High Performance Recipes
Recipe courtesy of Ming Tsai Serves 4 4 skin-on Statler chicken breasts, organic, naturally raised, free range and/or kosher 5 stalks lemongrass, minced (white part only) 2 shallots, minced ½ cup white wine 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more to cook 1½ cups instant whole wheat couscous 2¼ cups water, boiling ¼ cup chopped black olives [...]
Featured Success Story
"Before I started the group exercise program with Tempus Performance, my previous attempts at getting in shape had always focused … [Read More...]
Featured Articles
6 “Don’ts” of Training Athletes
Training an athlete is a little different then training someone for fat loss or just to stay active. It requires a different methodology and much more is taken into account to have them performing at their best. The difference from one athlete to another in a sport is inches or a hundredth of a second so precision and that extra edge is always important. Here are six things I consider when … [Read More...]
Tempus Athlete Making News
Great Article in the Toronto Star on Tempus Athlete Patricia Koutoulas! Patricia has been working with Tempus for the last couple of years and has made amazing progress. She is an up and comer and someone to watch for when talking about the future of the Women's national program in Canada. With her Talent and Work Ethic the sky is definitely the limit for … [Read More...]
Building an athlete..From raw talent to realized potential Part 4 – The devil is in the details
So far in this series we've looked at all the major phases of building our athlete from the ground up. Today I'm going to look at one of the most important aspects and one that is a common theme throughout the training, warm-up and movement patterns. Warm-up (all phases) - Whether it's a lower body or upper body day, Glute(butt,ass) activation exercises must always be done. 80% … [Read More...]
Building an athlete..From raw talent to realized potential Part 3
In last week's blog post we took a look at how we build a stronger athlete after their body is prepared for the progressive overload. Today we will be looking at how to take that strength we built and transfer it over to speed and explosiveness. We will also take a look at how to give our body a little break in order to recover properly which is just as important as building our strength and … [Read More...]
