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I'm a terrible reader. But I do read more books than most. I was just recently going back through a book called "The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork". I like to go back through books because depending on when you read something it can have different meaning. The 14th…

2019 02 06

Our Strengths Can Become Our Weakness

By: Jason Fernandez 0

What is your greatest strength? I would consider mine to be my competitiveness. The willingness to take on challenges and recover from failure due to my own indignant mindset has gotten me through a lot of trials and tribulations. A lot of trials and tribulations that my competitiveness probably got me…

2019 01 30

The Best Time to Plant a Tree

By: Jason Fernandez 0

I'm writing this at 11:00 pm I'm writing this at 11:00 pm because I got home at 9:30pm. This email isn't about "the grind" or the "hustle" because I think that is dumb. Those things are cost of entry to ANYONE who wants to do ANYTHING significant. Sometimes I ask myself…

2019 01 23

What We Allow in Our Presence

By: Jason Fernandez 0

I was working in New Orleans recently with a mentor of mine. His background if Jiu Jitsu, but he is an incredible trainer in CrossFit as well. Long story short he is what is called a "professor" in that world, which is the highest level of coaching. His standards are…

2019 01 16

The Lion and the Gazelle

By: Jason Fernandez 0

I'm going to share a story with you that has been in our family and in my group of friends that I grew up with playing basketball. This is a lesson that we regularly all talk about when we are together. It came up at a recent wedding and I almost…

2019 01 09

Efficacy in Youth Strength and Conditioning: Pt 3

By: Jason Fernandez 0

In the strength and conditioning field there are several “principles” that have been advocated throughout years. One of them is the “Principle of Reversibility”. This simply states that when you stop training you lose the physiological improvements of training you have made over time (Green, 2017). For example if…

2019 01 02

Gentlemen, This is a Football….

By: Jason Fernandez 0

Vince Lombardi was famous for winning Super Bowls with the Packers. Every year he would walk into the locker room and stare at the professional football players, even after coming off of winning championships, and say "Gentlemen, this is a football." Sounds weird, What he was expressing was the need…

2019 01 02

Efficacy in Youth Strength and Conditioning: Pt 2

By: Jason Fernandez 0

How age impacts what youth strength and conditioning looks like: Strength and conditioning programs have grown significantly over the years in younger populations as more parents and coaches look for ways to improve their athletes performance on the field. Because of the variety of athletic improvement that can occur through…

2018 12 21

Who Is Si Johnson?

By: Jason Fernandez 0

Do you know who Si Johnson is? Most people don't. He received dozen's of requests on a daily basis for people to sign baseballs until the day he died. On one sunny afternoon in 1935 he struck out Babe Ruth three times. He handed the babe a title the vast…

2018 12 19

Efficacy and Youth Strength and Conditioning Part 1:

By: Jason Fernandez 0

The burnout is real in youth sports. What was once a seasonal endeavor has become a multi-billion dollar industry of parents pursuing every avenue to give their athlete the “edge”. Youth athletes as early as 10 years are now playing year round in a single sport while some are doing…

2018 12 17

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