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Staying in the Green: A Proactive Approach to Athlete Health & Readiness

Danny Foley- MS, CSCS,D

Published on: 10/06/2025

The rigorous and unscrupulous demands sports put on the body are undeniable, and seemingly increasing. As it relates to the higher levels of sport, the accumulation of sheer volume and repetition alone is a cumbersome thing to manage. But from the pros, all the way down to the youth level (especially in today’s world), sports and training break the body down. Staying in the green offers an adaptive framework for how we can better support the demands of sport for our athletes.

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5 Reasons why Landmine Variations Should be a Staple in Your Training

Danny Foley- MS, CSCS,D

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Let’s get this out of the way right off the jump in case you’re unfamiliar to what a “landmine” configuration is. A landmine rig is a training apparatus that has become increasingly more popular and commonplace in training facilities. The primary distinction of a landmine rig is that it provides a rotational axis, and can be utilized in a myriad of ways. Here is a quick video demonstrating one of the more conventional ways this apparatus is used:Landmine Strict PressIf you’re a strength coach,

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3 Tips for Increasing Vertical Jump

Danny Foley- MS, CSCS,D

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In the athletic world, very few things draw more attention than someone’s 40-yard dash, pitch velocity, or vertical jump. On one hand, these measurables can be superfluous, misleading, and overvalued by coaches and athletes alike. On the other hand, not only are they practical and important for athletic success, but we’re lying to ourselves if we suggest that blazing a 4.4 forty, clocking 93 mph on the gun, or hitting a 40” vertical aren’t wildly impressive feats that can singlehandedly change

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I'm a Sport Coach Without a Strength Coach... What Should I do?

Danny Foley- MS, CSCS,D

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I have a lot of friends in the coaching industry, most of whom are sport coaches at the high school level. I don’t get a lot of inquiries on soliciting training advice... yet at least... but invariably the most common inquiry I receive is something along the lines of “hey man, we’re starting our off-season program next week, and we don’t have a strength staff, what should I be doing?” (Insert eye roll emoji...)This is a tough question to provide a prudent, thorough response to, but my immediat

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Core Training- Refocused

Danny Foley- MS, CSCS,D

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I cannot even begin to count how many times I’ve been working with someone for an extended period of time only to one day randomly be hit with the inevitable “so… when are we gonna do some more ab stuff?” Early on for me, this was an incredibly irritating conversation to have. I was almost annoyed, or even a bit offended that I was getting this question having known that core training was heavily sampled in our workouts. But as I’ve grown, it actually creates more of a sense of inadequacy on m

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Applying Tempos in Strength Training: A Comprehensive Overview

Danny Foley- MS, CSCS,D

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The overarching goal of any successful strength program is to, well… make you stronger. No groundbreaking news there. But as a coach, it’s incumbent on us to fluctuate, modify, and temper a host of training variables to effectively and appropriately apply the necessary stimuli for our athletes in order to achieve ‘progressive overload’, making them stronger and ultimately better athletes. This is something that is concentrated on ad nauseum in academic and credentialing realms. The primary var

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