Brain Gainz
Across the state of Alaska in the last decade there has been a palpable decline of girls basketball players in urban areas and, contrarily, a substantial increase in volleyball players. The question is... why?
Feeling stuck and like your numbers aren’t improving? You may have plateaued. The good news, don’t have to stay there. Here’s how to get yourself unstuck and out of your plateau!
Heavy Bench Press vs Turkish Get Ups: which is better for boosting athletic performance?
Ball handling is one of the easiest skills to work on because there are so many drills you can do and you can do them just about anywhere. Here are 8 drills to improve your skills!
“Even on the darkest day, no matter what, you have basketball. Basketball's there always, no matter if it's outside your house, at your friend's house, or in the gym it's always right there and I believe that has just really guided me and helped me through life.” - Gus; junior at Bethel High School, Alaska
For many of us, getting the opportunity to be guided and shown the way to what it truly takes to be successful, is a rare luxury. Even more mystical is having that opportunity interwoven with how to become successful and retain your sanity.
However, eventually that day comes for all of us. The day when we realize we aren’t happy with where we’re at.
What does it mean to lead from the bench? We interview superstar human-being Luke Devine to find out.
Negative coaching in some athletic circles has become an endemic issue affecting young athletes. What is true winning? And how can we cultivate that mindset even in unideal circumstances?
If you fell into a pit of snakes? Could you pull yourself out? This is both hilarious and horrifying context to the Infinite Pull Up Challenge, of which the goal is to test and improve your pull ups!
We know it’s important, but why is training your core an essential part to athletic performance? Here are the whys behind your core training program and a few assessments to see where you’re really at.
Working out isn’t as fun as with other people, but sometimes it’s a necessary evil. When you can’t drag anyone else with you to the gym, here’s a great workout for you to get in solo.
Sick of feeling like you’re eating other people’s dust? Time to do something about it. Here are 10 powerful movements wrapped into three different strength session combinations for you so you can stop feeling like the tortoise next to the hare.
Learning to deal with difficult people is a right of passage in life, and whether we like it or not, we will encounter many different people who challenge us in this way our entire lives.
Sports provide a unique opportunity to learn how to deal with this at a young age. In this article, we’ll break down several methods to help you reclaim your power when having to deal with a difficult coach or teammate.
As the third hardest skill to learn in sports, learning to shoot the basketball takes hours of time, refinement, repetition, and disciplined habits in order to get good at it. That said, it's very easy to develop bad habits! Here’s three common mistakes I see as a player development coach, and how to fix them.
Jump rope is one of the best low impact ways to improve bounce, foot speed, and improve stamina. It is a common misconception that jump roping is hard on a person’s body. Because most people run heel to toe, jumping rope is actually easier on our joints because it forces us onto our mid-foot and our joints stay stacked over one another the entire time. In turn, this can assist in becoming a mid-foot runner, which is exceedingly better for your body than being a heel-striker.
Believe it or not, there is a free super-supplement accessible to everyone that can prolong lifespan, significantly improve athletic and academic performance, improve mood and energy levels throughout the day, speed recovery, and slow aging. What is it? Sleep.
Maintenance on our calf muscles as well as all of their surrounding tissues and overall biomechanical system, is critically important to maintaining and improving athletic performance as well as mitigating injury.
Training human resiliency is a delicate balance between finding a person’s limits consistently, while also staying within healthy mental and physical boundaries. This can feel like a walk on a tightrope, because we all know that to improve we must stretch outside of our comfort zone, but how much is enough and how much is too much?
From bench warmer to pro, this is the story of one small town Alaskan hooper whose life was changed by basketball, and why Make Yourself was created to pay it forward to other athletes.
Why does one of our most primal movements - running - also put us at one of the greatest risks for sustaining an injury?