Okay so now you hate Manny?

Nate: So you feel betrayed by Manny?
Blog Reader Baseball Fan (BRBF): No not really
Nate: Don't you feel like many of the baseball writers and journalists that Manny has shamed baseball?
BRBF: Well....No
Nate: Many L.A. area baseball writers feel that the Dodgers must get rid of Manny what do you think of that?
BRBF: Uh...they don't sign the checks and cash the checks from the season ticket holders.
Nate: So if you were a Dodger fan would you 'Love' Manny
BRBF: Look! I loved Pamela Anderson! I love my brand new puppy! I love my family! Manny may help the Dodgers get to the World Series. I don't want him preaching at my church to the youth group.
Nate: Do you know of are you aware of what kind of PE's Manny was taking?
BRBF: Yeah something to help him have babies and hit home runs.
Nate: So what do we do now that it seems that all if not most of the top performers in baseball and possibly other sports are juicing? What do you say to the kids?
BRBF: Well I will tenderly say to my son or daughter "If I catch yo' A$$ touching any F*&^ing Juice I as you father will lovingly kick the living S&%t out of your F)*&ing butt and you better hope you are strong enough to survive it! and I love you very much!"

Okay so we went a little overboard on the last part, so let's get serious for a moment. I would like to challenge all of my fellow strength coaches, personal trainers, and fitness consultants to convey to at least one young athlete that there are natural alternatives to anabolic steriod illegal use and abuse. Many of my colleagues feel that I am waisting my time in trying to use my personal expertise in trying to tackle this problem at where I see the root. Obviously Bob Costas, Tony Kornheiser, Mike Tirico, and the scores of baseball writers out there cannot offer any alternatives. I do not hold any journalist to blame here, they are just doing their job. I also am going to do mine:
Many of you considering going on the juice will not want to read this but sorry 'Gotta' do it: (The linked text opens to a resource on the subject)
If you are not training and eating right you are waisting your time and syringes
Once you are training and eating right, there are safe and effective nutrtional supplements containing no illegal ingredients on the market today that can help you slowly catch up to and surpass the 'roiders'


I hope I am not the only strength coach putting this information into the right hands. I certainly welcome your debate and arguments. Anything before this minor drug problem catches up to the bigger problems of coacaine, meth, heroin, and many others.

Manny just being..well a real 'Manny!'

Well here we go again another star baseball player, possibly one of the best clutch sluggers in the game got caught 'red needled' in another chapter in the steroid ignoramus parade. Check the US Sports Network Blog Later today for some make sense commentary that may help ease your pain.

Scary....

Well not really if you are a Diva Fan. What I am talking about is that as good as they looked Saturday Night, the thought that they can get better is breathtaking! They are showing that intangible where if they don't beat themselves, they are hard to beat.
Also Saturday was our first live video feed of the game. The archive is on the US Sports Network widget to your right. Thanks and now New York in two weeks.

Oh MY Goodness Lucy. Dem Divas Lookin' Good.

Wow! Wild Trip to Detroit. The Divas starting to get that 2006 look if you know what I mean. This is the big test this season Saturday as the Divas play host to one of the best in the game. The Pittsburgh Passion! It's going to be crazeee!

Divas Ready To Rumble in the Motor City

Divas look ready, healthy, and pumped for tonights action. Post your thoughts here during the broadcast.
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Divas @ Demolition Big IWFL Matchup Saturday

This is the first "huge game" of the year. The Divas off to a good start can really boost the momentum going into a May 2, showdown against Pitt' Detroit, one of the proudest franchises in the game have to think collectively they cannot afford a 2nd loss this season. Revenge is on their mind as well after at 2007 loss in D.C. If you are not there, check it out live on US Sports Radio.

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Saturday April 25, 2009 6:35pm EST D.C. Divas Football: @ Detroit Demolition

Can we just jump to June in the NBA?

The Cavaliers and the Lakers are clearly the two best teams in the tournament. Okay I will be a bit more mature because you know 'anything can happen in the NBA'...right! Barring any injuries we will have a Cleavland rocks vs. LA cool final.

Now the Real NBA Steps Up!

Like the players I took the 'marathon' attitude towards the NBA regular season. Now it is time for the 'Playus' to play. Just want to say enjoy the playoffs folks. The NBA is in the midst of its reinvention with a ton of young stars and the distinct possibility that Kobe/Lebron final could happen. Ok now it is your turn for predictions so fire away

Roids no longer the Rage?

Well add me to the list of writers and (now that I have joined the ranks of the) bloggers that will not let this issue die. I would like to take a slightly different slant however.
What is lost in every ESPN, Fox, CSN's expert's rant is what do athletes do now to get that edge that we the fans pay to see. As a certified strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer with 35 years of experience, let me offer a few suggestions:

• Let's eliminate from the training landscape one of the most critical mistakes that athletes themselves make. Not using full range of motion in all weight bearing exercises. For instance, when you squat, squat press, jump squat, etc. take 'dat' butt all the way below parallel! I cringe whenever I see an athlete with 495 lbs on the squat rack but just barely bending at the knees. This is of course after he has gone through all of the trouble of wrapping the knees, chalk all over the gym floor, snorting like a bull in heat [especially when the hot gym girls come within 25 feet of the Olympic Weight training area], you get the picture. This is just one example.
• For goodness sake eat some food! You want to add 25lbs of good natural muscle before Kickoff 2009 then you better commit to eating 6-7000 calories a day of clean foods a day. Too many of you are on the 'Fatkins' diets and other low carb nonsense so that you look real good in your 'unis' while you are flat on your back on your team's way to another 0-5 start. Sorry to be so harsh but you need to know the gravity of not training, eating, and resting properly.
• Train year-round. Should this still be a secret in 2009? You have the ability to grow bigger, stronger, faster and better year after year not just for 6 months at time!

These are the basics another factor is the disparity in athletes at a very young age whose families have the resources [money] to give their kids proper training and those that unfortunately do not. That is why I have joined forces with Ryan Lee and the good folks with Fitness Generator to be able to train any athlete online for just $10 per month. This is by no means a substitute for qualified one-on-one training from your strength and conditioning coach, but for those who are self starters, have a gym, fitness center, or some decent equipment at home, a customized progressive workout program tailored for you to help improve your strength, speed and agility to the point where you as a natural athlete will be accused of using roids which in a backwards sort of way is the best compliment that can be paid to a natural athlete. If you wish for more information Here is the web 'addy' www.fitnessgenerator.com/ussportsradio

D.C. Divas off to a good start in '09 opener

Divas came out big after a slow start early against the Nighthawks, No disrespect to the Nighthawks, but it wasn't a matter of whether the Divas were going to when, but more so how. This new look offense with the no huddle can be explosive and certainly showed last Saturday Night.
With the Passion dismantling Detroit last night the Divas are in an early good position. From a football psyche standpoint, the Demolition have to think that in no way can they lose two in a row.
This first real test of (first year) head coach Keith Howard's tenure will make for an exciting time in the Motor City. If you can't be there live check it out live on The D.C. Divas Radio Network
starting with the Glory Days Grill Warmup Show at 6:35pm EST.
Have a listen to last week's Divas @ Baltimore game by clicking here.