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1) Compared to free weights, machines utilize less muscle mass. This means that fewer muscles are getting stronger and fewer calories are being burned in the process. 2) Machines claim to be one size fits all. Everyone is built differently; machines often take people through dangerous ranges of motion. 3) Machines aren't functional. Functional has come to mean a lot of things. Many people think of people standing on stability balls and other circus-like tricks. "Functional" is different for everyone, but there are some commonalities. We all need to walk, which requires single leg stability. Free weight exercises, such as reverse lunges, train all the lower body muscles AND the hip stabilizers. The leg press does not. The real question then is WHY USE MACHINES AT ALL? -Kevin Neeld
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Speed is undoubtedly the most important physical skill in hockey. Nothing will help you stand out from your competition and catch the eyes of other coaches and scouts like game-changing speed and quickness. Our skating treadmill at Endeavor is an incredible skating tool that is GUARANTEED to improve your speed on the ice. The treadmill helps you train to improve your speed by: 1) Increasing your stride length 2) Increasing your stride power 3) Increasing your stride frequency Eric Tangradi, the top prospect of the Pittsburgh Penguins, spent the Summer training at Endeavor. When asked about the skating treadmill he said, “The skating treadmill helped me lengthen my stride and skate at speeds I couldn’t quite push myself to on the ice.” Anyone that has seen Eric play this year has commented that he’s skating better than he ever has. It’s an amazing tool to help players of all ages and abilities develop breakaway speed. I’m excited to let you know that we’ve put together a special skating treadmill discount just for you! 30-minute skating treadmill sessions are usually $35 (still drastically less than other so-called “hockey experts”), but for a limited time you can save $10/session (over 25% off!) by signing up for a monthly package! Even better, if you sign up for a monthly package by February 1st, you can lock in that rate for the rest of 2010! Call me today at (856) 269-4148 or email me at to take advantage of this special discount and reserve your time slot today! -Shamus Savage, Operations Manager
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Every morning, Monday-Thursday, the Endeavor staff trains together for about an hour. I refer to these training sessions as being "in the lab" because I'm always trying new things with our group to see if they're safe/effective to use for our clients/athletes: new exercises, new exercise pairing, new set/rep schemes, etc. It's exciting to me to see people make truly incredible progress. Jared, Endeavor's owner, continues to amaze me. He's getting stronger faster than anyone I've ever seen. In the last week he: Set a personal record: Trap Bar Deadlift with 415Then set a personal record: Trap Bar Deadlift with 425Then set a personal record: Trap Bar Deadlift with 455Then set a personal record: Trap Bar Deadlift with 475If you watch the videos, you'll quickly realize that he'll be pulling well over 500 within another week or two. Not bad for someone that suffered from low back pain before starting to train with me! Deadlifting being bad for your back is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS!I'll save that rant for another day, but you should know that learning proper deadlifting technique and strengthening that movement will actually MINIMIZE your risk of low back pain and that sitting in a chair all day is more damaging to your back than lifting!Get strong. Stay healthy. -Kevin Neeld, Director of Athletic Development
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Whether the goal is sport-specific conditioning or fat loss, interval training almost always trumps traditional aerobic training. It can also be more fun. One of our tennis players recently started using this Death Fun Circuit: 3x Through 1) 90-Yard YoYo Run 2) 25-Yard Sled Drag 3) Plank Rotations: 4x/side 4) 25-Yard Walking Lunge 5) 20 second Chin-Up Hang 6) 20 second Overhead Spit Squat IsoHold (each side) At the end of the circuit, most people stand hunched, speechless, with pulsing legs that feel strong and tight. That's Round 1. This circuit is performed AT LEAST 3x through. Her times were: Week 1: 4:45, 5:15, 4:27 (best time) Week 2: 4:04, 4:40, 3:58 (new best time; a combined 1:45 improvement from last week) Week 3: 3:53, 4:08, 3:27! (NEW BEST!; a combined 1:14 improvement from last week, and 2:59 improvement from week 1). In two weeks her work capacity (or conditioning) has DRASTICALLY improved, and her coach noticed her progress. Results...Results...Results -Kevin Neeld P.S. If you're interested in making GUARANTEED progress toward your training goal, click here to email me today. The longer you wait to take the first step, the further you push back your goal. Whether you're an athlete, bodybuilder, or everyday Joe/Jane, I GUARANTEE Endeavor has a program to help you. Don't wait until tomorrow, email me NOW!
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At least once a week someone will ask me what I think about Crossfit. At the risk of upsetting the entire state of New Jersey, I'm not a big fan of Crossfit for MOST people. Combining untrained and unsupervised lifters with complex lifting movements and telling them to do the exercises as fast as possible is exactly what I'd recommend if someone said "How can I hurt as many people as possible, quickly?". Having said that, for people that understand how to perform all the lifts correctly and are in-tune enough to recognize technical failure, Crossfit can be an effective way to shed body fat (high volume, low weight training likely won't make you very strong unless you're a newby). Every now and then I like to mix things up with our training programs and take a page out of the "Crossfit" book. Yesterday our Staff group did the following: 1) 100 chin-ups 2) 100 crunches 3) 100 pull throughs (with 50 lbs) 4) 500 jump ropes No order. No set rep schemes. Just getting it all done as quickly as possible. Give it a shot sometime. If you don't know what a pull through is then grab me sometime and I'll show you. It's a great exercise to develop the hamstrings and glutes. Happy Holidays! -Kevin Neeld
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