Happy Holidays

Davis Training Systems will be open all day Christmas Eve and closed Christmas day. If you have any questions about scheduling please e-mail us at info@davistrainingsystems.com. Have a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays.

No rest for the weary!

Saturday, December 20th Wake Forest played Navy and Wake Forest FB, Kevin Harris rushed for 136 yards on 24 carries against Navy. Congrats to Kevin and the rest of the Demon Deacons who redeemed themselves against Navy. Kevin showed just how committed he is to becoming a better player in less than 72hrs. on Monday morning was at DTS training during his break. Along with a USF Bull as their bowl game was on Saturday.

*Also a special thanks to Wake Forest's head strength coach Ethan Reeve helping us making a decision on our new weight room equipment.

DTS Athlete signs with AFL2 team

Congratulations to R.J. Simpson who was signed to the Peoria Pirates an AFL2 team in Illinois. R.J. played college football at Eastern Kentucky University a couple years back and ran a 5.1 40 yard dash at his pro day weighing over 320lbs.

Davis Training Systems

Thoughts from Jon Davis (Owner of Davis Training Systems)

Last night was a great All-Star game. 6 DTS trained athletes performed very well last night, some also realized why they should have came to speed training through out the year. I also found it very flattering the fact that other training facilities were once again trying to follow in DTS' footsteps. Even a major corporation!

Over the past three years, DTS has had great success in training athletes in the Central Florida area and this has lead to a wonderful amount of word of mouth clientele. We have also passed out flyer's for the past three years and this has worked very well for us. DTS has been the originators of this type of advertising for sports performance training in our area and last night it was great to see other facilities trying to follow in our footsteps. With one facility taking our flyer's off vehicles throwing them on the ground and replacing it with their own flyer's. While another trying to mimic our past flyer's. If these facilities were so great why would they talk down about DTS, yet follow in their footsteps? Why use athletes in a corporate data base on advertisements? Why not mention athletes that you have actually worked with and have helped develop in your facility not in another facility linked to a corporate database?

So, if your looking for a facility to train at to develop your athletic performance, why train with facilities that are all hype, make false claims, produce no results and try to follow DTS! Davis Training Systems has developed our business for one reason. To help athletes perform and become their best. That's why you will never see or hear us talk about the trainers or owners, we talk about the athletes and their success in our system. The true dream and envision of Davis Training Systems. We are truly "Dedicated to the Development of Athletic Performance." Are you?

6 DTS athletes to play in The Central Florida All Star Game

6 DTS trained football players will play in The Central Florida All Star-Game. The game will be played at Lake Brantley high school Wednesday, December 17th at 7:30pm. This brings the total to 11 high school football players in all star games and 10 college football players will play in bowl games!

5 DTS high school athletes will play in The Funcoast Football Classic All-Star Game

5 DTS high school athletes will play in the Funcoast Football Classic All-Star Game this Thursday at 7. Stay tuned as we have other athletes who will be playing in other games as well.

DTS Athletes in Bowl Games

10 different DTS trained football players from 10 different college teams will be in bowls this year.

No other training facility in Central Florida can say this! Good luck to these athletes and their teams.

We also had 4 Dts trained football players from 3 different teams in the FCS playoffs.

We Build Speed!

Recently I have written about all of the massive amounts of improvements our baseball players have seen in their 60 yard dash times. We have had 2 athletes go to camps and showcases and have been the fastest kids there! There is no question of our methods.....the bigger question is are you training to be the best?

DTS trained athlete/now model making a name for herself

Everyone who follows our blog and website might be familiar with a face but not a name. Former track athlete Cary Poole has stepped out of track and field to pursue her dreams in modeling and is doing very well, to say the least.

Sometimes training isn't always about getting that scholarship but impowering yourself mentally and phsically.

Here's Cary talking about what DTS did for her as an athlete:

Now here she is showing off what proper nutrition and heavy weight training and plyometrics can do for a female athlete.

Now here is Cary in some action shots strutting the runway in Paris and featured in a Nike campaign. I guess training heavy didn't live up to the old myth, that if your a female and train heavy you'll get bulky.

Training Question for the 60 yard dash

Jon,

I'm trying to help my son get faster in his 60 yard dash time. He is 16 and I have used every training protocol possible but he doesn't seem to be getting faster. How are you developing your baseball players speed?

George. L
Pompano Beach,Fl


George,

Thanks for writing in. If I told you I would have to kill you, I'm joking of course.

We first start our players out with an athletic assessment that goes from toes to head. Yes, we work down then up. From there we know how weak or strong they are. How explosive they are and how flexible they are. So, I would suggest you find a qualified trainer to perform this type of evaluation in your area. Then you can start using the correct training protocols.

To give some insight on our weight training, you can't go wrong with tire flipping, deadlifting, box squats, push-up and pull-up variations. Along with core work and pre-hab for the ankles, knee, hips, lower back, shoulders, elbow and wrist.

As far as speed drills, we work hard on helping athletes learn the correct stance to run the 60 yard dash, along with the first step and how many steps a player should take in the 10 yard dash, along with the 60 itself. To often trainers, coaches and players just focus on running the whole 60. In two weeks we helped a player take a whole tenth off his 10 yard dash. We have taken 3 tenths off a players 60 just by getting faster in the 10 yard dash.
Along with the mentioned above we teach proper running mechanics, breathing and mental focus.(a big portion of a race against yourself)

Last component of training is G.P.P (general physical preparedness) which is basically preparation of an athlete's conditioning. There are tons of different ways to help a player get ready to run a 60 yard dash and the methods we use have helped dramatically. If you have ever ran a 60 you know your going to need a little extra conditioning. I also want to mention that people need to think outside the box, when I say conditioning that doesn't mean you put the cleats on and run numerous sprints or go for 2 mile jogs which are not uncommon in baseball.

With all this mentioned it is important that you are not just focusing on your son getting faster but also becoming a better baseball player. I hoped this helped.

Hard Work = Big Results

Jay Gonzalez has taken 6 tenths off his 60 yard dash time going from a 7.3 to a 6.7 in less than 8 weeks! Jay was the 2nd fastest baseball player out of 150 kids at a recent showcase along with being the fastest baseball player out of 50 kids last week at another event at Bethune Cookman College. Because of his improved speed and baseball ability Jay was offered a baseball scholarship right on the spot by Bethune Cookman College! He has even been approached by some pro teams! Jay will only be a Junior this year!!

We challenge any other facility in the Central Florida area to even come close to these results!

*A little side note we just had another young baseball player who's a sophomore take 3 tenths off his 60 yard dash time in one month!

4 DTS Trained Wrestlers Ranked By The Orlando Sentinel

Nic Hajner #2 (145lbs) Cypress Creek wrestling, Luis Alba #2 (171lbs) Cypress Creek wrestling, Lee Wildes #2 (152lbs) Oviedo wrestling and Alex Curley #3 (119lbs) Winter Springs wrestling.

Click the link here to see more:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/wrestling/orl-wrestling-rankings-2008,0,4623485.htmlstory

These wrestlers will be making a name for themselves this year with two of them already being All-American!

Two other young wrestlers to watch for is Mikey Riccard (103lbs.) Winter Springs wrestling and Spencer Hazen (171lbs.) Lake Mary wrestling. Both are freshman and are training hard

8 DTS Trained Football Players Will Try To Lead Their Team To Victory Tonight

Good luck to Lake Brantley Patriots football and DTS trained football players Jordan Rudd, Jesse Bernhardt, Mike Asbate, Tyler Kreider, Perry Webb, Kyle Jordan, Noah Dunbar and Danny Palmer as they try to defeat Spruce Creek in the first round of the playoffs tonight.

The Majic is Back in the NBA D League

Davis Training Systems has been mentioned in one of the top basketball websites for helping Daryl "Majic" Dorsey with his sports performance training in the off season. We want to wish Majic the best of luck. You can read the article here http://www.usbasket.com/D-League/basketball.asp?NewsID=145945.

It's Official!

Jesse Bernhardt (High School All-American) has signed his letter of intent to play lacrosse for Maryland next year. Jesse will join his brother Jake Bernhardt who is playing there currently. Click here to read Jesse's bio http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/111208aaa.html.

Below is a picture of Jesse trap bar deadlifting. Yes, if you want to be an All-American your going to have to work for it!

I always find it funny when other facilities try to scam parents into thinking so called "speed" training is going to help Lacrosse players. Lacrosse players run all the time, they are not going to get faster by just speed mechanics. They run with a stick! So how is perfecting sprint technique going to help when they can't swing their arms? Lacrosse athletes need strength to increase speed and agility and this cannot be done if they are not in shape or lack strength. Just ask the two All-Americans we train and they will tell you the same thing.

Recent News for more DTS trained Athletes

Congratulations to Boston College Tight End, Lars Anderson who got his first official start last night against Florida State. Boston College ended up defeating FSU 27-17!


Lake Brantley, Junior Linebacker, Jordan Rudd was named 2nd team All-Conference for Seminole County. Jordan also took back an interception back for a touchdown Friday night against Haggerty HS.

Mike Asbate and Jesse Bernhardt were honorable mention in the SAC conference for Lake Brantley.



2009 Rankings Ladder - Wrestling Preseason: Class 3A

Wrestler Alex Curley (119lb. weight class) has been ranked 10th in the state. Below is Alex working on a superset alternating bodyweight rows to weighted dips(not pictured)

Wrestler Nic Hajner (145lb. weight class) has been ranked 4th in the state. Nic will be wrestling at the Naval Academy next year. Below is Nic performing a neck bridge to kettlebell chest press.

Just to make everyone jealous here is a picture of Nic's back.

Wrestler Lee Wildes (152lb. weight class) has been ranked 6th in the state. Below is Lee performing a 1 legged hip up to build strength in his glutes and hamstrings. This is a tremendous exercise for the lower body.

Wrestler Luis "The Tuna" Alba (160lb. weight class) has been ranked 5th in the state. Below is Luis performing high rep tricep extensions at the end of a workout. You'll also notice his high performance shoes he's wearing.

Recent News

Congratulations to long time client Alex Haynes who has signed with the Denver Broncos! Look for Alex to make an impact immediately for the Broncos!

Congratulations to another long time client Justin Komondoreas on signing with the Florida Firecats an Arena 2 team.


Zach Marmetschke scored the winning touchdown for Lake Mary HS last Friday night. Look for Zach to make a name for himself as a top player for Lake Mary in the years to come, he is only a sophomore on Varsity!


Anthony Siler has still found time during his busy fall baseball schedule to train with us while taking another tenth off his 60 yd dash time in 12 sessions. Anthony just recently ran a 6.5 at a showcase. We can not stress enough how important the proper strength training is for young athletes and their development.

The Insanity Part 2

Olympic Lifting and Sports

In our last installment of The Insanity we talked about how DTS does not perform power cleans and Olympic lifting variations. I know every coach is going crazy right now with comments like, how do you build explosiveness then? How do you develop triple extension? At DTS we always ask ourselves why are athletes doing certain things in training and how can we better the athlete? We take pride in not following current trends in training but yet finding ways to advance training. Here's an example, baseball players we train are told never to bench press because of pec and shoulder tightness but if you use the correct bar that places the hands in a neutral position a player will actually help themselves by putting less stress on the shoulders and achieve greater stability in the wrist, forearms and shoulders because of the positioning of the bar. Yet, these players who are told not to bench are told to do power cleans??!! For those of you who don't know, power cleans cause more stress on the shoulders than benching especially benching the way we recommend. Olympic lifts take time, energy and skill so why master a preparation exercise when the specific task is becoming a better baseball player.

Benching for stability



Power Cleans - Notice the weight of the load is place on the shoulders at the top of the lift.




There is no correlation between Olympic lifting and sports. Olympic lifting is a sport in itself. Would Alex Rodriguez play football to become a better baseball player or would Reggie Bush play baseball to become a better football player? So, why do coaches use these lifts? I know, I know, I have heard all the reasons before it builds pop from the hips, makes you a better athlete, makes you jump higher and run faster and it's great for teaching coordination. Unfortunately this far from the truth. The best way to develop all of the above qualities of an athlete is to get strong and jump. If Olympic lifting really did this then all the athletes who perform these lifts would be impressive when they first come to us. It amazes me how many top D-1 athletes we train that cannot jump with our athletes who are in high school. Jumping is a huge component of coordination and should be utilized to help an athlete but not abused. This athlete could jump on a 40" box with two legs now he jumps on a 42" box with one leg!

Here is a conversation between Buddy Morris, Tom Myslinski (Two great strength coaches) Jim Wendler and Dave Tate on why Olympic weightlifting is pointless for athletes.

**Explicit Language


This also goes for those so called current pro athletes who train athletes during the off-season!

So coaches we urge you to think outside the box and help your athletes! Oh, to answer your questions about explosiveness and triple extension. Here's what we do at DTS!

Double Hurdle Jump to 60" Box

The Insanity Part 1

The Insanity will be a monthly topic or topics on all of the crazy stuff athletes are doing wrong and why it does not work. Sports training has become more of a gimmick than a scientific approach and because we are truly dedicated to help athletes achieve their goals we will also help educate parents and athletes through these topics.

Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

Young Athletes and Sports Performance

Weekly we speak with new parents about their young athletes (7-13) and the proper training for them. It seems there are so many myths about training, that parents end up doing nothing for their sons or daughters and if something is done it's usually the wrong type of training. Sometimes this leaves the young athlete behind when he or she gets to the high school level.

Parents have to remember why your son or daughter is training and does the training have an actual plan or is it random and non beneficial. Here are some things young athletes should not do and why.

1. Machines and Weight Training

Machines are pointless! Yes, that's right machines are the worst thing a young athlete can do. Why? I'm about to tell you.

Machines are trainers way of saying here, I'm lazy, not very educated in training but I want to charge you a lot of money so I'm going to have your young child or athlete move weight in a fixed plane so you don't really develop any type of athleticism. Have you ever seen a sport that moved in one direction like a machine? Either have we! Because of this type of training athletes are at greater risk for injury. We have even heard of young athletes doing 100 reps on machines in a fast pace circuit!!! The point of that is what?! It's no wonder when these young athletes who trained like this become studs after a few weeks of training with us.

Do these kids look excited?

Strength training is the best thing for a young athlete but it all has to do with relative body strength, meaning how strong one can get for their own body weight. Young athletes we train run faster, jump higher and increase agility all with body weight training and no equipment. Relative body strength is key! So why are trainers having kids sit down on their butts, and moving weight, when most kids can't even do a push-up, chin-up and a body weight squat?

*One of DTS' own developing relative body strength

Machines cause laziness in the trainer and athlete after the thousandth time through the circuit what is next for the athlete? Free weights? Yet again no relative body strength is being developed. The benefits of relative body strength is improved confidence, body composition, coordination, stabilization, speed, agility, jumping power and better sports performance.

*This guy has some serious relative body strength

You can have your young athlete develop strength by lifting weights with improper form:

*Reverse Curl or Hang Clean?

By the way we never perform this lift at DTS but we will get into that later during this series. For those who are interested (or the trainer in this pic) in how to actually perform the catch position of the hang or power clean, this is how it should look:

DTS athletes develop explosiveness using low intensity jumping drills and body weight exercises like the young athletes below who train in our S.P.E.E.D program. For more information on this program click here http://www.davistrainingsystems.com/services.asp.

*Not bad for 10 years old. Plus the bar is 2"thick!

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More DTS Athlete's Continue to Impress

Brock Smith LB, Oviedo HS - Is 1st in solo tackles, 2nd in total tackles and 3rd in tackles per game in the Central Florida area.

Peter Donnelly WR, Lake Mary HS - Peter is tied for 4th in central florida with 30 catches. He is 12th in receiving yards with 375 yards.19th in yards per catch at 12.5 ypc. Tied for 14th in touchdowns with 2.12th in receiving yards per game at 62.5 ypg. He is running past defenders with ease!

Last year his per game average was 2 catches for 22 yards.

This year his per game average is 5 catches for 62.5 yards.

Not bad for a Junior who went from a 5.0 40yd dash to 4.6! Looks like Peter has become a more productive player!

Jonathan Jones LB, Winter Springs HS - recorded 10 tackles and 2 interceptions in Winter Springs' 23-3 win over county rival Lyman to become Varsity GridIron's player of the week.

The 60 Yard Dash

Jay Gonzalez has taken his 60yd. dash time from 7.3 seconds to 6.7 seconds in 8 weeks! This is a total of 5 tenths off his time. Congrats Jay on your hard work and determination.

*Stay tuned as we will go over tips on how decrease your 60 yard dash time!

Dante Bichette's strength and increased muscle mass seems to be helping. Dante has been dedicating his time to us at DTS twice a week!

The FTP Black Racers have been one of the early surprise teams with their 3-0 record. The team’s top player is a familiar name who should become well known in his own right, 2011 shortstop Dante Bichette Jr. Bichette is 6-2, 193 lbs and ultra strong (one of his hits yesterday registered 94 mph off the bat), just like his dad.

From last week's Perfect Game Underclassmen Showcase Tournament http://www.worldwoodbat.com/NewsDetails.aspx?ID=655
Also, The Perfect Game 2011 top prospect list came out and Dante is listed as 13th Nationwide for his class, second for players listed only as position players (not as pitchers).

The Ultimate 24 in Central Florida

8 DTS trained football players have been named in the top Ultimate 24 football players in Central Florida! Check out the October's issue of The Ultimate High School Sports Guide link here: http://www.ultimatehighschoolsports.com/UHSSG_ORL_2008-10.pdf

Once again DTS is leading the way in sports performance training. We are the only facility with this many athletes featured in this article, once again showing why we are the best!

Running Back - James Washington - Boone High School

Wide Receiver - Johnny Rogers - Lake Mary High School

Offensive Line - Cory Oberst - Winter Springs High School

*Not Bad for a 310lb. lineman!

Defensive Line - Demi Thompson - Lake Mary High School



Linebackers - Jesse Bernhardt - Lake Brantley High School

Taylor McKinnon - Winter Springs High School



Johnathan Jones - Winter Springs High School

Cornerback - Cain Elliott - Winter Springs

DTS Athlete Makes Sacrifices To Be The Best

Check out this link below to read about Cain Elliott and his mother's sacrifices for Cain to achieve his dreams.

http://www.varsitygridiron.com/index.php/Football-News/Central-Florida/mom-sacrifices-to-give-winter-springs-football-player-a-better-chance-at-success.html

Cain has trained with us for a year and plays for Winter Springs H.S. and has verbally committed to Florida International University.

Oh yeah the kid can jump too! Check out this link below of Cain jumping onto a 56" Box!

DTS Athletes and Family Make Sacrifices

Check out this link below to read about Cain Elliott and his families sacrifices for Cain's sucess.

Cain has verbally committed to Florida International University

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Another DTS Athlete scores his first Touchdown! Congratulations to Jeremy Francis, RB for Oregon State University! Check out his pic below of Jeremy crossing the goal line.

DTS Athlete Making A Name For Himself

Sunday, October 12th 2008


Checkout this link below of DTS Athlete and now Boston College Tight End, Lars Anderson.
http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJvc3RvbmhlcmFsZC5jb20vc3BvcnRzL2NvbGxlZ2UvZm9vdGJhbGwvdmlldy8yMDA4XzEwXzA5X0xhcnNfQW5kZXJzb25fbWFraW5nX2FfbmFtZV9hdF9CQy8=

Pictured is Lars Rack pulling 495lbs. plus 80lbs. of chains. This is a tremendous exercise to strengthen the lower back and hamstrings which are crucial for sprinting.

Lars is the poster child for hard work and we wish him well for the remainder of the season.

Check out Boston College play Virginia Tech this Saturday night!

Big Game Tonight!!!

We wish Lake Mary H.S. and Lake Brantley H.S. good luck as they face off tonight at Lake Brantley H.S. Since we train more than 30 kids between the two football teams we are staying on the fence for this one. As one parent e-mailed this morning said, get ready for the DTS Bowl!

October 2008 Recent News

Check out our Athletes page to see the athletes who have verbally committed for 2009 Football and Lacrosse season. http://davistrainingsystems.com/athletes.asp

We are the only facility in Central Florida who already have early commitments!


DTS would like to congratulate Daryl "Majic" Dorsey on making the Miami Heat's D-League the Albuquerque Thunderbirds. Having an amazing performance in the WBA where he was MVP. Majic made the top 3 out of 250 players! Majic worked hard to gain 10lbs. of lean muscle mass, along with increasing his flexibility and strength for the tryout in just three short weeks! We will be preparing Majic for one more month before he leaves for camp. Look out for this guy, he is an amazing athlete!


Check out this sick highlight video of Majic playing streetball!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQoqbNR8EQ


Dante Bichette Jr. has been making huge strides in our program gaining 11lbs. of muscle and adding 2 MPH on his throwing power from shortstop to first base. Keep an eye on this kid, he is a beast as a sophomore he is 6'2" 195lbs.


Jay Gonzalez has decreased his 60 yard dash time from 7.3 seconds to 6.9 seconds along with increasing his throwing power and gaining 5lbs. of muscle in just 6 weeks! Jay decreased his time by squatting, dead lifting, performing chin-ups along with some of the unique exercises we use to specifically target the correct musculature you sprint with. Jay's schedule could not allow him to do speed training, so this was all done through strength training with weights, body weight exercises, flexibility and conditioning. Jay also drives 1 hour back and forth to us and will continue too during his busy baseball season.


Josh Hazen has added 2 MPH on his fastball in a month working hard on his strength. Along with utilizing our pre-habilitation methods for his shoulder to make sure he increases stabilization, strength and mobility for a healthier pitching arm. Josh also drove a hour back and forth to train with us!


Anthony Siler has decreased his 60 yard dash time from 6.75 to a 6.65 in three weeks utilizing strength training, form running and flexibility.


Looks like we are busting the myth that there is about baseball players and strength training, if you have a proper program everything can be done!


Finally, a HUGE Congratulations to long time client and Boston College Tight End, Lars Anderson for catching his first collegiate touchdown against University of Central Florida this past Saturday. Below you will see Lars performing a strongman exercise we do for conditioning. This is a tremendous strength exercise for the entire body.

Athlete of The Month August '08

Athlete of the Month

This Month's Athlete is Orangewood Volleyball Player Erin Anderson. Erin came to us from another facility after not getting the results they promised her. She has shown great improvement in the weight room along with her on court performance. Erin has just started DTS a month ago and has already "seen improvements in her jumping and hitting power". Erin told us she "noticed the difference in the first week"! She has taken her trap bar deadlift from 95lbs. for 5 reps to 185lbs. for 5 reps in less than a month! We feel the trap bar is a great tool to help increase vertical jump because of the proper musculature developed. We can't wait to see her improvement even more as she plans to train during her high school season as every smart athlete should do to maintain strength, increase flexibility and injury prevention.

Summer Recap '08

Although we have a huge following with high school and collegiate athletes parents are seeing the benefits of starting their mighty might athletes sooner! We have witnessed some pretty amazing results from our young athletes.


Matt D. started training with us a few months back and his father was very concerned about his speed and wondered a little why we wouldn't do specific speed training with his son immediately. After his father listened to our approach he was ready to see results! After Matt developed a good base of relative body strength we eased him into our deceleration and acceleration program and the results were amazing!



Matt's football team tested 40 yard dashes the first day of practice and Matt was the fastest kid! Not to mention jumped a 36" Box Jump along with a 19" Vertical Jump at our facility!! To say the training paid off is an understatement. Matt also convinced his Dad to have him stay in our program even through the football season! Makes me wonder about all the High School kids who say they don't have enough time.



Not bad for a 12 year old!


Derrick Z. has been working hard as well increasing his strength, power, speed and flexibility he also has jumped on a 36" plyo box (video below) with a 21" Vertical Jump with little weight training yet increasing his athleticsm and self esteem.




*Just a side note Derrick's older brother Mitchell has packed on over 15lbs. of muscle!

Last kid, I want to mention is Jared Bernhardt a.k.a. Baby Bernhardt who walked in our gym with his brothers Jake and Jesse (Lacrosse All-Americans) and bet me he could bust out 12 chin-ups! I of course didn't believe him so he walked over to the 2" thick pull-up bar and busted out 10! If we had a skinny bar I'm pretty sure he could have done 5 more! After that we tested his Vertical Jump and he jumped a 19" Vertical jump, to say I couldn't believe it is an understatement the family are truly genetic freaks!

Cytosport Awarded NSF Certification

We have had some questions from parents about our products so we wanted to educate everyone on the safety of our product we provide for our athletes.

Benicia, CA – CytoSport, Inc., the makers of Muscle Milk, announced today that it has achieved Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Registration through NSF International’s Dietary Supplements Certification Program. CytoSport successfully met all listing criteria in NSF’s NSF/ANSI Standard 173 - Dietary Supplement, the only standard for dietary supplements. CytoSport manufactures a complete line of nutritional supplements and functional beverages for athletes and active lifestyle individuals. In accordance with NSF/ANSI 173, NSF conducted a plant audit at the CytoSport Benicia facility to verify conformance with GMP’s and will conduct periodic audits to verify continued conformance. Good Manufacturing Practices for the current NSF Dietary Supplement Programs are based on industry recommended GMP’s. The NSF Certification Mark will appear in CytoSport marketing material, advertisements and on their website as verification that they have met all program requirements. “By obtaining GMP Registration, CytoSport has taken the initiative to demonstrate to their customers their commitment to producing safer, higher-quality products,” said David Abney, General Manager, NSF Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods Certification Programs. “We have always believed in the importance of ensuring the identity, purity, quality, strength and composition of our products,” said Michael Pickett, COO. “Our objective is to satisfy consumer needs with superior product quality, efficacy and reliability.” About NSF: NSF International helps protect consumers by certifying products and writing standards for food water and consumer goods. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, our ongoing public health commitment is to encourage everyone to live safer.

New Blood Summer Recap '08

Every summer we train more and more college football players and trust me I'm not complaining! However there are always a few who surprise the hell out of me with hard work and dedication even with extreme time constraints. This summer was no exception with Wake Forest fullback Kevin Harris and Notre Dame's All American defensive tackle Ian Williams.

Ian was only able to train with us for a month but this kid trained hard, listened, did everything we asked of him and always on time even though he did not have consistent transportation.

Read more about Ian here: http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/010808aac.html

Ian hit a below parallel box squat with the cambered bar for 1 rep with 525lbs. but his limiting factor was definitely conditioning and flexibility and well, Ian could tell you we took care of that.
Here he is below performing some backward sled pulls.

Look out for Ian this year we wish him luck and his best season yet. Oh yeah, he's only going to be a sophomore!!!


Kevin came to us with some extreme flexibility, strength and conditioning issues throughout his whole body but what was worse was the fact he still did not have full range of motion in his wrist after a surgery last football season. This to us was crucial if he couldn't be 100% how was he suppose to help his team? With a lot of rehab work we were able to help Kevin come back and actual helped him hit a personal goal of his to get back to benching 405lbs. Which he did! Kevin also brought up some severe weaknesses that really helped him become that total athlete he was looking to become.

Below is Kevin hitting his 405lb. bench along with a video of Kevin performing plyo push-ups off 6 inch boxes.

What wrist problem?

Girls Volleyball Summer Recap '08

Coming back from an ankle injury Olivia Partin used to have a vertical jump at 19" after this summer she has gone from 19" to 24"! Below is a pic of Olivia performing Romanian deadlifts to strengthen her hamstrings and lower back some of they key musculature to improving the vertical jump.

Lizzy Leopre joined Davis Training Systems this summer in hopes of increasing her vertical jump for her college season this year. Besides increasing her vertical jump she has gained lower and upper body strength along with increasing flexibility. Even though she had a busy schedule this summer she didn't make excuses and found the time to train with us twice a week for 6 weeks.

Before Lizzy started with us she jumped a 20" Vertical Jump. The last day of training she tested at 24". That's 4" improvement in 6 weeks!!

Pictured below is Lizzy doing kettlebell work for her Vertical Jump Complex!

After taking sometime off with training Leah Rogers came back this summer to gain back what she lost along with setting some new records for herself going into her high school volleyball season.

Leah went from 23" Vertical Jump this summer to a 30"

Usually we will never box jump for height with a volleyball player but Leah wanted to break our female gym record in the box jump for high school athletes. This record was set previously by Olympic weightlifter Kari Huang with a 37" box jump. Below is Leah jumping on a 40" Plyo Box.

NCAA Verbal Commitments for 2009

We have 2 athletes who have already verbally committed to College for their given sport for next year! We are proud to say we are the only facility who have athletes already verbally committed for 2009!

Jesse Bernhardt - University of Maryland (Lacrosse)

Demi Thompson - University of South Florida (Football)

Summer Recap of NCAA Signees for '08

I first want to congratulate all 20 DTS athletes off to college. They have all worked hard and we can't wait to hear more about them and how they do. Stay tuned for updates! I would also like to point out once again this shows why we are the go to place for enhancing athletic performance!

Jake Bernhardt - University of Maryland (Lacrosse)

Branden Snyder - Lees-McRae College (Lacrosse)

Mitch McGrath - Furman University (Football)

Josh Linam - University of Central Florida (Football)

Jeremy Francis - Oregon State University (Football)

Alex Starky - Western Michigan University (Football)

Chris Perry - Troy University(Football)

Jake Ciccarello - University of Albany(Football)

Jared Pizzuti - Florida Atlantic University (Football)

David Bourget - Endicott College (Tennis)

Alex Smith - Lehigh University (Fooball)

Kevin Halverson - Jacksonville University (Football)

Colin Newton - Lehigh University(Football)

Taylor Beasley - Southern Illinois University (Football)

Nathan Keller - Jacksonville University (Football)

Jay Comas - Wagner College (Football)

Justin Brockhaus-Kann - University of South Florida (Football)

Scott Crumbly - Iona College (Football)

Tarvis Gordon - Iowa Wesleyan College (Football)

Monster Milk

Cytosport the makers of Muscle Milk have a latest edition to their protein line… Monster Milk! This is an ideal protein for the in-season football player who needs extra calories.

Luke Cherry at Cytosport was nice enough to hook us up with the three flavors they have developed.

• Chocolate


• Vanilla


• Strawberry

This stuff is really monster with an awesome taste! Some of our athletes have already gained 5lbs. of muscle in 1 week!

Here's what you can expect in every serving:

Serving Size: 2 scoops

Servings per container: 12

Amount per Serving:
Calories: 350

Calories from fat: 80

Total Fat: 9g

Total Carbohydrates: 17g

Protein: 50g

If you are a client of Davis Training Systems we now have it available.

If not and you want to purchase it go here:

http://www.cytosport.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=33

Either way YOU have to get Monster Milk!

Fast Buck vs. Slow Athlete

By Charles Poliquin

The Scam Of SAQ Training Every day in America, countless parents get defrauded of hard earned money by SAQ programs, being promised that little Johnny and little Susie will be turned into star athletes by the SPEED AGILITY QUICKNESS (SAQ) Program also know as your local sports performance center. That is such a crock. I will only pick 3 items because I have no intention of writing a book on it, but I want to at least educate the readers out there on the false claims of popular Hockey training and SAQ programs.

Let’s look at some of the tools they use:

1. Acceleration treadmills – Skating Treadmills

What really irks me is that it is recommended to kids who can’t even squat their own bodyweights while respecting proper biomechanics. Now as a side bar: why is squatting your own bodyweight with correct biomechanics so important. Because it is has been shown in hockey, alpine skiing and soccer to be the best predictor of remaining injury free in the competitive season, whether it is hamstrings pulls, ACL tears or groin pulls. Yet only about less than 2% of adolescents do well on this test when untrained. Acceleration treadmills, besides ruining motor patterns, are associated to increase risk of injury. Skating treadmills ruin motor patterns by creating faulty movement patterns in a hockey player’s stride. Just like high caliber sprinters never run on treadmills, Hockey players should never skate on treadmills. When little Johnny runs on the grass for example, he moves over the surface. On treadmill running or skating, the surface moves from under him. This teaches little Johnny to fire the muscles used in running, sprinting and skating in an improper sequence. Basically you teach your nervous system how to skate two different ways, when you step on the ice the brain doesn’t know if the ice is going to move underneath you or if you are going to propel yourself over the ice. All this confusion between your brain and muscles will lead to decrease speed and power and increase risk of injury.

2. Speed ladders, mini-hurdles etc.

Any PhD in psychomotor learning will confirm this to you: Coordination is 90% established by age 12. So promising improvements larger than 10% is simply fraud. Skills are specific. Getting better at a skill, only means that you are better at this skill. Does this skill transfer to another skill? Probably not, even in a very similar skill. This is why great boxers don’t necessarily make great karate fighters and vice versa. How many skilled badminton players are great at tennis and vice versa? In the case of SAQ training, training on the speed ladder does not improve quick feet for anything else other than the speed ladder. Getting in and out of predetermined patterns done in the speed ladder will not make Johnny a better lacrosse player or Susie a better field hockey player. They will only get better at performing the speed ladder. The same goes for the agility mat. By the way, the speed and the agility mat are not Olympic events.

3. Reaction time drills

Reaction time is improvable 10 % in gifted individuals and 20% in motor morons. The reaction range is typically 0.2 to 0.3 seconds. 0.2 seconds for gifted people, 0.3 for motor morons. The most gifted individuals will have a reaction time of 0.08 second, in 24 years as a strength coach I have only seen two scores on record like that. One of them belonging to the greatest ice hockey player of all times. World class sprinters will get in the 0.12 seconds range. I have consulted in the past for SWAT team selections and rejected 28 out of 30 candidates just based on their reaction times. For example, one police officer had a VO2 max of 65 (which is an excellent score for those who are not familiar with this value, international level mid-field soccer players, ice hockey forwards, and Greco-roman wrestlers have a similar VO2) and could also bench press 380 lbs, however his reaction time was 0.4. Dangerous person to give a submachine gun to! To promise parents a 200% decrease in reaction time is downright fraud or even 30% is highway robbery. Another thing that parents should be aware of is that reaction time is specific to the stimulus, whether it is auditory, visual, or kinesthetic. Kinesthetic reaction time would be the time it takes to react after being hit. So for example, the reaction bands drill popular in SAQ circles is a kinesthetic reaction time drill which does zero to improve your ability to react to a puck, football, soccer ball etc& By the way a famous hockey player had to take time off during the season because one of the SAQ bands snapped away from his partner and broke one of his ribs. He had his teammates cover for him on how he really broke his rib. After he stopped doing SAQ and started training under my tutelage his career blossomed. The only thing that I have seen help improve reaction times is to react to things that move much faster that the need of your sport. My client, goalie John Grahame, of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, winner of this year’s Stanley Cup, improved his visual reaction time after I recommended that he to do stick fighting in the off-season. If you get used to getting out of the way of a full speed fighting stick, hockey pucks will appear slow. This is why the Canadian National Alpine Team coach used to have the skiers enroll in speed car racing school so that downhill skiing looked and felt like slow motion after that.