We finished the place in under three weeks, the last 30 days of prep for USPA Nationals taking place there, christening the horse stall mats with personal bests.

Now at home, this is a great opportunity to get the family involved by creating new healthy habits using indoor and outdoor space.

Bridging the gap between immobility and action, this lesson served as another opportunity to reshape the students’ negative associations with exercise and revamp their workout creativity in OSU’s backyard.

The goal is to get an inactive child on the spectrum socially and physically strong through movement. This initial type of training, the first in a progression of eight, takes place in the gym.

You’ll meet Sean, Wesley, and Blaine (three boys on the spectrum) and consider their needs, find a starting place, and create a program schedule using a singular, linear, or overlapping approach.

We should not ask how much volume and intensity of training a player can tolerate, but should instead ask how much volume and intensity of training a player needs to excel at their sport with minimal risk of injury.

As we relocate a group of connected individuals outside of the gym, the mindset attached to training evolves.

In this type of training, we’re taking things one step further — we share the entire training experience with at least one partner at the gym.

In this type of training, we’re taking things one step further — we share the training experience with a partner.

½ Gym, ½ Off-Site Training leads us here: a full session away from gym grounds. Fit your programming needs within these structures to differentiate skill, meet new people, and have fun.

If visions of vomit, blood, cysts, and puss make you queasy, find another video to watch.

The goal is to get an inactive child on the spectrum socially and physically strong through movement. You’re ready to leave the comforts of the gym and move off-site to extend the learning curve.

In a downward slump, my training has started to look up. I attribute this to one simple programming tactic.

These training types are rooted in movement that naturally progress the child from private training to play dates with a friend.