development. Some coaches and soccer players also believed that resistance training would cause the athletes to become slower. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Research has dispelled all of the past concerns and it is also worth noting that there has never been an incidence of growth plate breakage reported in the United States.
According to Wayne Wescott, Ph.D. (Specialized Strength Training, 2001) progressive resistance training is actually the best way to enhance musculoskeletal development in boys and girls. Other studies have even indicated that resistance training has its greatest positive affect on bone formation during the prepubescent years (Bass, 2000). This potential benefit may be especially important for young women who are at increased risk of developing osteoporosis. Other studies have proven that a well designed strength training program can help improve speed and power development for athletes.
If established training guidelines are followed and if nutritional recommendations are adhered to, participation in regular resistance training will have a favorable influence on growth at any stage of development.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (2001), the American College of Sports Medicine (2000), the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (1988), and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (Faigenbaum et al., 1996) all support participation in youth resistance training activities as long as the program is supervised and designed correctly.
Joe Defranco, a respected strength and conditioning coach who works with young athletes, is quoted as saying the following regarding the growth myth:
It still amazes me that parents won’t hesitate to get their young children (6-7 years old) involved in sports such as football, gymnastics, basketball and soccer, yet they feel that participating in a strength-training program is damaging to their children’s bone health and will stunt their growth.
The fact of the matter is that running, jumping and tackling can create loading on a child’s body which is up to ten times greater than most strength training exercises. In other words, the physical demands on a child’s body are far greater on the athletic field compared to the weightroom. Parents who don’t let their children participate in resistance training are actually increasing their children’s risk for injury on the athletic field.
There have even been position stands by such organizations as the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics suggesting that children can benefit from participation in a properly designed and supervised resistance training program. Position stands recommend that prepubescent children shouldn’t lift maximal weights; they should lift weights that can be lifted for at least six repetitions with proper form.
Strength training in this manner can be the most potent exercise stimulus for bone growth and development. In fact, research has shown that young weightlifters have greater bone densities than individuals who don’t lift. Thus, the positive benefits of resistance training for bone health, injury prevention and improved athletic performance are far greater than the risks.
Strength training for kids is not to be confused with competitive weightlifting, bodybuilding or powerlifting. Instead, the focus is on moderate weights and controlled movements, with a special emphasis on proper technique and safety. This doesn’t require access to expensive exercise machines either, as children can build muscular strength using free weights, resistance bands, or body weight exercises. Recent research indicates that strength gains of roughly 30% to 50% are possible for youth during childhood and adolescence following short-term (8-12 weeks) training programs.
Benefits of Youth Resistance Training for Soccer Players
In addition to enhancing muscular strength and local muscular endurance, regular participation in a youth resistance training program has the potential to influence several other aspects of health and fitness. The potential benefits of youth strength training are summarized below:
Potential Benefits of Youth Resistance Training
• Enhance sports performance
• Increase muscle strength
• Increase muscular power
• Increase local muscular endurance
• Improve body composition
• Increase bone mineral density
• Increase cardio-respiratory fitness
• Improve motor performance skills
• Increase resistance to injury
• Enhance mental health and well-being
• Stimulate a more positive attitude towards lifetime physical activity
Youth Resistance Training Guidelines
Resistance training should be recommended to adolescents and children as part of a well-rounded physical activity program that includes exercises for cardio-respiratory fitness, flexibility, agility, and balance. Those who are interested in helping children and adolescents participate in resistance training programs should consider the following guidelines:
- Provide qualified instruction and supervision
- Teach youth the benefits and risks associated with strength training
- Begin each session with a 5 to 10 minute warm-up
- Begin with one light set of 10 to 15 repetitions for a variety of exercises
- Include exercises to strengthen the lower back and abdominals
- Target the major muscle groups in balance
- Progress to 2 or 3 sets of 6 to 12 reps depending on goals and needs
- Increase the resistance gradually as strength improves
- Focus on the correct exercise technique instead of the amount of weight lifted
- Strength train 2 to 3 times per week on nonconsecutive days
- Listen to each child’s concerns and answer any questions
- When necessary, adults spotters should be nearby for safety
- Focus on participation and provide positive reinforcement
- Keep the program fresh and challenging by systematically varying the training program in order to optimize gains, prevent boredom, and prevent overtraining.
Summary
Parents, teachers, soccer athletes, and coaches should realize that participation in a resistance training program, along with other types of physical activity, gives children and adolescents another opportunity to improve their health and quality of life. Scientific evidence indicates that youth resistance training programs are safe and beneficial. Medical and fitness organizations now support participation in well-designed and properly instructed youth resistance training programs. Check out www.SoccerAthletics.com for some great examples of appropriate exercises.
We now have the evidence to recommend youth resistance training as part of a well-rounded physical activity program.
Stay strong!
Josh
Are You Wasting Your Time Doing Too Much Cardio?
Hello again!
It looks like we’re FINALLY getting some warmer weather and a little less rain here in Toronto, Canada, and I’m starting to see more and more people getting outside and going for long runs. As a soccer player, doing more cardio might seem like a great way to improve your athletic endurance as well as getting a little leaner, right?
Not exactly.
I’d like to challenge the common belief that doing a lot of cardiovascular exercise is the best way to improve your overall fitness and to reduce body fat. If you follow a good strength training and interval training program, there is really no reason for performing excessive amounts of cardio. In fact, as I will explain, there may actually be reasons not to.
Too many soccer athletes are running themselves into the ground doing hours of cardio to improve their fitness and performance, or to lose a little weight in the pre-season. However, more and more research is mounting which clearly demonstrates that long, slow, steady-state cardiovascular activity is actually counterproductive to achieving these goals. Not only is excessive cardiovascular exercise relatively ineffective, but it may actually do more harm than good. I realize that this is a bold statement that flies in the face of conventional wisdom within the mainstream fitness industry, but this article will explain why this is in fact the truth.
Too Much Cardio Can Hurt Your Heart
A recent study, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, that examined the heart health of a group of men who had been part of a national or Olympic team in distance running or rowing showed that half of these lifelong endurance athletes exhibited evidence of heart muscle scarring. And now a new study (published in the journal Circulation) using laboratory rats also demonstrates a direct link between prolonged cardiovascular exercise and heart damage, similar to with the human endurance athletes.
The research shows that over time strenuous cardiovascular exercise can damage your heart. Admittedly, unless you’re engaged in high-level endurance training this information should not overly concern you, and you certainly shouldn’t use it as an excuse to avoid exercising at all! However, there are many other reasons to avoid doing too much steady-state cardiovascular training.
Too Much Cardio Can Hurt Your Heart
Cardio Can Waste Your Muscle
Trying to lose weight by performing long periods of cardio may actually also lead to the wasting of muscle tissue (especially in combination with a low calorie diet). This is something we really do NOT want to happen! Muscle is the body’s fat burning furnace. Lean muscle tissue is responsible for maintaining a healthy metabolism, preventing injuries, improving mobility and performance, as well as helping you develop a toned, athletic-looking physique.
Because excess cardio can metabolize both fat and muscle, it can result in what I call the “skinny-fat” physique. You may lose some weight, but your body will still look and feel soft, flabby, and weak. Also consider the fact that over-doing it with aerobic exercise can increase oxidative stress and lead to elevated cortisol levels, resulting in a depleted immune system, low energy, and more abdominal fat storage.
Long Duration Cardio Also Wastes Your Time
In the fast paced society that we live in few athletes have the time to spend several hours each week doing long, slow, boring cardio workouts. In fact, “I don’t have the time” is one of the most popular excuses for not exercising! The truth is that most people are far more likely to participate in an exercise program if the time commitment is not as great, which is fine because unless you are a pure endurance athlete long duration cardio is totally unnecessary. It is important to remember that although endurance is an important element in a soccer conditioning program, soccer is still essentially a speed / power and agility sport, requiring quickness rather than long slow “marathon” style training. In addition, with all of the time required for technical practice, speed and agility drills, strength and power training, on top of your playing schedule, it is a blessing that you don’t need to be doing countless hours of running every week!
Adrenal Fatigue
Excess cardio can put extra stress on your adrenal glands, which may lead to fatigue, anxiety, depression, insomnia, reduced immunity, and inability to concentrate. If your adrenals are compromised this can also make it harder to lose body fat.
OK, so tons of slow cardio is OUT. How do you improve your athletic conditioning for soccer without doing hours of running? What if there was a way to get in great shape in less time, without all the potential negative effects of cardio? There is!
To Get Lean You Need to Get Intense
Now, I’m not implying that you should never perform any form of cardiovascular exercise. On the contrary! Going for a walk, a swim, a bike ride, or playing a pick-up game of soccer with your friends are all healthy activities to participate in. If you are a beginner, moderate cardio exercise may be a good way to gradually increase your activity level. Cardiovascular exercise really only becomes a problem when it’s over-done. But there are safer and more effective ways to get in great shape and improve your fitness.
Brief, intense resistance training (strength training) workouts are superior to cardio training in a number of ways. Strength training, anaerobic exercise has the benefits of increasing your lean tissue, improving your bone density, regulating your blood sugar, and increasing your metabolism over an extended period of time. The higher the intensity of the strength training session, the longer the metabolism remains elevated, and the more total calories burned.
In addition to strength training, there are certain forms of “cardio-type” training that are very effective. You just need to make your cardio workouts shorter, faster, and more intense! The solution is High-Intensity Interval Training (also referred to as HIIT).
HIIT involves brief, intense sessions of cardiovascular exercise, lasting only 15 to 20 minutes. It consists of a series of short, high intensity bursts and longer low intensity intervals. For example, after every 2 or 3 minutes of low intensity jogging you would perform a 30 second fast run, and then back to jogging… alternating these intervals for the entire workout. This type of cardio is FAR more effective for fat loss. For evidence of this, compare the body of an elite sprinter to that of a high-level marathon runner. Sprinters are lean, muscular, and athletic looking, as opposed to the drawn-out, unhealthy appearance of many long-distance runners.
Which body is better for fitness and performance?
In addition, studies now show that HIIT causes an increase in the release of HGH (Human Growth Hormone) in your body. HGH is a vital hormone that is KEY for physical strength, health and longevity. Plus it burns fat like crazy! It is important to note that with both strength training and interval training, the key is intensity.
I believe it’s time to re-evaluate the obsession with cardio amongst soccer coaches and players, and consider more effective strategies for improving performance. For a complete training training resource including programs for speed, endurance, technical development, and strength, check out www.SoccerAthletics.com.
If you have any questions or comments please leave them below… I want to hear your opinions!
Stay fit, train smart, and play HARD!
Josh
Training for Soccer Speed
(This is a guest post from Free Footy Tips)
When it comes to playing and training for football, speed and agility should be at the forefront of any player`s mind. These days, with football played at such a frenetic pace, a lot of emphasis is put on the stamina side of the game and while this may be important, it`s speed that ultimately wins games.
Premiership footballers such as Scott Parker and Charlie Adam are spoken of as having `good engines`. What that means is that they can keep going for ninety minutes and over the course of a football season, they are less susceptible to injury than many of their team mates. Even though players like this may not be blessed with natural pace, they will also realize the value of training for speed to make them as quick as they can possibly be.
That principle should be the same for players at every level and it`s not enough to say that some players are `born quick`. Every single player at any standard of football should train to make themselves as fast as possible in order to give them that crucial edge that can turn a match in an instant.
There are several suitable regimes that you can follow in this respect but most will concentrate on developing strength and power in the entire lower body, including the core. This will give you that crucial acceleration speed that can leave an opponent trailing behind you.
You can begin to strengthen your lower body by lifting weights with your legs. As with all forms of weight training, increase the weight lifted as a steady progression and push yourself safely and firmly in a controlled program.
This form of weight training for the lower body can be built on using squat thrusts, step ups, and lunge variations, progressing toward more dynamic exercises such as jump squats, split lunge jumps, box jumps and plyometric drills. This gradual progression and overall combination is a perfect start on your road to an improved acceleration speed.
Naturally, running itself will help your progress and short sprints against the clock can measure how far you have progressed. Many top athletes have used resistance running as a form of improving their overall speed and a range of high tech equipment including parachutes attached to the runner`s back have been produced.
Even if you don`t have access to such equipment, you can try running uphill, starting with gentle inclines and leading to much steeper climbs. Running in sand is a superb way to build up leg and lower body strength and you should try to adopt this method wherever possible.
As with all types of fitness work, training for speed works better when you have a set routine that you can stick to for a set period. Over the course of five days you can try alternating between weight training, thrusts and other gym work, with some resistance running. Use this method of alternating between training methods for four days and then on the final day, start some timed sprints to discover just how much you have improved.
A routine such as this can improve the speed of any athlete and give them a head start over an opponent who doesn`t put that sort of effort it. As with most things in life, if you`re prepared to put in the effort then you will see rewards.
Stamina may be important but there is a danger that too much emphasis can be put on it. In football, games are won in short bursts of activity that are aided by speed of thought and then speed of action. Even the slowest Premiership footballer will realize that and be working to improve their acceleration.
Speed should be paramount in any soccer player`s thinking and if you need some advice, there are plenty of football tips around to set you on your way to greater pace in your all round game.
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Next week I’ll be posting an article I wrote discussing cardio training. Cardio still seems to be very popular, but could you be wasting your time? Find out next time!
Until then, Stay fit!
Josh
The Importance of Sleep for Better Athletic Performance
I just recently received an email from a customer who had ordered our DVD, “Building the Complete Soccer Athlete: Train Like a Pro“, and he raised a couple of good points which I wanted to discuss. Here is his message:
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Josh,
I received your video in the mail yesterday and watched it last night. I thought the content and presentation were excellent. Conditioning, skills and nutrition gave valuable insight. Also, I enjoyed the mental preparation and visualization. I will share your site with others. This is just in time for my son’s summer break and should provide some quality instructions he can follow with some friends. One note, I would also talk about getting a good amount of sleep (maybe I missed that portion) and setting a high standard of achievement with school work to complement mental and physical toughness.
Great job. I’m looking forward to watching it again.
Jim D.
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First of all, I always appreciate receiving feedback and getting comments from my subscribers and customers; thanks a lot Jim! Secondly, Jim mentioned a couple of important issues: maintaining high standards in other areas of one’s life (ie: academics, career, relationships, etc), and the importance of SLEEP!
As an athlete who is passionate about your sport, it’s easy to let it consume all of your time and energy, but it is essential to remember to play at a level 10 when it comes to life’s other priorities as well. It’s all about balance, and how you do ANYTHING is how you do EVERYTHING! As important as that is, in this post I’d like to focus on something many of us need more of: Quality Sleep.
Sleep is an integral part of living a healthy, balanced life, as well as maintaining a high level of athletic performance. Your physical training is the stimulus or ‘trigger’ for your body to become faster, stronger, and more fit, but it is during rest that your body actually repairs itself and responds to that stimulus. If you train hard but do not get adequate sleep, you are continually breaking the body down without letting it rebuild and adapt to the training! This can lead to increased injuries, fatigue, weakness, muscle loss, and a weaker immune system.
I’m sure you’ve been warned about “over-training” at some point. It can be a legitimate concern for high level athletes, but for most of us the risk is not so much about over-training as it is related to “under-recovering”. Your body can actually handle a significant amount of serious training if your nutrition is on point and you get enough quality sleep. Neglect either of those two factors and say goodbye to your athletic performance.
Human Growth Hormone is a powerful hormone that is naturally occurring in your body, which aids in recovery, healing, metabolizing fat, and keeping you young and healthy. HGH production is at it’s highest in youth and teens, as they are still growing and developing, and gradually declines as we age, but it is still important as we get older. There are two times in a day when HGH is typically at it’s highest level, and both of them we have some control over: one is directly after a brief, intense workout, and the other is during deep sleep. If you want to do everything you can to become the best athlete you can be, you will want to take advantage of these two times!
HGH is typically at it’s highest level… directly after a brief, intense workout, and … during deep sleep.
Here are some things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep immediately:
- Most studies show that between 7 and 9 hours of sleep is optimal. Getting less or even more sleep than that is not ideal.
- Try to follow a regular schedule when it comes to your sleeping patterns, waking up and going to sleep at the same times each day.
- Aim to sleep in complete darkness if possible. Use heavy curtains to keep out any light from outside, cover your digital alarm clock, or wear a sleep-mask.
- Don’t eat or drink before sleep. Especially avoid caffeine or alcohol within several hours of sleep.
- Try to relax for a couple of hours before sleep by reading a book or listening to soft music. Avoid watching TV or surfing the internet right before sleep.
- Slow down your brain… write down anything that’s on your mind before going to bed then try to forget about it until the next day.
Follow these tips and you’ll be waking up super-charged and ready for action in no time!
I hope that helps you with your goal to play better soccer. For more training tips be sure to check out our DVD at www.SoccerAthletics.com, which is now available as a digital MP4 download! Yes, I finally figured out how to make it available as an instant download online after receiving several requests to do so. You see, I DO listen to your suggestions! LOL. Here’s the link to read the Digital Product Review for “Building the Complete Soccer Athlete: Train Like a Pro” from Top Reviews blog. I’m very pleased with the feedback it’s been getting!
Check back soon… next week I’ll be sharing a guest post from Free Footy Tips.
Stay fit, Play hard!
Josh
