One thing I do that really helps keep my week on track is preparing my food at the beginning of every week. Preparing my food for the week not only keeps my nutrition in line, but also helps me remain more consistent in other parts of my day-to-day rhythms and routine. I’ve tried a few meal prep options over the years and here are a few things I’ve discovered:

In this post, I more details about how this goals and purposes exercise unfolded in case other coaches want to do a similar exercise. If you decide use any of the prompts or reminders included here, let me know how it goes!

If you don’t have a purpose, there’s no common goal. If you don’t agree on your common goal, there’s not going be a purpose. So for me to really help these athletes continue to grow, I need them to discover their purpose with regard to their training goals.

I’m currently taking The Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification course (more on why soon!). And taking Brian’s course, listening to his podcasts, and having conversations with him have all reminded me of the importance of controlling what I can control. So, rather than leave my day to chance, I’ve returned to keeping a better, more defined schedule.

Strength and conditioning coaches have many roles outside of strength and conditioning. At any given moment, we can be a nutritionist, sports psychologist, instructor, demonstrator, mentor or friend. It’s up to us to be competent in these areas in order to help develop our athletes to the best of our abilities.

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.

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.

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.