Coach Lex

Building Better Athletes Starts with a Strong Foundation 💪🏃‍♂️

Our Youth Athletic Development program focuses on helping young athletes get stronger, move better, and prepare for the demands of their sport.

In these videos, you’ll see battle ropes and sled pushes—two great tools for developing power, conditioning, and athleticism. Sled pushes help improve acceleration and speed, while battle ropes build endurance, coordination, and core stability.

We also emphasize foundational strength exercises like Bulgarian split squats and single-leg RDLs. These unilateral movements help athletes:
✅ Build strength one leg at a time
✅ Improve balance and coordination
✅ Develop hip, glute, and hamstring strength for speed and power
✅ Address side-to-side imbalances that can contribute to injury

Strength training isn’t just about performance—it’s also about durability. By teaching proper lifting technique and movement patterns early, we help athletes build a foundation that can reduce injury risk and prepare them for future high school and collegiate strength programs.

Strong athletes. Fast athletes. Resilient athletes. That’s the goal. 💥

Interested in helping your young athlete reach their potential? Send us a message to learn more about our Youth Athletic Development program.

A friendly reminder to stop comparing yourself with others

Here I’m back squatting 135lbs. That’s not heavy. I’m not hitting an ass to grass squat either. I’m going as low as I’m comfortable with. BUT, I’m super pumped about my progress.

I first injured my ACL in 2011. I stopped back squatting at that time out of caution to prevent further injury. I injured it a second time in 2020, but was able to avoid the surgery until 2024.

I also have a labrum tear on my right hip which isn’t repaired.

After my ACL surgery I began adding back squats back into my lifting here and there. I was super conservative on the weight. But, lately I’ve been trying to edge the weight up slowly. I still control the depth due to my hip injury. Squatting low + load on the back is a bad idea. To achieve a nice depth, I add heel elevation and opt for goblet squats. Injuries aren’t the end, you just have to be creative (that’s where a trainer can be crucial)

It’s more helpful to compare yourself to your previous self. Watching insta reels and comparing yourself to their numbers only steals the joy from your own accomplishments. Everyone starts from somewhere different. Track where you started - your weights, your mile times, your pushups, whatever the metric -so you can see how far you’ve come 💪