It has been a great week. Our weekend speed and agilty sessions were well attended by both old and new athletes. Everybody is getting back into the fall routine in our evning sessions. It’s good to see people with a plan to improve their health and then to actually follow through on it. More on that in a minute. We are happy to announce we are now affiliated with CLC’s Health and Wellness program. We will be hosting students during their practicums. They will be observing our weeknight training sessions and on the weekends during our speed and agility sessions. Having students will only make our trainers better by keeping them on their toes and in the teaching mode.

    As mentioned before, we are seeing people return with a plan to get healthier, in better shape, and lose weight. Over the next few weeks we will be talking about the keys to succes in improving your health : diet, exercise, and sleep. If you have any topics you would like information on, feel free to send us an e-mail. The first topic will be on diet, carbs. v. protein. Check back next week.

    Commitment,Dediction, Discipline, these are the keys to success. Every successful endeavor starts with a plan or goal. Once a goal has been set, there must be aplan to achieve that goal. From that point on, one must be dedicated to that plan. Dediction takes personal discipline. Discipline is the hardest of all to maintain. There are so many ways to fall off the wagon and break away from your discipline. If you really look at the reasons why people aren’t disciplined, thay can be summed up as one word, excuses. Don’t let excuses get in your way. With that in mind, we are happy to be back on track with our weekend training sessions at Grass Lake School. 13 young athletes were in attendance yesterday. We have the plan. They just need to be committed, dedicated, and disciplned enough to keep coming back. We will help them achieve their goals. Come and check us out!

Have a good week

    We are in the middle of Labor Day Weekend. This weekend marks the end of summer vacation for schools. At least, it used to. Most students have already returned to school. With the school year starting and summer activities winding down, it is time to get back into the workout routine. Weekend training sessions at Grass Lake School start next Saturday, 9/10/11, at 7:30 a.m. Many parents have inquired about the sessions. We are looking forward to the return of many of our previous participants and to those who are new to our sessions. We receive a lot of calls asking us to explain what we do. Hopefully the following description will be helpful.

     Our sessions are offseason training sessions which address flexibility, core strengthening, general conditioning, running form, change of direction, injury prevention, anaerobic, and aerobic conditioning. We use the latest techniques and drills research has proven effective to address the above areas. The majority of our strengthening is done with body weight, medicine balls, and resistance bands. The athletes who participate in our sessions range from middle school age through college age.  Sessions are Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.Each session is $10, pay as you go. On Saturdays, we have a trainer available for parents who wish to work out while their student athlete is working out. We do work with teams at a group rate, upon request.

    We hope everybody is settling back into their fall routines. We also hold an adults only, group exercise class, on Monday and Wednesday nights at Colletti Physical Therapy, 543 Orchard St., Antioch, Il. Sessions are from 7-8 p.m. They are also $10, pay as you go. If you have any further questions, feel free to call us at 847-395-6100.