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By Jake Tanenbaum

Part 5/5 Power Endurance: Putting it all together

Now that you’ve had your athlete develop a strong aerobic, strength, power, and speed foundation, it’s time to put it all together. That’s where power endurance...

By Jake Tanenbaum

Part 3 / 5 - Speed

Once a solid aerobic condition is built, followed by proper strength and power training, speed may then be looked at to be developed. And to use a common phrase in athletics, speed kills.

Speed kills

Not a...

By: Jake Tanenbaum

Part 3/5 - Power

There’s 10 seconds left in the match, it’s a tie score, most wrestlers would wait it out until it the end of the period. But not this guy, he knows intuitively how much time is left and he sees his...

By: Jake Tanenbaum

Part 2 / 5 - Strength

Strength is one of the most important factors in terms of executing technique effectively and efficiently. One may have great technique, but the athlete who performs the technique with greater strength,...

By: Jake Tanenbaum

Aerobics. No, I’m not talking about 80’s aerobics where you get your headband on and a tight leotard and kick your leg up in the air. I’m talking about the energy system in your body that is responsible for...

By: Jake Tanenbaum

It’s the difference between life or death. It’s linked to love, affection, the soul, and so many other things. It also tells you how good of shape you’re in. It’s no wonder some of the best athletes in...

By: Jake Tanenbaum

The good ol’ days

15 national championships, that's what Iowa accomplished under the Dan Gable era. Gable took that program to unseen heights, something that had never been done before in that school or the sport’s...

By: Jake Tanenbaum

Look
If you had
One shot
Or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
In one moment
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip?

You’re in the biggest match of your career. For some, maybe...

By: Joey Wilson

Over my years of competitive wrestling, training, and “cutting weight”, I have been highly attuned to and fascinated by how nutrition affects performance. Serious wrestlers and martial artists tend to be fanatical about...

By: Jeff Silveira

About Jeff

Jeff Silveira is the associate head coach at Cal State Bakersfield Bakersfield. He is in his first year as head coach, and has spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach on the CSU Bakersfield coaching...