The Next Level Interview w/ Carlo Alvarez

St. X Football Podcast

The Next Level and St. X Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Carlo Alvarez, create a weekly in-season video and podcast journal to chronicle the training of the 2007 St. Xavier Football team.

http://nextlevelfitness.typepad.com/the_next_levelwith_coach_/2007/09/download-st_x_y.html

Words of Wisdom from USC Trojans

Football Fuel

by Susan Kundrat, MS, RD, CSSD

Daily Training Recommendations:

· Eat a big breakfast, lean, high-carbohydrate lunch, and small snack after school to prepare for afternoon practices.

· Drink extra liquids during the day to “boost” fluid stores for workouts.

· Use salt and eat salty foods during the day to help prevent cramping and enhance hydration.

· Get in a high-carbohydrate snack with a little protein within 30 minutes of every workout to boost muscle recovery.

· Eat a high-carbohydrate dinner with at least 1 good serving of quality protein to refuel energy stores.

· Take in a good snack before bed to continue to boost recovery.

Sports Vision Training

This was a recent article on the Wall Street Journal on how College football teams are rethinking the way they train their quarterbacks. Sports Vision training has become a new and exciting tool to utilize in the development of players visual acuity, tracking and depth perception. As quartebacks try to read defenses to make better decision on the field of play, vision training allows them to react quicker to the fast pace of the college football game. Here is the link to the article on the WSJ.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118852161509314157.html