FALCON FOOTBALL

FALCON FOOTBALL

Coach Dave Barr is the Head Football Coach of the Wahama High School Falcons. Coach Barr understands the importance of protecting his athletes.  Coach Barr contacted me in a effort to seek out the most cutting edge science with regards to concussion reduction and the mitigation of spinal cord injuries.

 

Coach Barr began using THE ONLY EVIDENCE-BASED PROTOCOL TO PROPERLY TRAIN THE MUSCLES OF THE HEAD AND NECK.  This was the result:

We have been using the neck strengthening protocols in Project Neck during the 2013 football season. As of this writing, we have reduced concussions by 60%. Interestingly, we have also had no issues with shoulder stingers this year. Both injuries had become very problematic for us in the seasons prior to implementing this program. We feel the protocols outlined in Project Neck are responsible for the improved health of our athletes and we highly recommend them to all coaches.

Dave Barr  Head Football Coach - 2010 State Finalist / 2011 Final Four / 2012 State Champions

For more information about Protecting and Preparing YOUR Athletes visit www.concussionpreventionprotocol.com

Myth Busters Musclebound Women

Myth Busters Musclebound Women

Myth Busters

Musclebound Women                                                                 

It was assumed in the early era of weight training that athletes would develop inelastic overdeveloped muscles.  The condition was deemed 'musclebound'.  Becoming musclebound dominated the early conversations of strength training.
The newly created position of Strength and Conditioning Coach in the 1970's was dubious.  Strength Coaches not only had to introduce players to the rigors of weight training, but also had to assure the team coaches and athletes that weights would not slow the participant nor reduce his or her athleticism.  Part of the strength and conditioning specialists job was to debunk the concept of becoming musclebound.
There are still many myths about weight training and they will persist as each generation seems to revisit the same issues.

Women in general fear becoming too big due to muscularity, especially in the head and neck region of their anatomy.  Conversely this is the very part of their musculature which will help them improve athletic performance and protect them against injury.

Ralph Cornweel Jr, a Doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech, gathered a group of courageous women from rugby, softball, dance, art majors and even a librarian to participate in a study to strength train the Head and Neck musculature and dispel the myth about women becoming musclebound.

Exercising the lower trap on the Pendulum 3 Way Row

His goal was to use the same protocol with women that he had previously used in a study with men that elicited the remarkable gains of up to 4 inches in neck girth in 8 weeks.
After 8 weeks of training all the women who participated in the study had noteworthy strength gains without an increase of muscle size.

1 Arm Shrug on the Pendulum 5 Way Neck
"We did have an increase in circumference with one of the girls, a ballerina dancer. Her neck increased 1mm or 1/32 of an inch, 0.039 decimal inches.  She was okay with it.  All the girls are very unhappy the study is ending."