Go Sports Performance’s Weblog

Go: Sports has given our son so many benefits since he began the program last Spring.  The sessions at Go: Sports have been instrumental in changing the way Oliver plays the game of basketball. 

His speed and agility have increased ten-fold and helped him become a strong player for Upper Arlington High School.  He can jump, rebound and out-run any opponent on the floor.  His defense is no longer a weakness.  He is a definite force on the court.

It is wonderful to hear comments from friends and family about how much Oliver has improved this year. The coaches at Go: Sports not only teach but support, motivate and build the athlete’s confidence in their athletic ability.  It is not hard to get Oliver to attend his sessions at Go: Sports because he knows that he is becoming a better basketball player and is seeing immediate results on the court. 

To see our son elevate his game and play with confidence makes the investment into his GO sessions PRICELESS!

-Scott and Lianne McGlade (Oliver’s parents – age 16)

I am not sure if you are aware of our Free Monthly Fitness Newsletter.

On the Front page of our web site (GoFitnessCenter.com), in the left column,  near the bottom, there is a two line newsletter form.

In this monthly newsletter, we offer Helpful Hints, Motivational Ideas, and a Recipe for Free.

We don’t push anything on you to buy, take your email address and sell it, or spam you. 

We want to be different, by giving you Information, and helping you reach your goals. I know a lot of other places would abuse your email address. We want you to trust us.

The next newsletter comes out on the 1st. You still have time to get it.

Have it delivered to your email address. It explains how to lose 50 pounds!

-Nick

You saw it all over the TV while the Olympics were going on. Darra Torres and Michael Phelps’ training regimens were on every news story possible. It is some of the most elite training they could buy.

A program that integrated core training, stability training, with strength and power training.

This is the elite training that is available to everyone in central Ohio at Go: Sports and Go: Fitness.  Sometimes our training is not as obvious as other systems (Big Biceps, Big Bench and Big Squats).

However, we do something better for our youth. We make them better athletes. We train the ability to stop, start, and change direction as fast and safe as possible. We teach the athletes how to be strong in their sport, and how to be more athletic and coordinated.

Do you want your athletes to bench press more (Huge waste of time) or be more athletic?

-Nick

So, when Parents or Athletes find out that I run an athletic performance training center, they always have a few simple questions for me.

• ∆   How much can you help my bench?
• ∆   How much heavier can you help my son’s squat?
• ∆   How much faster can you make my daughter’s 40?
• ∆   Should I take Creatine?

Since we approach athletic development so different than everyone, and we live it and breathe it every day, with great success; I forget most parents and athletes have no idea about the benefits of training correctly.

The real question everyone should be asking is: “How can you help me (or my athlete) be a better athlete?”

Isn’t this the real question? An inferior athlete – no matter how strong or fast, has ever been asked to be on a high school, junior high sports team, or won a scholarship to college. (unless it was track)

Here are a few athletic movements to check:

• ∆   Can the athlete do 8-10 one-legged deep squats with each leg?
• ∆   Can the athlete do any REAL 1 arm Push-ups?
• ∆   How fast can your athlete accelerate to full Speed?
• ∆   How fast can your athlete DEcelerate to from Full Speed, safely?
• ∆   Do they have the basic movement and coordination skills to be a great athlete?

If you aren’t sure, or the answer is “no” to any of these questions, you might want to look at the training the athlete is doing, and see if there are some HUGE things missing.

You can schedule a Free Orientation and Athletic Eval by just calling (614) 453-1446, or emailing: info@gosportsperformance.com, or filling out this form.

Go be a better athlete!

-Nick

We had a lot of parents and coaches asked for my talk at the Ohio Clinic for the National Strength and Conditioning Clinic. I had the video edited, and the relevant slides inserted, and I am happy to post the talk on YouTube.

Here are the links:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Each of the parts are between 7 and 10 minutes long. Feel free to send the links to these videos to anyone that needs to be faster and/or more athletic.

-Nick

On Saturday I had the pleasure of taking part in Capital Area Humane Societies 2ND Annual Defend Your Friend 5k Race. The race raised more than $2,000 last year for animal abuse prevention and is expected to have built on that conciderably with this years event. I was introduced to the 200 plus race participants via microphone announcement and was able to get quite a few to come try out our GO: runners warm up. Many couldn’t help but smerk at their bodies clumbsiness while trying our dynamic flexibility motions. Many were in shape “athletic” runners but were amazed at how hard it was to perform these new movements. Its always a good time when I get to expose new athletes to our cutting edge training techniques. The bigger excitement however, was knowing the our gym was able to help not only the athletes, but the thousands of abused animals in  Central Ohio as well.

-Cory Schierberl

-GO: Director of Youth Operations

Some of you might know, about two weeks ago, we put the camera up in Go: Fitness, and let people talk about their experiences at our training center.

So, we want to announce that some of these testimonials are now posted. You can click the link or visit Go: Fitness’ web site, and click on the “About US & Solutions for You” and scroll down to Member Testimonials.

It was very nice to hear over and over that people like the training, and like the family feeling we have worked hard to create.

By the way, these are not short little “Love the gym!” testimonials. These are actual people and their thoughts and experiences, so the testimonials are 2 to 3 minutes long per person. I don’t want you to think I am scaring you off from watching them. I actually want you to think there is something to watch. (who really wants the short “you guys are great” and then on to the next person testimonial.)

I encourage you to watch one, every other day for a week, and see if there is any story that might help you or a friend of yours!

We will be shooting Go: Sports sometime in the next 2 weeks! So, watch out for the email announcement!

Thanks! 

-Nick

Lindsay has been training 3 to 4 times a week for just 2 months and well, I’ll let the results speak for themselves. 

10 Yard Sprint: 2.07 down to 1.90

Vertical Leap: 16.4 in up to 20.5 in! Thats a 25% increase!

Elasticity Rating: 3 to a 5 (Out of 5 point scale)

Shuttle Run: 10.04 down to 9.75

Deep Overhead Squat: Went from a 2 to a 4 (out of 5)

Congrats to her success and best of luck with her sports, even though she won’t need as much now that she’s stronger and faster than ever been before!