Each year at the NFL Combine, while fans learn about the future stars of the NFL, Strength & Conditioning Coaches learn the latest research in training and performance from Parisi Speed School Founder, Bill Parisi. As the Executive Director of the Professional Football Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (PFSCCA) Parisi, along with Jerry Palmeri, …
Bill Parisi Interviews Dr. Phil Wagner, CEO and Founder of Sparta Science
Injury Recovery with Atlantic Health Systems
We recently spoke with Kraig Brunelle, father of Parisi athlete, Matt Brunelle. Matt has been a Parisi athlete at Parisi Fair Lawn for seven years and seen great success.Recently, Matt was experiencing pain in his knee when jumping too much during track practice and events. The doctor diagnosed Matt with patella tendonitis. While the pain …
The Fallacy of Try
A year ago when I was doing the certification for Parisi Speed School of RI, Bill Parisi, the founder of the franchise, used a pencil to bring home the point about trying. He held a pencil in his outreached and open hand and asked me to take the pencil. I did. He said put it …
Gold’s Gym Islip: 15 Years Later, Where Are They Now?
At the beginning of this year, Co-Program Directors, Candace Seaton and Darius Jemmott at Gold’s Gym Islip, looked at what they had done in 2018 and decided to do things a lot differently in 2019. “We gained a lot of information from the Certification we attended in Fair Lawn in November 2018 with the Master Coach …
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Position Yourself for Success
I started Strength and Conditioning coaching back in 1998 as a personal trainer. I started coaching college rugby back in 2002. My coaching career led me to start and coach a high school team for ten years. During that time in the high school, I also did dryland coaching for some of the winter sports …
6 Mandatory Strength Movements
If you do the six major compound movements – the squat, hip hinge, vertical press, vertical pull, horizontal press, and horizontal pull – you’re bound to see success. These are the movement patterns every complete workout program contains. Problem is, not every variation is best for everybody. Just because a movement looks good on paper …
Atlantic Health Medicine Series: Hip Anatomy & Muscle Activation for Optimal Performance
Dr. Jason Levy, Sports Chiropractor from Atlantic Sports Health, joins Bill Parisi to discuss hip anatomy and muscle activation for optimal sports performance. Dr. Levy is in his 10th season working with the New York Jets alongside Dr. Damion Martins and Dr. Dean Padavan.
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Fire Up Your CNS For Better Lifting
This is a great way to begin any lifting workout. The idea behind “rate of force development” is to do an exercise that’s explosive in nature and that utilizes all of the body’s major muscle groups. Doing an explosive exercise prior to lifting fires up your central nervous system and gets your body physically ready …
4 Tips for Better Athlete Recovery
Nutrition and recovery are critical aspects of long-term athletic development that are often overlooked. As the physical demands of sport increase with age and competitive level, it’s important that we take a few simple steps to keep our athletes healthy, happy and recovered! With just a few basic guidelines we can make a significant impact …
Don’t Short Change the Warm Up
One play, one hit, one rep is all it takes for an athlete to become injured. One of the ways to help prepare ourselves for sport, or for training, is with a warm up. Unfortunately, while the warm up is one of the most important things an athlete can do, time and again, I see …
Unilateral vs. Bilateral Training
For over a decade now, fitness pros have been arguing about unilateral and bilateral training. As a refresher, unilateral means “one side” or “one limb.” Think of a one-arm dumbbell bench press. Bilateral means using both arms or both legs, like a standard barbell bench press or squat. Which one should you put your focus …