Full-Stride Performance

Tutorial Thursday!💪

This week we are fixing your lateral explosiveness with - Partner Band-Resisted Lateral Bounds!💥

Ever feel like your first step sideways is stuck in mud?

If you’re just doing standard ladder drills, you’re missing the actual driver of lateral speed: Horizontal Ground Force Production.

Enter the Partner Band-Resisted Lateral Bound.

Most athletes move plenty, but they don't move with force. Adding partner resistance forces your nervous system to recruit more muscle fibers just to push off, teaching your body to output maximum power in a split second.

How to lock in the mechanics:

🔹 The Setup: Loop a heavy-duty band around your hips. Your partner stands directly to your side, holding the anchor tight enough to create immediate tension.

🔹 The Loading Phase: Drop into a low athletic stance. Load your inside leg—this is your piston.

🔹 The Ignition: Drive the ground away laterally. Think about pushing the turf behind you, not just jumping up.

🔹 The Stick: Land softly on the opposite leg, absorb the force, and hold for 1 second before snapping back.

The FSP Detail That Matters:

Watch your shin angle. If your shin is perfectly vertical when you push, you’re going straight up in the air. To blast sideways, you need a sharp, aggressive lateral angle. Force follows the direction of the bone.

Lock the details in. Dominate the change of direction.

👉 FIND MORE IN OUR SUMMER SPEED PROGRAM - OPENS IN JULY.

DM us to see if you're the right fit!

Calm Before The Storm! 💪🌪️

We're not always working, but when we are... you don't want to miss it!

Face your fears and step into the storm, you will love the view on the other side!

Live look inside the 5 PM class putting in work today! 💪

FEMALE ATHLETE APPRECIATION POST! 🦸‍♀️

For our tuesday tracker this week, we wanted to highlight the hard work and growing female athlete presence at FSP! 🏋️‍♀️

We are proud of our girls and the strides they take every single week towards their goals and personal growth! 💪

For female athletes in high-impact, cutting sports like soccer, basketball, hockey, and lacrosse, the statistics surrounding non-contact knee injuries are staggering. But an injury isn't just bad luck—more often than not, it’s a symptom of a preparation gap.

At FSP, we don't just train our girl athletes to be explosive. We train them to be bulletproof.

Keep raising the bar girls!

Send this to a female athlete in your life to show your appreciation towards their hard work and see them ELEVATE their training even further!

Start the week off right - GET MOVING! 😤🕺

If you feel sluggish, stiff, or mentally fogged out today, the solution isn’t another cup of coffee. The solution is movement. 💃

Recovery and Cool Downs are just as important to your performance as the warm-up! 🧘‍♂️

We talk a lot about the warm-up. We talk about priming the nervous system, firing up the plyometrics, and getting your body ready to output massive force.

But here is the cold, hard sports-science truth: Your cool-down and recovery protocol are just as critical to your performance as your warm-up.

Think of it like this—the warm-up flips your nervous system into "fight or flight" mode (sympathetic) so you can lift heavy and sprint fast. A proper cool-down flips the switch back to "rest and digest" mode (parasympathetic).

If you just pack your bags and sprint to your car immediately after your last set, your body stays stuck in a high-stress state.

Training is only half the battle. Recovery is where the magic actually happens.

If you want to move like an elite athlete on game day, you have to recover like one on the weekend.

What’s your go-to recovery protocol today? Foam roller, cold plunge, or a massive meal? Drop it below in the comments!👇