🥇 The Athlete Development Journal

Simple solutions for complex athletic problems.

For the full story, listen to this episode on your way to practice. ⬇️

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If you just want the quick-hitters, you can read the summaries below. ⬇️

What’s going on at GT?

From our athletes:

Rocco Bompiani hit a 32.7″ Vert
Dylan Shaffer hit a 31.9″ Vert
Carson Linhart hit a 270 lbs Trap Bar Deadlift 3RM and 2 full chin-ups.
Max Butler took his standing Vert from 28.0″ to 32.7″ this summer.
Warren Fisher, one of the newbies at GT, improved his Vert from24.4″ to 27.6″.
Braylyn Graft hit a 100 lbs Reverse Lunge 3RM, a 1.61 sec 1/10 Fly, a 20.1″ Vert, 5′ 10.5″ Broad Jump, and a 3.92 sec 10/10 Shuttle.
Ryker Stecko hit a 28.7″ Vert.
Aiden Wilfong hit a 405 lbs Trap Bar Deadlift 3RM, a 36.6″ Vert, and a 1.46 sec 1/10 Fly.
Blase Bugosh hit a 1.88 sec 5-0-5 Agility.

In our business:

We’re onto our fall schedule!

Physical deep dive: Your MRI is lying to you.

If you scan people with no pain and perfectly normal function, you will still have plenty of “abnormal” findings on an MRI.

Imaging has to line up with the clinical picture AND play an important role in deciding the next steps in your course of care, otherwise it’s a waste of everyones time, money, and worry.

What’s going on in my life?

Grace dominated her roller skating process and moved up in gymnastics!
Evie is super strong and keeps us on our toes.
I had an insane amount of fun getting after it in the Apex Athlete type combine we put on.
- 4.78 sec Fast Forty
- 54′ 5″ MB OH Throw
- 9′ 6.5″ Broad Jump
- 33.5″ Approach Vert
- 25 reps of 405 lbs Trap Bar Deadlift in 60 seconds
- 12 reps of 225 lbs Bench Press
- 6:48 mile

Mental deep dive: The single most important factor in preventing teen suicide.

“The number one protective factor for a kid is a trusted adult. Encourage your kids, at every age, to be able to identify the adults around them they can trust. And for parents — if that’s not you, don’t be sad. That’s the way it is with a lot of teenagers. But you can reach out to those trusted adults to let them know your child has identified them as such and ask if they’re OK with that. And let them know that as long as your child is not being hurt or hurting someone else, they don’t need to repeat anything your child has said.”

– Joe Gratzel, program consultant at the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

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Thanks so much for your help in spreading the word about athlete development!

Go be great out there,

Zach

Dr. Zach Guiser, PT, DPT, CSCS