Global Human Performance and Fleet Feet Pittsburgh are coming together to offer you an exclusive Fleet Feet-only, in-person strength training program designed specifically for your goals for the D...
It’s cold out! During this time of the year hip flexors, hamstrings, and calf muscles tend to not play as nicely. It’s imperative that you address these muscles in your warm up and strength train...
In today’s world, we have access to so many wild news stories that it can be hard for people to keep a positive energy and end up quite stressed, many with their body showing and feeling the effect...
Here in Pittsburgh, and in many cities, spring marathon training is soon going to commence. 5-7 months of training to go after that 26.2 or 13.1 PB. Maybe that’s you. For the kids, cross count...
Here in Pittsburgh, and in many cities, spring marathon training is soon going to commence. 5-7 months of training to go after that 26.2 or 13.1 PB. Maybe that’s you. For the kids, cross count...
Have you ever had a moment when you start a workout off super hard and then as time goes by you start to feel like you are dying a slow and painful death, but then as soon as you see someone walk b...
For the last year and change, us coaches have had the pleasure of being a part of Jac and Jazmine’s life journey. Being basically the same age as me, they’ve also come to learn there’s an adjustme...
At the end of the school year this spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Patrick. We met just before the track and field district championships as he came expressing his desire to have a dominant ...
I was coaching the other day and one of our intern coaches said to me that she loves track so much because it is you against you. It dawned on me that I loved that about track too. The only press...
Recently,One kid told me today about just how poorly he eats. I think he just learned that he eats poorly at running camp.Another threw up Monday. Came to the gym, hadn't eaten in 6 hours and had...
Stop Letting Weak Hips Hurt You Today, all before 9am, I had 3 different conversations about 3 different parts of the hips. Maybe you don’t hear this enough: you need stronger hips. Especially i...
A significant part of life is community. Small business is no different. The folks who work the business as well as the folks who patron the business all contribute to the culture of it. As a ...
Yes folks, it’s finally happening. GHP is moving to: Point Breeze! As of August 2022! In life, just like in sports, we sometimes get hit with a flagrant foul. Someone trips you on a race, som...
Thursday, we finished up the second week of Trackside, our track & speed training at GHP (included in your small group PT membership). It was distance day and our crew was full of youth cross ...
Thursday, we finished up the second week of Trackside, our track & speed training at GHP (included in your small group PT membership). It was distance day and our crew was full of youth cross ...
Originally written in fall 2021* This weekend I went to the PIAA State Cross Country Championship. Many of our runners were there and did great. Holden Eagle had a course personal record. Eyoha...
Big ups to Amber for conquering this year! She finished it off by recently completing the Carolina Spartan Ultra 50K. That is a 31 mile race with obstacles. Obstacles! 31 miles!Oh yea, she comp...
Shoutout to the GHP athletes who competed at the PIAA State Track & Field Championships on Memorial Day weekend of 2021, who this year all run for Allderdice HS. It was the first time for all ...
Many athletes, maybe you, have taken off nearly a year of doing any training beyond a few home workouts and maybe some running. With news of pick up, summer league, club, and pro leagues starting ...
This past Sunday, I went up to Moraine State Park to check out 2 of our members, Noe & Greg, for their sprint triathlon. The event was the Mighty Moraine Man. Let me say this, it was a very w...
Knees bothersome along the top and/or bottom of the knee? Don’t let that stop you from enjoying your favorite activities. Check out these 3 exercise you can do to help improve how your knees feel a...
Here are 3 exercises you can use to improve your takeoff speed & acceleration! Key things to understand with all exercises for speed are: 1) Punch the ground away from you 2) Bounce, forcibl...
As the years of coaching add up, I just further see more and more the correlation between: endurance athletes who like to occasionally do 15min of lunges after a workout X endurance athletes who d...
“A squat is a squat is a squat, right?” I mean, yea…“Doing 30 squats in a workout is the same no matter how you organize them, right?” Mmmm, naw bruh, there’s some nuance here.“Squatting fast gets...
Those who spend a lot of time with me know I hold a strong belief that a life well lived can have the years between 50-60 as the prime years of a person’s life. At least in regards to the events y...
No, no, not an eccentric personality- though many of them can be quite powerful people, I mean eccentric training. Using eccentric tempos while doing strength training is a key player in building ...
I’m going to tell you a wild story. I have permission and this person is actually rather public about it. It’s one of those things that makes me love that I do what I do. Being close to these st...
Among our coaches here at GHP we have an event we do twice a month internally called “Shop Talk”. Us coaches get together informally and discuss various aspects of training. Usually Khyla or I ha...
Global Human Performance is officially moving. After a 6 month process, I have signed a lease and secured us a new location to build a brand new state of the art facility. The address is: 596...
Muscle confusion. Are you familiar with that term? Maybe you used to (or do) train in a way that involves you doing unrelated things all of the time to diversify your training. This is to “keep y...