by Chris Morland | Oct 21, 2015 | Coaching Tools, Professional, Student
Dear readers of the #MorlanadSTRENGTH blog, Two years ago when this website began I had not even stepped foot on Cardinal Gibbons High School campus as my first day was Sunday afternoon November 4th, 2013 during open house. Since then #GibbonsSTRENGTH has been born...
by Chris Morland | Oct 14, 2015 | Coaching Tools, Professional
Our blogging team hopes you enjoyed last week’s kickoff of this hot topic! We had good discussions with people with some positive feedback. This week I’d like to continue the topic with two questions: 1. If you had a quality high school sport coach, then how do you...
by Amer Nahhas | Oct 8, 2015 | Coaching Tools
The new topic series includes peer-reviewed blogs by health and fitness professionals in the Triangle to address the questions clients, parents, and students have about trainers. This month-long series in October will focus on each of these professionals’...
by Chris Morland | Sep 7, 2015 | Professional
Gibbons STRENGTH begins its second year this Fall. Two years ago at a Friday night football game, two future coaches took a walk around Cardinal Gibbons High School to discuss what would be the foundation of the Gibbons STRENGTH and Conditioning program. The vision...
by Chris Morland | Jun 11, 2015 | Coaching Tools
Spring 2015 Gibbons STRENGTH and Conditioning Team (From L to R: Coach Torres, Coach Morland, Coach Amer, and Coach Blaser) The process of building a championship team takes skill, patience, and lots of hard work. One newly-formed support program at Cardinal...
by Chris Morland | Apr 28, 2015 | Education Blitz
Over the last three months our team has sought to open the communication with the community surrounding the strength and conditioning program at Cardinal Gibbons High School. It has been a great experience and well received by many people visiting the website, posting...
by Amer Nahhas | Apr 20, 2015 | Education Blitz
The Push-up What is it: The push-up is one of the most commonly known body weight exercises performed in a workout. It is done in a prone (facing down) position by raising and lowering the body using the chest, triceps, anterior deltoids. The core stability and...
by Erin Blaser | Apr 11, 2015 | Education Blitz
What is FAT? Dietary fats are composed of a triacylglycerols, which are a glycerol molecule backbone with chains of carbon atoms called fatty acids attached. Once digested, fat serves to protect body organs, absorb some vitamins, and provide energy during aerobic...
by Erin Blaser | Mar 9, 2015 | Education Blitz
What is protein? Proteins are different sequences of amino acids that are held together by peptide bonds and contain at least one nitrogen atom. They are found in every cell of the body! Proteins have various functional roles from general growth and maintenance to...
by Chris Morland | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Playing different sports requires different types of equipment for each sport; an athlete would not wear track spikes to play lacrosse or a football helmet to play tennis, so why would they wear running shoes to squat in or basketball shoes to power clean? The...
