CDJT Learning Center
The CDJT Learning Center is built to educate, equip, and elevate. Whether you’re an athlete chasing peak performance, a coach refining your craft, or a parent looking to better support your athlete—this is where the learning lives. Inside, you’ll find practical strategies, proven systems, and powerful insights designed to raise the standard in training, recovery, mindset, and leadership.
How to Use Long-Term Tracking to Help Athletes Excel
At Blockout Academy Strength and Conditioning, I hold the athletes to an extremely high standard. One way I do that is tracking metrics long-term. The more data I collect, the more information I have to make appropriate coaching decisions. Watching how athletes improve over long periods of time also helps them gain confidence and inspires them to continue putting in the work to reach their goals.
Athletic Foundations, Inc.: Supporting Athletes and Coaches So They Can Reach Their Fullest Potential
When athletes and coaches have opportunities to flourish in their sports, they grow in every area of life.
We believe all athletes and coaches should have access to the resources and services that will help them reach their goals.
My new nonprofit organization, Athletic Foundations, Inc. (AFI), will provide the best educational and training support to Alabama’s athletes, coaches, administrators, and athletic trainers.
ACL Return-to-Sport: Criterion-Based Late-Stage Rehabilitation
We are happy to feature this guest post about late-stage knee rehab following ACL injuries contributed by Coach Blake Lancaster, owner and Head Coach at Make A Play Training in Huntsville, Alabama. 
It's All about Progressions: A Template for Developing the Squat for Kids Ages 7 and Up
We are happy to feature this guest post contributed by Coach Earvin McKenzie, Director of Strength and Conditioning at Allen University.
Out with the Old. In with the New.
During the last quarter of 2020, my life changed fairly drastically. I’m still processing everything and may write more about some of these changes in the future. But this is a great time to share what I’ve been up to over the past six months. Here are the highlights.
Returning to Sport after COVID-19
According to Aspire Sports Institute, athletes and coaches and trainers need to be very intentional about safety, their approach to training, and implementation of their training programs as they return to their sports training, practices, and competitive play.
How to Increase Power and Strength with the Box Squat
This week we have a guest post from my friend Alyssa Parten. She’s a coach and trainer with 7+ years of experience, a bachelor’s in exercise and sport science with a minor in nutrition from The University of Alabama, and is currently …
You Need Glute Camp
One thing I enjoy doing is creating workouts and programs to fill needs I see. A while back I had a client who wanted to lift and sculpt the glute, as well as lengthen the hamstring. After talking with this client, I created a stand-alone workout that I call Glute Camp…