Put God’s Design to the Test!
“But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.” – Psalm 33:11 (NIV)In America, we believe that we can make everything better. In fact, we relentlessly pursue improvement. And this can often be a good thing! It can make us examine our hearts and actions and get right with God and others. It can bring new advances in medicine, travel, industry and the environment. It can even help us discover and understand God in new and deeper ways.But many times our efforts to improve on God’s design give us a far inferior result. In his book, What the Bible Says about Healthy Living, Dr. Rex Russell encourages us to “as much as possible, eat foods as they were created.” God’s design is not always convenient, but it is always best.Many companies are introducing genetically engineered and “functional foods” that claim to be superior to their natural counterparts. The primary driver is not to benefit your health—it is purely economic. These new foods are created to “enhance processing and fresh market value.”Unfortunately, the more we process foods the less nutritional value they deliver. Our bodies don’t know how to process these altered foods. We strip vitamins and minerals out of food, put them back in and then call them “enriched.”

One of the most common examples of this can be found when we look at whole grains versus their refined alternatives. When wheat flour is processed and bleached into white flour, 40 percent of the original wheat grain is removed. This includes the bran and germ of the wheat grain, which contains virtually all
of the nutrient value of wheat. So, if you are eating white bread, pretzels, noodles and pastas, or baked goods like rolls or biscuits or cookies, over 50 percent of the vitamins B1, B2, B3, E, folic acid, calcium, phosphorous, zinc, copper, iron and fiber is lost. Click here to continue

In this article we will be talking to Buck Kinney, a member of our site and a professional athletic trainer. We will examine the importance of explosion and what athletes need to consider when training in order to achieve success as well as compare the training programs of a few of the recent Alabama coaches. Buck used to race dirt bikes competitively as well as compete in strong man competitions and power lifting up until 2004. He now trains all sorts of athletes, but focuses primarily on football. Clients of his have gone on to play sports for Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, and several others. At times he and Coach Eyer, of SPS Training work together even though Jack is based out of Alabama and Buck out of Georgia. Buck handles the kids from Georgia, Florida and Mississippi, while Jack works more with the kids from Alabama.  Athletes turn to trainers like Buck to take their game to the next level. Click Here To Read Rest OF Article

Flexibility Training and Reducing Injury By: Coach Jack Eyer (SPS Training) Flexibility Training for Improving Performance and Reducing Injury Every coach, athlete and physiotherapist uses stretching on a regular basis as part of their training. Stretching is used in warm ups, cool downs or as separate training sessions known as flexibility training. Although it is commonly used the science of flexibility training is probably the least understood of all the fitness components. Why should it be done? How should it be done? When should it be done? This article will discuss the latest findings and recommendations to answer these questions. To read the rest of the article click here

Tips On Improving Your 40-Yard Dash By: SportSpecific.com The sports world has placed high demands on today's athlete. Athletes today are measured by height, weight, strength, power, and speed. Speed plays an important role in sports, as quite often the fastest athlete is the one that comes out ahead. Speed training and development is thrown into a training session without much thought or direction. Coaches often find it is too much time and effort and fail to "wipe the chalkboard clean" and start from scratch to teach the athlete proper running mechanics. By teaching an athlete the most efficient means in which to move their body, athletic performance will greatly improve as the athlete will be able to react more quickly and play with greater speed and acceleration. To read the rest of the article click here

Ocularmotor Skills and Training In Football By Dr. Howard L. Bailey, O.M.S. One NFL coach said, I would rather have a quarterback who can make 15 "looks" in 3 seconds over one who can make only 9 "looks"in the same time period. Another team states that "our defensive backs react quicker and can go from point to point faster after API's training." If you feel this is important to your players, read on. Athletic Perception Institute has been involved with training ocularmotor skills in athletics for over 20 years. Over 2,500 athletes have been trained in major sports. Eleven NFL teams, 32 major colleges, Gold Metal Olympic teams and U.S. Navy fighter pilots are among those who have benefited from API's training. To read rest of article click here

 

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