Panos Tzetzos and Nick Zaneto at the Perform Better Functional Training Summit in RI.

Metuchen Recreation Commission 

Functional Fitness Group Training

Exercises in the video can be scaled for any fitness level and are a result of progression.

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Teacher introduces fitness program at MHS

Check out the article below that was featured in the Metuchen-Edison Sentinel.

Teacher introduces fitness program at MHS

Rip Training with the Master

Bill Fabrocini of TRX

Panos Tzetzos and myself had the awesome opportunity to workout with the TRX Rip Trainer Master Bill Fabrocini of TRX.  In about 20 minutes we got a killer workout in, during the lunch period of the 2012 Functional Training Summit in Providence, RI.  One of the best training devices on the market today as it gives you a different type of resistance, that works muscles that you can't hit with free weights.

Just got done with day 2 of the Perform Better Functional Training Summit.  Amazing workout and lecture with Martin Rooney from trainingforwarriors.com / Parisi Speed School.  He is one of the most motivating fitness professionals I have ever seen.  Today, he talked about giving it all you got during the workout and not holding back.  This small piece of advice really hit me hard today, as I thought about how many times I may have held back during a workout.  The workout we did today was given to us by Martin in two dosages, 1 min on and 10 seconds off, then we did the same workout 30 seconds on and 20 seconds off.  During the second dosage we were able to truly go "All Out" have enough recovery and it felt like we got the same out of it as we did in the first dose.  It was an amazing revolation that I wish more fitness professionals would realize, there is no reason to kill clients and have them passed out on the ground instead make the workouts effective and fun. 

National Champion World Champion Jersey Product Jordan Burroughs killing it with some plyos

Medi-dyne Blog Post

Check out this blog post by Medi-dyne that they published of my feedback of their products.  http://www.medi-dyne.com/blog/calf-flexibility-marathon-training

Liverpool FC Demos the TRX Rip Trainer

Liverpool FC Demos the TRX Rip Trainer

by TRX Editor [2012-03-09 6:00 AM] No Comments

Liverpool FC ended their wait for silverware with their recent Carling Cup triumph over Cardiff City, securing them a record eighth League Cup win in the process.

The football club’s head of fitness and conditioning, Darren Burgess, has long been relying on TRX Suspension Training (in his current role with Liverpool and previously with Australia’s national team, the Socceroos) to provide sport-specific functional training for his athletes and to help them reduce their risk of injury. And it appears to be working, as Liverpool FC currently has one of the lowest injury ratings in the English Premier League.

“I think functional training such as that offered by the TRX Suspension Trainer allows players to improve their strength and power in a football-specific manner,” says Darren. “It helps progress players to a higher level of performance but also continues to build the mobility and strength to keep players on the pitch versus on the sidelines.”

Now Darren and the first team have a new piece of kit in the training room at Melwood, after recently having been introduced to the TRX Rip Trainer during a visit from TRX Director of Training and Development Fraser Quelch (on left above). Fraser took Liverpool FC’s coaching staff through a variety of Rip exercises in a demo, and Darren quickly saw how the Rip Trainer is the perfect complement to the Suspension Trainer.

Where the Suspension Trainer allows you to build total body strength, core stability and mobility and a strong athletic base, the Rip Trainer allows you to utilize that foundation for explosive power, metabolic conditioning or a cardiovascular challenge. Because it utilizes elastic resistance, the Rip Trainer allows athletes to build up a ton of speed at the beginning of an exercise and forces them to control a high tension load at the end range of motion (excellent for speed training).

For Darren, the Rip Trainer is a game-changer. “Football is played in a vertical position, and the TRX Rip Trainer allows you to train in that position while you are applying force through the ground, exactly like you do in football,” says Darren. “You are allowed to do any number of movements while turning your core and glutes on,” which is crucial for football players as they use these muscles to back into other players and fight for loose balls during the game.

The TRX Rip Trainer is a powerful tool for reinforcing movement patterns as corrective strategies before, during and after traditional strength, power and agility-specific training for football. It’s the perfect tool for every athlete and team looking for that extra edge in performance.

Liverpool prepares to face Sunderland this Saturday at the Stadium of Light.

Check out the moves that helped Liverpool FC win the Carling Cup. Download this workout program, designed by Darren and used exclusively by the Reds!

TRX Rip Trainer Video

Legit piece of equipment for functional stability

TRX at the NFL Combine

TRX at the NFL Combine

by trxblake [2012-02-28 6:00 AM] No Comments

TRX shows up in the training rooms of 24 of the 32 teams in the NFL. TRX head of human performance, Chris Frankel, spent this past weekend at the NFL Combine to demonstrate new applications for the TRX Suspension Trainer and Rip Trainer to coaches. TRX’s Tim Bourke attended with Frankel. As a 4 year letter winner from Illinois, Bourke knows the importance of functional training for football and the ins and outs of preparing athletes for competition.

The Combine is an opportunity for top Football athletes to demonstrate their tactical, technical and fitness related skills to the shot callers in the league. It is also an opportunity for the best training technology to get in front of the Strength and Conditioning, as well as, the Athletic Training decision makers in the league. In this world, new gear and techniques only make the cut when they can deliver results that translate into wins in one of the most physically demanding sports on the face of the planet.

Frankel provided coaching tips and hands-on demos to coaches who already incorporate Suspension Training and Rip Training into their programs. He also showed coaches new to TRX what TRX training can do for their players and how Suspension Training and Rip Training can be used to develop foundational strength and rotational power. Frankel’s tips on how to use the Suspension Trainer for mobility and movement preparation exercises resonated with coaches as did demos showing how both the Suspension Trainer and Rip Trainer are powerful tools for reinforcing movement patterns as corrective strategies before, during and after traditional strength, power and agility-specific training for football.

Every athlete and every team is looking for that extra edge in performance. The NFL Combine again underscored that coaches and players at the highest levels of sporting competition turn to TRX to optimize their training and performance while enhancing durability to keep their players in the game.

Shake of the week 2/27

Peanut Butter Granola Banana Shake
1 Banana

1 Nature Valley thin peanut butter granola bar

1 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt

1/2 cup of ice

1/2 cup Non-fat milk

1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder

Increase calorie burn by almost 300 percent with these simple Strategies

How does Ferriss' Ice Therapy work? Well, by cooling your body down with ice, you're essentially forcing it to burn much more calories by activating your brown fat as the studies above can attest to. His suggestions, from easy to 'hard core,' include the following. Do advance slowly! It may be inadvisable to go straight to the ice bath if you're not used to it!:

• Place an ice pack on your upper back and upper chest for 30 minutes per day (you can do this while relaxing in front of the TV for example)
• Drinking about 500 ml of ice water each morning
• Cold showers
• Immersing yourself in ice water up to your waist for 10 minutes, three times per week. (Simply fill your tub with cold water and ice cubes)

(Dr. Mercola, 2012)

Posted By Dr. Mercola | February 13 2012

Posted By Dr. Mercola | February 13 2012

Shake of the week 2/20

Vanilla Fish Shake

1/2  cup vanilla graham goldfish crackers

1 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt

1/2 cup of ice

1/2 cup Non-fat milk

1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder

TRX Training with Frankie Edgar

Champion MMA Fighter from the Jerz

Lin-Sanity

Check out Lin before he was a Knick.

This guy is ripping it up.

Sports Performance Enhancement Specialist Todd Durkin at TRX

Awesome Total body exercise

TRX Suspension new exercise = Squat from the bottom up

Rotational Sport Exercise (Baseball, Lacrosse, and Tennis)

TRX Rip Trainer exercise = Samauri Strike

Video of Tebow Working Out in High School

Great Footage of Tebow:

Stair running

Sled Dragging

Power Cleaning some serious weight for a HS kid

Shake of the week 2/13

Valentines Day Treat

1 reeses peanut butter cup

1 banana

1/2 cup of ice

1/4 cup of water

1/2 cup Non-fat milk

1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder

Shake of the week 2/6 

Banana-berry

1 cup frozen strawberry and banana slices

4 oz non-fat frozen yogurt

3 oz non-fat milk

2 oz of water

1 tablespoon flax seed oil