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Charlie Cates

What Makes A Great Athlete?

When you think of a great athlete, what are some of the attributes that come to mind? Speed? Quickness? Strength? Power? Elasticity? Endurance? Agility? Coordination? Balance? Mobility? Skill? Each of these components are necessary to some degree in order to be a great athlete, but there is one thing underlying Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 7 monthsDecember 27, 2024 ago
Charlie Cates

Top Strength Training Mistakes Basketball Players Make – Part 4

Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. I have written about the first three big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing their strength training. You can Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 9 monthsOctober 11, 2024 ago
Charlie Cates

Top Strength Training Tips Basketball Players Make – Part 3

Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. I have written about the first two of four big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing their strength training. Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 10 monthsSeptember 9, 2024 ago
Charlie Cates

Top Strength Training Mistakes Basketball Players Make – Part 2

  Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. A few weeks back I brought up the first of four big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 11 months ago
Charlie Cates

Top Strength Training Mistakes Basketball Players Make – Part 1

Let’s get this straight from the get go… Your strength training work should be directly enhancing your ability to perform, should be decreasing the time you need to recover, and should be building your resiliency to injuries and stress during your practices and games. Anything else that it is trying Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 11 monthsAugust 5, 2024 ago
Charlie Cates

Basketball Players – The Best Way To Reduce Achilles Stress

Basketball players–Achilles stress is no joke. Too many seasons and careers have been cut short due to Achilles injuries and tears. Unfortunately, despite all of the training advancements out there, the Achilles tendon is still susceptible to a number of issues. But there’s good news–there is a lot you can Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 1 yearApril 25, 2024 ago
Julie Cates

Ladies – Here’s How To Avoid Workout Injuries In Your 50s

Ladies, I have heard from so many of you recently that you are getting back into the workout swing again, but you are feeling that your body isn’t responding how it used to. Specifically, many women I hear from tell me that they are always feeling injured from their workouts. Read more…

By Julie Cates, 1 yearMarch 11, 2024 ago
Charlie Cates

Basketball Players – The One Thing That Will Make The Entire Game Easier

Basketball Players–there is one thing you can do for your body that will make everything about the game easier. You will be able to move better. You will be able to withstand more physical contact. You will become more resilient to aches, pains, and injuries. You will be able to Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 1 yearMarch 8, 2024 ago
Charlie Cates

Basketball Players – Why you need better contracting muscles

Basketball Players–your muscles need to be contracting better. There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Why?? Here’s a short list: – Your joints get to be healthier – Your joints (and their associated ligaments, discs, and cartilage) get to be safer and better protected from injury – Your joints Read more…

By Charlie Cates, 1 yearFebruary 19, 2024 ago
Exercise For Life

Four Common Workout Mistakes That Are Causing Injury

Did you know that issues and injuries from working out are one of the leading reasons people go to the doctor? While exercising can be the best thing you do for your health, strength, and function, doing it incorrectly may be one of the worst… This is why we are Read more…

By Team MAS, 2 yearsNovember 6, 2023 ago

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