Just a quick video that anyone who dreams of being successful in anything needs to watch. Not just sports or business or whatever, but in anything you do.
When I first opened up Genesis, I fell right inline with this video. I realized that if I am going to be successful in this opportunity, then I won’t get to sleep much or do the things everyone else is doing who is working a 9-5 job M-F. If I didn’t grow the facility and work harder than everyone else, then my family wasn’t going to eat. These are the things that drove me… Granted Genesis is not successful yet by most peoples definition, but it is able to keep a roof over our head, and food on my families table. It wasn’t and isn’t easy. That is what it takes to succeed at anything.
I have athletes all the time that dream of being the best and try to get by with their genetics and the bare minimum… They don’t last. Why? Because they eventually have to compete against someone who must succeed or suffer the consequences.
The hardest working athletes I have ever worked with, weren’t the all district, all-state, professional guys, etc. They were the ones who realized that if they didn’t succeed in their sport they weren’t going anywhere. I ask why they are willing to invest in training with me when money or funds are tight or they have other things going on in their life.
They come back with the same basic answer… “Because I have to.” “I have to get scholarship money so I can go to college and support myself and a family eventually.” “So I get noticed at my next try out and make that arena football team so I can pay my bills.”
These are the ones that you have to watch out for, and these are the types of athletes that train at Genesis.
Hunger, Passion, Pain, Drive, Fear… These are the things that should drive every athlete who wants needs to be successful.
You have to want it as badly as your body wants that next breathe.
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Summer is winding down and the college athletes are heading off to school and the high school football guys are starting with their two a day practices. But that doesn’t stop them from training to become the best. Check out this video from one of Monday’s training sessions. In-Season Football Guys are knocking out a tough upper body workout, while the baseball and guys going off to college are destroying a lower body day.
Let me know what you think and be sure to comment.
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With summer winding down, I have been spending all of my time at the facility trying to get the college athletes ready to leave and get up to school stronger, and more powerful than ever before, as well as prepare all the junior high and high school athletes for this upcoming fall. It has kept me extremely and the website articles and posts have been lacking so I apologize. Next week things won’t be so hectic and I have some great content that needs to get posted to be sure to keep checking back.
Because I don’t want to leave you with nothing, I wanted to share a link to the blog of another top notch strength coach giving you 53 tips to build muscle and get stronger. Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think.
53 Ways to Build Muscle, Gain Strength, and Be Awesome (Minus the Expletives)
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Check out these junior high football kids pushing themselves to become absolute BEASTS. They pushed themselves for 15 minute density training session to build up their GPP and get the strength needed to succeed on the field. These 6th and 7th grade athletes already know the work required from them to be the best and are working harder this summer than most high school and college athletes.
If you want get ahead of the competition and have the work ethic to push yourself, then Genesis Athletic Performance is the place for you. We take the athletes that are willing to put in the work and make them the best in any sport.
Email Info@Genesis-AP.com or call (832) 380-5GEN today to set up your free trial as there are a few spots remaining.
Don’t roll into football season getting beat because you didn’t train correctly.
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Check out this video of the athletes getting after it this summer.
These athletes are busting it in the heat to become the best. They realize that in order to be better than anyone they go up against they have to spend more time working and less time hanging at the beach, chilling by the pool, or sitting on the couch.
They have a winner’s mentality and after a summer like this when you go up against them you will learn quickly that you have been slacking off…
What are you going to do to become the best? Depend on the same things every one else is doing? Or are you going to step up your training to take your game to the next level?
Check out some of the football players gettin’ after it on a Friday while everyone else is sitting at home. These kids are busting it and the season is still 4 months away!
Why do Football players only talk about “working out in the summer”?
What you do the other 7 months is what is going to make or break you…
SERIOUS athletes train year round, PERIOD.
Are you a serious Football player that wants to become the best? Are you busy running through ladders and cones when you should be getting stronger and more explosive?
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If you’re a SERIOUS and highly motivated Football player in Houston, contact us and we’ll set up a trial workout to see if you’re a good fit for the program. As you can see from our videos, this training is simply too hard and tough for most Football players.
Call or e mail us to set up your FREE trial:
(832) 380-5436
Info@Genesis-AP.com
Yep. I don’t care if you got it from me, another strength coach, the head coach of your sport, a magazine, or from a website. It sucks… period
It is the reason you never get results. It is the reason you aren’t a better athlete. I’m 100% sure of it.
- I know that every time you train, you are working like a dog, going 110% trying to crush every rep, exercise, and workout.
- I know that no matter what other people say, you are forcing the foods down you need at the times they are needed to recover, burn fat, and build muscle.
- I know you have turned down multiple requests from friends to go party or have a few drinks because it will interrupt your training and diet schedule.
- I also know that you are constantly trying to read, learn, educate, and grow in your knowledge so your training intensity, rest periods, supplementation, and nutrition are spot on.
- I know you are leaving the gym barely able to pick up your arms, walk, and you just might have left a little vomit back there somewhere.
- I know that the hotter it gets outside, the more and more it makes you want to sprint, run bleachers, or push cars instead of sit inside on a computer or in front of a TV under that cool A/C.
- I know that you are sleeping enough at night (7-9 hours), waking up, eating a meal, before even thinking about starting your day.
- I know that you are doing the things you hate to get better at what you are good at. You absolutely despise squats and lunges, but every time they come up, you attack them with an intensity that most people don’t even show for their favorite exercises.
- I know you have that look in your eye, and no matter how busy you are or what you are working on, your goals and desires always creep back into the front of your mind.
So you are doing all of these things 100% of the time and still aren’t getting results?
See I told you your workout sucks and you should go search for another. That will fix everything…
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No matter how long someone has been training, at Genesis there are 2 “basic” phases athletes must go through before they are allowed to hit the specialized programs designed for the more advanced athletes. This is done for multiple reasons, but the main three are:
- To see how dedicated they really are. Just because they are the beginner workouts, doesn’t mean they are easy. There are multiple athletes that for the first week, can’t even make it through the warm-up… not even the beginner program without dying… Do they come back? Are they mentally tough? Do they have the dedication to be the best? That is what we want to find out.
- We want to see how an athlete can move, what his weaknesses are, and if he has any muscle imbalances. These workouts are designed to not only make a better athlete, but also as an assessment so we know what the main things are we need to strengthen to make him better. There is no reason to stick an athlete under a bar to squat, bench, clean, or do any other type of strength or power movement if they can’t even move their body weight correctly.
- They still kick ass, and work fast. Our first phase has been known to increase an athletes bench 25+ lbs, squat 50+ lbs, vertical 2+ inches, and drop their 40 time at least .1 – .2 seconds, and for the most part they won’t even touch a weight. The weights they will touch will be things like sleds, prowlers, and weighted vests.
After an athlete demonstrates the dedication and progression needed to advance, they are able to move onto our programs designed specifically to make them the best at whatever they do.
BUT… Continue reading »
Punch “Being Content” in the Mouth
That’s right. If you don’t and that content feeling starts to take you over then you have already failed. It is as simple as that. Do you follow the same mundane routine day in and day out never noticing the results or what is going on around you? If you don’t have the passion and motivation to set and more importantly reach goals then you are never going to succeed in anything you try to do. This goes for everything… not just in the gym.
No matter what happens in life or in your training, if you live outside your comfort zone then nothing can knock you off your game. Sure things might knock you back a step or two, but you are the type of person in which problems and other negative things just bounce right off of because you are used to being outside your comfort level.
Far too many people I know fit into this “comfort zone”. Why? Because it is easy. They go to the same job day in and day out never thinking about getting promoted, never asking for a raise, and never looking for something better out there. They eat the same places, do the same workouts, and get the same crappy results they have become accustomed to.
But what happens when something knocks them out of their comfort zone? Do they take it in stride and bounce back because they are used to it? Nope… They freak out, slip into a depression, and realize for the most part they are screwed.
I knew a strength coach who was one of the better coaches at the collegiate level. He had been at the same school for over 10 years and became content. He had all his programs in place and had no cares in the world… Until a coaching change got him fired. He had no backup plan. He started scrambling around to find anything and ended up coaching at one of those “Speed & Agility” centers for a few bucks an hour because he spent too long in his comfort zone. What if he checked out the job field every year or two to see if there was a way to advance? Do you think he still would have had to deal with 2nd graders running around screaming at his new place of employment?
I set goals for everything I do because it is human nature to slip back into a comfort zone. I try to fight and resist this by trying to always achieve or go beyond any goal that I set. Any time I train I try to smash my goals because every time I look in the mirror I see that 150lb kid who had no confidence. I see that kid who was fast, not to be a better athlete, but because he was scared and afraid to face anyone on the field or in life. Being afraid of becoming that person again is my biggest motivator.
I have people tell me all the time things I don’t see… how strong or big I have become. How much I have changed, etc. but I don’t see it. Granted I don’t think I ever want to see it either. I figure that if I ever see it and start listening to what other people say then that is one step back into that comfort zone and the first step to failure.
My athletes will never follow the same workout program more than 2 weeks in a row (if even that long). Why is this? Not because of “muscle confusion“, or whatever term some P90X wannabe is spouting out this month. It is because I don’t want them to be content with the program and their results. If they come in knowing that they will be squatting the next 6 weeks content starts to creep in. “I can go easy this week because I’m tired and really push it next.” What happens next week then? Do they push it or did they realize they got away with slacking a little last week and just continue that mindset? I personally don’t want to find out.
At Genesis I only want athlete’s that live outside that comfort zone. They don’t listen to what other people say, but instead are determined to write their own story. On one wall I have a goal board hanging and require every athlete, member, employee, and intern to have something on there. If you aren’t going to put a goal on a board and look at it every time you train then do you really have what it takes to achieve something?
Anytime someone comes in asking about training the first thing I tell them is I don’t care what are you like now. If you are an all world 12-year starter, or haven’t ever gotten off the bench, I don’t care. What I do care about is what you are like a week from now, a month from now, 6 months from now, and a year from now. If you plan on just coming in for a good workout and don’t care about smashing goals then you aren’t the person Genesis was built for or that I want to work with. You are the type of person who holds back the people who do plan on getting better and living outside their comfort zone. Continue reading »
If you don’t already know, I run an athlete training facility in Houston, TX called Genesis Athletic Performance. Every day after I finish with the athletes or my own training, I look across the parking lot at my neighboring “baseball training facility” that is consistently packed with kids, dads, and instructors; all of whom are trying to develop that perfect swing or pitch.
Every day I watch these “athletes” roll up with their dad or hitting instructor, and then spend 1-2 hours working on hitting or throwing mechanics. Every time I see this spectacle, I think to myself, “If only they weren’t so physically and mentally weak.” Sure the kids could be doing worse things like sitting at home eating chips and playing video games, but let’s face it, is their “training” going to help them become a better athlete? More importantly, is their “training” going to help them become a better baseball player?
99% of the “athletes” that I see over there have toothpick arms hanging out of an extra-small t-shirt, and legs that look like they would snap if they stepped off the curb wrong. I doubt they could even do 10 correct push-ups, (Don’t even get me started on squats) but yet they spend hour after hour “tweaking” their swing with hitting coaches, their parents, or both.
In my eyes I don’t care how perfect your swing or throwing motion is. The point remains: If you are weak, there is no point in trying.
