Are Your Landing Mechanics the Missing Link to Top Sports Performance?

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Are Your Landing Mechanics the Missing Link to Top Sports Performance?

 

So you’ve been working on your speed, power and explosiveness all season but have you actually been getting the most out of it? If you haven’t perfected your landing mechanics and ground contact on every stride, then you’re minimizing your playmaking capability and setting yourself up for potential injury.

What Does Landing Mechanics Mean?

Landing mechanics are what allows your body to set you up for the next move or bring your body to an effective stop. Whether it be a straight forward jump, lateral jump, a cut/juke move, or coming to a complete stop, how you land and the set up dictates the next move. 

How Will It Improve Sports Performance?

Landing mechanics are one of the biggest factors that can immediately improve your performance. If you can efficiently absorb the forces your putting into the ground with every step, juke and landing then you can effectively explode out of that move like a loaded spring. This leads to a more efficient and effective juke, and stride. To put it simple you use less energy and make more plays.

How Can It Reduce My Injury Risk?

 Landing is crucial to staying healthy and keeping yourself on the field or ice. Over time that landing issue, even if it’s minuscule, will lead to injury. For example, if your knees are collapsing inward every time you land,  this creates excessive force on your knee joints. Over time, this may lead to problems such as an ACL, MCL or meniscus tear. If you’re effectively landing with all joints aligned, then you’re more likely to stay healthy and dominate the game.

 

Here is a breakdown of proper landing mechanics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad: Knees Collapsing in                                Good: Knees Aligned

 

Written By: 

Robert Jost

NSCA-CPT, ACE-CPT

 

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Recipe of the Week: Healthy Almond Cookies

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Holiday Cookie Alternative: Healthy Almond Cookies

 

The holidays are right around the corner and that means cookies everywhere! Here is a super easy and healthy recipe to hit your cookie craving this season.

 

Ingredients:

  • 3 egg whites
  • 6 tablespoons almond flour
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 cups almond flakes

Directions:

  • Mix egg whites, almond flour, and honey in a mixing bowl.
  • Add almond flakes to mixture and stir until combined
  • Make mixture into 10 medium sized cookies on baking pan
  • Cook on 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes
  • Enjoy!

 

 

Let us know how they came out and if they resolve your cookie craving this holiday season!

 

Written By:

Robert Jost

NSCA-CPT, ACE-CPT

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Is Body Movement Training The Next Big Thing?

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Is Body Movement Training The Next Big Thing?

What is Body Movement Training?

Body movement training can be summed up to pretty much any type of body movement done efficiently: running, walking,  jumping, bounding, rolling, cartwheels. These movements are already found in some fitness programs, but are they being done properly? And are they being worked on and perfected?

Hasn’t Body Movement Always Been a Thing?

It was a thing! Unfortunately, most people don’t move efficiently or often, leading to poor body mechanics and posture. This then leads to pain and potential injury. The vast majority of people are sitting behind desks for 8+ hours a day, followed by a few more hours in the car and on the couch to finish out the day. Our actions create habits and a habit of poor posture and inactivity doesn’t transfer well to healthy movement.

How Can I Make My Body Move More Efficiently?

Stop sitting so much, start there! For every hour you sit, make it a rule to at least get up and move around for 5 minutes. Do get a better idea of your body’s movement needs. Come in for a movement assessment. An assessment can pinpoint the body compensations and muscle imbalances developed over the years. These imbalances can come from various every day habits. You have a Desk job and aren’t very active. You play sports or have played sports and have developed imbalances because of the repetitive sporting movements. You’re an avid gym goer and have poor movement habits that lead to you doing the exercises incorrectly. Whatever it may be a movement assessment can help find the fix.

What is a Movement Assessment?

A movement assessment typically starts with a squat assessment. From this squat assessment every joint and muscle movement can be seen. Compensation patterns and muscle imbalances are determined. From there the most productive workout program can be put together to get your body moving more efficiently and in less pain! Now the true body movement training program begins!

Where Can I Get An Assessment?

More facilities are providing movement assessments than ever before, which is great for the future of body movement training, but not all assessments are created equal. Just make sure you do your homework on the place and find out if they do a movement assessment. If you live in the South Jersey area or want to complete an online movement assessment and suggestions on how to improve, we would be happy to help.

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Robert Jost

NSCA-CPT, ACE-CPT

 

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High Protein No Lettuce Salad in a Cup!

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High Protein No Lettuce Salad in a Cup!

Looking for a change up to the regular lettuce salad that is still easy to make? Why not go no lettuce! Try this no lettuce high protein salad that will keep you full for hours.

Ingredients:

  • 2 hardboiled eggs
  • 1/4 avocado
  • 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup Korean carrot, peppers, or olives
  • 1 small pickle
  • 1 oz. smoked salmon
  • 2 tbsp. plain yogurt

 

Veggies are adjustable to whatever you like 🙂

 

Directions:

Fancy way 😉

  • Grab a nice glass and begin to layer the ingredients
  • Use the yogurt as a layer separator
  • Garnish with avocado

 

Easy way

  • Grab all the ingredients, toss them into a bowl and enjoy! 😀

 

Take your pick on how you’d like to prepare it, it’s delicious and nutritious either way!

 

Written By:

Robert Jost

NSCA-CPT, ACE-CPT

 

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Training Aspects’  personal trainers and sports performance coaches want you to accomplish your goals. You, as the personal training client, are a reflection of our personal training and group training methods! We are here to help you accomplish all of your personal training goals!  Our main training focus are people looking to increase performance, lose weight , lose body fat and increase lean muscle. Whether you live in Cherry Hill, Haddonfield,Marlton, or any of the other surrounding areas we are here to help you Move, Look and feel as you’ve always desired…