Train to Play

Joel Younkins

Physical Preparation Coach

I have a little confession to make...

I train my adults (High Performance Clients) very similarly to how I train my athletes.

While it's obvious that athletes need to train to play, so do adults!

So much of the health and fitness advice is related to vanity purposes for adults.

Look good in your swimsuit...
Look better in photos...
Increase arm size and decrease waist size...

That stuff is all awesome, and even my adult clients love when that happens to them too!

But it sells on short term pain points, not worrying about your long term longevity.

Training for vanity reasons alone isn't good enough, as an adult, you deserve more!

Here's another little confession, better yet, a hard reality...

If you just train hard and follow a sound meal plan, those things above will happen for you. So while you train, you might as well gear it to feeling and performing better too. And when I mean feeling and performing, I'm talking about outside of the gym.

I want my clients to have a life outside of the facility. Whether they have children, grandchildren, or hobbies, I want them to truly enjoy those moments for as long as humanly possible and not losing the aspect of PLAY in their life! 

How do we train our adults to play here at JYT?

Just like with our high level athletes and racers, we follow many of the same principles with our adult clientele...

• We perform squat, push, pull, and hip hinge movement patterns
  • Why? These are normal human movement patterns you use every day.
• We train abs/core
  • Why? To help with posture, back pain, and stability.
• We train some bodybuilding exercises to help stack some lean muscle mass
  • Why? Good for aesthetic reasons but the added muscle helps as cushion to your frame.
• We train aerobic outputs 
  • Why? Good for heart health but also good to recover and endurance throughout your day.
• We eat lean protein
  • ​Why? So that muscles can grow/recover and help yields in fat loss.
• We eat healthy carbs
  • Why? Great source of energy and nutrients throughout the day to keep you going.
• We limit snacking and alcohol​
  • Why? We limit, not eliminate for balance, but overindulging equals to bad health and recovery.

These things above are the same things you'd say to a high level athlete...IF you're an adult, these same principles apply to you if you want to feel good and move good! I mean, play good ;)

I understand you want to feel confident in your own skin as an adult. But I ask of you that if you're going to put the time in to look better in some photos, that you consider also spending that time feeling and performing better too!