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by John Cortese | Aug 5, 2013 | Featured Posts, Football Training, Mindset | 0 comments The power of self belief is incredible. I have experienced this myself many times over with my own athletic career and seeing how it can be of positive (and negative) benefit for our athletes and fitness clients. Many athletes will fail to ever realize their potential because of […]

by John Cortese | Jul 31, 2013 | Featured Posts, Flexibility and Mobility, Recovery and Restoration | 0 comments Let’s face it – lower back pain is no fun at all. Trust me, I know from experience. In fact, let’s rewind back to the Spring of 2004 (my senior year of high school), where I experienced some of the worst pain I’ve ever felt in

by John Cortese | Feb 12, 2013 | Announcements, Featured Posts, Flexibility and Mobility, Recent Posts, Recovery and Restoration, Videos | 0 comments When a new athlete comes in to train with us, we first need to establish a baseline of where they’re at, physically and mentally. Part of this evaluation process is testing their current level of flexibility and mobility. We use a simple warm-up with basic movements

by John Cortese | Feb 12, 2013 | Baseball Training, Football Training, In Season Training, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Uncategorized, Videos | 0 comments Most athletes fail to understand the importance of training year-around with some form of GPP or general physical preparedness. It’s way too common to see young athletes specialize in one sport and spend all of their time training their skills, rather than devoting 3-6

by John Cortese | Feb 6, 2013 | Announcements, Contests, Featured Posts, Recent Posts | 0 comments Hey guys! Hope this month is off to a good start and you’re on the track to becoming an even better athlete than you were a month ago! Just wanted to give you all a quick heads up that we’re having a BIG referral contest this month. Details

by John Cortese | Jan 31, 2013 | Agility Training, Baseball Training, Basketball Training, Conditioning, Featured Posts, Football Training, In Season Training, Olympic Weightlifting, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Track and Field | 0 comments One of our CTS athletes, Kane E., training in-season at CTS! I can just hear it now… “I’m too tired”… “I’m too busy” “Practice is too long” We hear these same excuses from athletes who are either leading

by John Cortese | Jan 31, 2013 | Featured Posts, Football Training, Olympic Weightlifting, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Strength Training | 0 comments Hey guys, Check out this video of team CTS Strength & Conditioning at the 2013 PWA Junior and Senior weightlifting championships in San Francisco, CA! Every one of our junior athletes (20U) took home at least one medal AND hit new personal records!! Nice

by John Cortese | Jan 31, 2013 | Featured Posts, Olympic Weightlifting, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Strength Training | 0 comments Hey guys! Check out this video of our first competition as an official USA Weightlifting club, team CTS Strength & Conditioning! These athletes compete in other sports as well, but they are GREAT weightlifters too! Enjoy! [youtube]http://youtu.be/OTbMVVNlbAs[/youtube] –John Cortese, USAW, CSCS

by John Cortese | Dec 4, 2012 | Featured Posts, Nutrition, Nutrition and Supplements, Recent Posts, Recovery and Restoration | 0 comments Should high school athletes use creatine in their training? I think it’s fair to say “YES” and “NO”. Mainly “NO” though, for a few reasons (which I go over in the video below). Basically though, if you aren’t 18 and still eat like crap

by John Cortese | Dec 4, 2012 | Featured Posts, Football Training, Olympic Weightlifting, Recent Posts, Strength Training, Vertical Jump Training | 0 comments We get asked questions repeatedly from athletes and coaches about the never-ending debate regarding Olympic-style weightlifting for athletes and whether or not they are SAFE or EFFECTIVE or even worth the time to coach and teach them… There are many ways to skin