Annex athlete profile: Justin Goodwin (Madison/Rutgers)

May 22nd, 2013

While it’s easy for a three-time state champion to rest on his laurels, Justin Goodwin, running back, kick returner and defensive back for Madison High School’s heralded football team, knows he needs to make himself stronger, faster and more flexible before he reports to training camp at Rutgers University in August. Goodwin, at 5’11’’, 180 [...]

What qualifications do you want in your sports trainer?

April 25th, 2013

There are many things to consider when it comes to finding the best sports performance trainer for your son and daughter. After all, if you are investing in this special training, you want to see tangible results on the court or field. Is he hitting with more power? Is she attacking rebounding with more tenacity? [...]

How Annex Sports Performance informs CrossFit Annex

April 19th, 2013

To some the two disciplines are on opposite ends of the spectrum. To me, I see how my sports performance training background has improved our CrossFit methodology. The CrossFit fanatics reading this are thinking: “Who does he think he is?” Yes, I believe Annex is improving the CrossFit experience. All the principles that I practice [...]

Active recovery: Putting more into the bank

April 16th, 2013

We all love the feeling of pushing ourselves to the limit, but oftentimes we neglect the same focus during recovery – which is really when we reap the benefits of training. Every time you train you are taking money out of the bank, but when you are resting you are depositing money into the bank. [...]

Why should you invest in sports specific training?

April 15th, 2013

As a former pro baseball prospect whose career was sidetracked because of an major injury, I run Annex Sports Performance offering my athletes to benefit of my hindsight. At every level of sports competition the competition just gets more intense. The dominant regional soccer forward might be fighting for playing time at any D-I program. [...]

Annex Athlete James Ihedigbo Starts in 4th Consecutive AFC Championship Game

January 20th, 2013

Take a look at article on long time ASP athlete James Ihedigbo and his 4th consecutive trip to the AFC Championship game. Good Luck, James! Check out the Newsday article reprinted below. Photo credit: Getty | James Ihedigbo of the Baltimore Ravens reacts after the Indianapolis Colts missed a field goal attempt during the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at M&T [...]

Rick Porcello Pushes His Team Into the Top of Their Division

July 22nd, 2012

ANNEX athlete Rick Porcello pitched 8 1/3 inning 1 run game yesterday against the Chicago White Sox – an important game that propelled the team into first place in the American League Central Division. http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_07_21_chamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=det http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320721106

Developing Rotational Power in Baseball Players, Part 2

April 20th, 2012

This week’s article, Part 2: In my last article I spoke about the importance of strength as the foundation of developing rotational power. This week I cover medicine ball work and other plyometric exercises for developing rotational power. As discussed in my previous article entitled ‘3 Reasons Why Baseball Players Need Med Ball Work’ I state the importance [...]

Developing Rotational Power in Baseball Players, Part 1

Last week’s article: http://mbruecknerperformance.blogspot.com/2012/04/developing-rotational-power-in-baseball.html

Rick Porcello Makes First Start of Spring Training

March 8th, 2012

Annex athlete Rick Porcello makes his first start of the 2012 spring training season. http://tinyurl.com/6rqblta