The POW! Gym is the home of the Chicago Parisi Speed School. Kettle bell training is another form of strength training. It is important when adding kettle bell exercises to your program that you devote the necessary time to learn the skills associated with the various lifts. Although all strength exercises should be performed …
Improve the Stability of the Knee
Simple Exercises to Increase Balance The is an increasingly high number of knee injuries in youth athletes today. Youth athletes are playing too many hours of their sport and no dedicating a sufficient amount of time developing their athletic foundation. This includes build strength, improving mobility and mitigating injuries. Quick look inside the knee: The …
Parisi Athlete of the Month “Prime Time” Timmy D.
Chicago Parisi Speed School Athlete of the Month Meet “Prime Time” Timmy D This months Feature Athlete is young Timothy D. He came to us this Winter with two goals. To get more explosive and gain speed. Timmy has the nickname “Prime Time” due to his abilities on the football field. He plays running back …
Chicago Parisi Speed School Class
Chicago Speed School Classes, Youth Sports Performance The Chicago Parisi Speed School offers a 75+ class program for adults and kids. Our classes for kids are broken down by age group and topic. Here is a look at our traditional Parisi Signature classes for our Jump Start kids that are 7-11 yrs old, Total …
3 Footwork Drill to Improve Boxing
“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble.” Sugar Ray Robinson Katalin, the Owner of Parisi Speed School of Chicago incorporates many different footwork drills into the boxing classes. The goal of footwork drills is to teach rhythm while developing comfortable …
Making Pogos even more fun!
Pogos are a standard Exercise in the Parisi Speed School training system. Although Pogos have various applications in the jumpstart and total performance classes, I find kids love them because I let them make noise. The mini Pogo in particular, are a perfect opportunity to give kids the chance to move faster and make a …
Parisi Winter Camps
Chicago Parisi Speed School has enjoyed the integration of Parisi training methods into our fitness camps for kids. Our facility has offered kids programming for over a decade in Chicago ‘s West Loop, but adding Parisi has taken our training and fitness programming to an entirely different level! One of our most rigorous training …
Parisi Workout Games
One of the coolest challenges we have as Parisi coaches is the assignment of making speed training fun. I’m sure other coaches throughout the network have so many up their sleeve. One game I have added to both the jump starters, total performance kids and my adults classes at POW! (PowGymchicago.com) is called : the …
CHICAGO YOUTH SOCCER COMBINE AND SKILLS CHALLENGE
KICS COMBINE EVENTS- 2016 STANDARDIZED ATHLETIC TESTING EVENTS: 40 YARD DASH-WITH 10 AND 30 YARD SPLIT TIMES (ADHERES TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD) -measures linear speed/power- BROAD JUMP- Standing Long Jump VERTICAL JUMP- Measure of Vertical Power 5-10-5 PRO AGLITY – Measure speed in transition. Body control and stabilization is vital here WEAVE AGLITY- Measures dribbling effectiveness …
What does the Glute Medius do?
Parisi coaches have a chance to be more than motivators, they are also educators. But how do we teach our older athletes how the body works. The trick is to keep it simple. The more they understand about function and muscle recruitment the better off they will be when they become independent exercisers. The glute …
Parisi Athlete Of The Month-October
For the month of October, we celebrated our members and enjoyed 31 days of member appreciation. POW! Gym and Parisi Speed School Chicago featured our members who own small businesses, have trained with us for years upon years, offered product samples, and invited friendly challenges and competitions. To focus on the latter, our Parisi Athlete …
Happy Halloween #ParisiNation
No bones about it ! Hockey stops are a great exercise for learning the mechanics of change of direction. It is also an excellent plyometric drill. I do it in my adult fitness classes as well. Here is an interesting view of the body’s mechanics. Crazy to see how much my femur internally rotates …