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It is once again time for another cutting edge training newsletter from

Progressive Sporting Systems, Inc. 

In this edition you will find an informative article on the my ADC philosophy of training athletes.  You will find some tubing exercises that are actually useful (not the traditional boring stuff you always see). 

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Featured Article

Horizontal Loading-The Missing Link.

By: Tony Reynolds, MS, CSCS, YCS II (Pending)

One thing my Biomechanics professor repeatedly drilled into my head was to assess, dissect, and comprehend (ADC).  Never move forward until you execute these three steps to lay your foundational ground work.  In retrospect, I think this may have been the most valuable bit of wisdom bestowed upon me throughout my complete higher learning endeavor.   

Unfortunately, following this little ADC principle forces one to lead a life of hesitation, skepticism, and uncertainty.  I first experienced this dilemma as a lowly volunteer at my university S&C program.

After watching the first workout, I had nothing but questions…Why do you do that?  What is your reason for this?  Is that for everybody?  How does that relate to what the athlete does on the field? At that time, I was asking simply because it was all new and exciting to me and I wanted to learn.  After hearing some of the answers, I walked away thinking, okay, I am more confused than before I asked. 

A few years later I found myself in Florida working at a very respectful elite athletic training facility.  Once again, I found that my hand was going up every 5 seconds to ask questions.  However, if found that the answers always pacified the issue at hand.  I always walked satisfied, even though the answers always lead me to ask yet even more questions. 

It didn’t take long for me to figure out what had happened before. I had gotten confused because the information being passed on to me just didn’t make since.  In other words, it was just simply wrong.  That coach had never taken the time to assess what his athletes truly did in their sports. 

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Exercises of the Month:

Complements of www.CompleteTrainingSystems.com

Got Tubing? Here are 5 exercises to train you core.  I like to use them as part of my dynamic warm-up.

	With the tubing attached high, start in a outreached stance with your head up and your hands reaching high overhead.  Standing on one foot, slowly hyperextend your spine and flex your base leg allowing your hips to move forward.  Return under control.
Elastic Reach and Chop
	With the tubing attached high, start in a outreached stance with your head up and your back flat.  Chop both hands down between your knees.  Return under control.
Elastic Reach and Extend
	With the tubing attached low, start in a quarter squat stance with your head up and back flat, weight on your heals, and arms at full length in front of your body.  Stand and reach up over your head.  Return under control.
Elastic Reach and Side Chop
	With the tubing attached high, start in a outreached stance with your head up and your back flat.  Rotate to your side and chop both hands down past your knee.  As you rotate your lead leg should stay relatively stationary and your trail leg should rotate toward the center.  Return under control.
Elastic Reach and Twist
	With the tubing attached low, start in a quarter squat stance with your head up and back flat, weight on your heals, and arms at full length in front of your body.  Stand and rotate to your side reach up and over your head.  As you rotate your lead leg should stay relatively stationary and your trail leg should rotate toward the center.  Return under control.

If you would like more workouts like this, check out www.CompleteTrainingSystems.com