Training

The Parisi Two-Minute Drill The 5 P’s To High Knees The Play(s): We have three movements for you this month…All that help “Knee Lift”. The March, Skip and Double Skip The Purpose: To focus on allowing your knees to come up to your waist height by letting your hip flexors be more “reactive.” Pre-Snap Read: …

The Parisi Two-Minute Drill: The 5 P’s To Pull-Ups The Play: Pull-Ups The Purpose: To work on the posterior chain and lats. This will give you increased shoulder extension, allowing you to better counter balance yourself when sprinting. Pre-Snap Read: It is important to make sure your shoulders are positioned correctly. You want to retract your …

The one upper body exercise most people are familiar with, but have trouble performing is the chin-up. Most of us males may remember trying to perform chin-ups in our PE class in grade school or even high school, while females performed the flexed arm hang for time. Many fitness enthusiasts still think the chin-up is …

The Parisi Two-Minute Drill The 5 P’s To Sled Drags The Play: Sled Drags The Purpose: To increase strength in your glutes, hips and core. By strengthening your lower body muscles and core, you are able to apply greater force into the ground, which will allow you to improve acceleration and overall speed. Pre-Snap Read: …

Maximize Your Acceleration to Increase Your 40-Yard Dash By: Bill Parisi, BBA, C.S.C.S Founder, Parisi Speed School Acceleration is the most important aspect of improving your 40-yard dash time. Acceleration is defined in physics, as the rate of change of velocity over time. This is an attribute many athletes don’t fully understand. An athlete’s ability …

Improving Football Speed Football is a game of speed. If your goal is to land a starting position, become an all-star and/or play college football than speed is one of the most important aspects of athleticism that you can improve. In the not so long past, coaches believed speed was something athletes were born with. …

The 5 P’s To Core Stiffness   The Play: Isometric Contractions   The Purpose: When sprinting your body acts as a spring.  Strengthen your core so you will create a stronger human spring.  You want to minimize the amount of time your feet are on the ground when sprinting and your core acts as a …

The 5 P’s To Stiff Hamstrings The Play: Hip Pop-ups The Purpose: To create strong and stiff hamstrings in order to increase explosive power and speed. Your hamstring acts like springs, and just like a spring, you want it to be stiff and strong, not loose and weak. Pre-Snap Read: Sit on the ground with …

Proper running technique is critical for injury prevention, especially for the hamstrings. One of the key aspects to understand is that, “joint position determines muscle recruitment patterns.”  For example, compare the difference if you were to perform a chin-up with your palms facing up (supinated), compared to a pull-up with your palms facing down (pronated). …

In last month’s Atlantic Health Sports Medicine Series, we focused on a part of the body that many of us have most likely injured at one time or another…the ankle. This month, we are going to focus on another area that seems to get frequently injured and plague even the highest level of athlete – …

The Play: Monster Walks With Bands The Purpose: To strengthen your stabilizer muscles, such as your glute medius and lateral rotator muscles in the hips. Pre-Snap Read: Place an elastic ban around your ankles, then get in an athletic position by keeping your back flat and arms apart. Performance: For the side monster walk, walk …

The Play: Power Skipping The Purpose: Teach you a motor program to drive the knee and put force into the ground. Pre-Snap Read: Make sure you are working in an area with about 10 yards of space in front of you. You should stand up straight and maintain a strong and stiff core, in order …