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Schools Out For Summer

   School is out and most      happy to let you know what     there is open gyms or
sports have come to a          you need to work on.           when the weight room is
close. Now what? I guess                                      open. Go to your local gym
we should lay around the          I’m not saying that you     and see if they offer any
pool all day and play some     can’t relax and have fun in    kind of student discounts.
video games while drink-       the summertime.  You need      Get with your friends and
ing a Mt. Dew and eating       to have balance in your life,  play some pick up games
potato chips,  and just relax  but you shouldn’t take the     at the park. There are so
until the next season starts.  whole summer off and be        many options to help you
I mean, what else is there     lazy. It doesn’t take much     get better. I was driving
to do, right? No! Now is the   time out of your day to work   around town the other day
time to look back at the year  on some conditioning to        and saw a front yard full
you had in sports and reflect  stay in shape, or lift some    of bikes and a bunch of
on it. What went well? What    weights to get stronger        kids playing basketball in
didn’t go so well? Where       and more athletic. The little  the driveway. I love seeing
do  I need to improve? And     things that you do every day   things like this because
if you’re not sure where you   will add up to big things in   you don’t see it very often.
can improve to make the        the end. If you want to get
team better, you should ask    better at your sport you           One of my favorite
your coach. They would be      need to play. Get with your    quotes from the great John
                               coaches and find out when      Wooden says, “The best
                                                              way to improve the team
                                                              is to improve yourself.”
                                                              Just think if your whole
                                                              team thought this way. Just
                                                              think if everyone on your
                                                              team worked to improve
                                                              just a little bit, how much
                                                              better the team would be
                                                              as a whole. I’m going to
                                                              keep this article short this
                                                              month because I think you
                                                              get the point I’m trying to
                                                              make. Summer is a great
                                                              time to improve on what-
                                                              ever sports you play. Don’t
                                                              be lazy and try to get bet-
                                                              ter!!

                                                              Jon Ligrow
                                                              Ligrow’s 24 Hr Fitness,
                                                              Cass City
                                                              ISSA Certified Trainer
                                                              ISSA Strength and Condi-
                                                              tioning Coach

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