At higher levels, the things that separate the good athletes from the great ones are the little things.  Most athletes will show up for their game, play, head home and that is it.  In reality, we need to be taking care of ourselves during the season!  During season is when the injuries occur, many of which are preventable.  Below are our Top 5 tips for staying on top of your In-Season Recovery!

With graduation fever in the air, we have millions of high school and college graduates getting ready to take the next step in either their scholastic career, or professional career.  I remember being so excited to graduate because it would suddenly be all up to me on how I defined my life.  No longer would I have to abide by the rules of school, or go to classes, but rather I would decide what would happen!  What I soon realized was the structure that I so desired to get away from way a security blanket, and I was met with an instant fear because suddenly it WAS all up to me!

With that in mind, I have put together a small list of 5 thoughts for recent grads, so that they can avoid many of the pitfalls, fears or mistakes that many will make!

What’s going on guys! I am here today to bring you the next three “don’ts” that will help you better your life in every possible way. You see everyone gets too focused on what they need to “do”; they make their “to do” list, they tell themselves “I need to do this, and do that, and do this, and do that”. They forget about all those things they need to “not” do to get their life on track to get them to where they want to be. Take these next three “don’ts” to heart and see if they apply to you:  Read More...

If I could write a letter to myself, what would I say?  Would I make sure that all your paths were straight and give you all the answers you could ever want?  Would I help you to avoid all the pain and challenges that you faced in your life?  Or do I encourage you to take more risk and to fear less?  Should I encourage you to take more challenges and to tackle more?  If I could write this letter, I would write this... Read More

Another busy week, but how about this weather!  It feels like I am back in sunny San Diego and it has me fired up and ready to change some lives!  I have had lots of great moments this week, and I hope you have too!  Keep finding way to make an impact each and every day!  As I like to do, I have gathered a couple things together for you that I found beneficial this past week!  

Over the past couple weeks; I have been receiving many questions of various topics, but many pertaining to my thoughts on in-season training.  Many of our athletes are baseball players and will train in the offseason for 3 or 4 months.  After the offseason, traditionally they will then go off and play high school athletics, followed by summer ball, followed by fall ball, and 8 months later they are back.  These athletes work maniacally for those 3 to 4 months in hopes that those gains will carry them through the next 8 months.  In reality, the season wears us down and does more damage to us than good.  The solution to the breakdown is in-season training.

It has been a busy week at Crucible Performance as we are constantly trying to push to bring you the best, not just some of the time, but all the time!  Below are some great reads for you that I found interesting from the week!  Enjoy!

"Don't" is used to describe a regulation that forbids something. In the human vocabulary we often use the word "do" to dictate a positive behavior. The word "Don't" is virtually extinct when referring to a positive behavior.  However, I have put together a twelve "Don't" series to live by in your every day life. As hard as it is to believe, these "Don'ts" are going to shy out the negative behaviors we can find ourselves guilty of. Every one wants to be successful but not every one wants to sacrifice the negative behaviors that bring nothing to their lives. Here are the first three "Don'ts" in the series: