Kings Of Fitness

Muscle imbalance can lead to potential injury. Therefore helping an athlete find balance with strength training becomes very important. As simple as a weight shift during a squat or even speaking with @bradyfeliciotto_ we ascertained he has developed some great transverse musculature as a right handed batter. To balance him out we are introducing a similar rotation using the kpulley from @go_exxentric. Here is the caveat, we have him rotate as if he’s a left handed batter. ...With volume training on this fly wheel along with some additional core activities we look to help address what Brady sees and feels for the better! Balance will also help us generate even more force (safely), which should be every athletes goal!

Warming up with Joe Panik this morning. Tossing two hecostix while stabilizing on single leg on the sanddunestepper. With all the demands placed on him in season and his playing versatility, we are gearing up to throw the kitchen sink at him in preparation for the 2021 MLB season. Let the fun begin.

! Congrats on this first homerun and achieving this dream of hitting it in Yankee Stadium.

One of the greatest honors bestowed upon us is when our future mothers trust us to design and implement their training program. Sara is just about half way through her pregnancy and looking and feeling strong. We monitor many of her barbell movements watching the speed at which she can move her barbell. This enables us to account for any stress her daily life places on her as well as enables us to load the absolute perfect weight on her barbell to accomplish our collective goal. Make sure to check out our latest blog post of velocity based training at: http://kingsoffitnesshv.com//benefits-of-velocity-based-tr

First 300lbs clean in the books for Mike Blanchard at a peak velocity of 1.59 m/s! Fired up to say the least!

The diversity of fitness levels that we are seeing in each session really makes us happy. With all the negative media coverage and the focused narrative that people will not return to fitness facilities, we say the exact opposite. In this group alone we have two adult professional business owners, two college football players, and a high school track and field athlete. All willing to follow the rules set by the CDC, the state of New York, and us to provide the safest experience possible. #strengthandconditioning #fitness #outdoorworkout

General physical preparedness and social distance strength coaching! Making the most of a different situation.

Video from the Toronto Blue Jays! As crazy as times are, we are so excited Joe Panik is as hard of a worker that he is. He took ZERO time off. Stayed active and even allowed us to adjust his routine utilizing Flex - Powered by GymAware technology! Go Joe!!!

We were happy to speak with and contribute to the Poughkeepsie Journal’s story on how athletes can stay active in today’s social distancing climate. You can find the write up and accompanying video here: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com//kiel-king/5116370002/ Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

Hello everyone! Kings of Fitness plans to operate business as usual until instructed otherwise by local government. In order to help us maintain the high standards of cleanliness we must ask that all athletes use the sign up system to schedule their session. We will not allow athletes to enter or workout unless they have signed up. For any current member or any potential new member that chooses to stay out of public areas, we have the ability to program for you outside the ...facility! You are welcome to stay on track or begin your fitness journey simply by contacting us through email or direct message and we can provide programming to be performed in the comfort and safety of your home! #RemoteAthete Peace and good health to all! Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

Be sure to check out The Strength Matters Podcast available on all platforms. Episode 5 features Lindsey VanZandt and is well worth the listen! Please subscribe, like, and rate the podcast! We appreciate all of the support. www.kofpodcast.com

Incredibly honored and humbled to be gifted signed football jerseys from Sal, JJ, and Mike. As you can see they are already displayed in the facility. To me, these jerseys will serve as acknowledgement to all the hours, days, weeks, months, and years of hard work that kept each of these young men on a path to their desired success! Trust the process and always give your best effort, results follow. Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

500lbs straight weight x 3 (last year) vs 460lbs at the top x 3 from today (weight+band tension). This is the importance of training ALL SPECIAL STRENGTHS as an athlete. @joepanik has continued to grow his strengths in our 3 years working together. Today he impressed with what should have been 60% with added band tension with velocities near or equal to 1.0m/s. However with this weight and band tension he moved closer to 1.3m/s. His muscles are reacting faster and faster and we are very very excited for the 2020 season! Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini MLB Network

I am so proud of these three young men and excited for their individual futures, however they will always be tied together in some way or another. Each of these young men came to Lauren and me as freshmen in High School. They all attended different High Schools, even faced off against each other at times. We told them over the last four years Iron sharpens iron. Take this to mean, you have the ability to push each other’s strength by staying focused and giving your individ...ual best effort in everything. Whether it be school work, weight room, on the field, etc. Because of that hard work, that effort and the accountability that each young man treated as the standard, all three of these young men will have the opportunity to continue playing football in college. These young men came to us with a level of talent, they pushed their limits for YEARS, and I couldn’t be happier with the results! Keep up the good work gentlemen, you’ve made us really proud. -Kiel King-

JJ showed us his first in house bench personal best from 3 years ago at 230lbs. Yesterday in a wide grip press variation, this young man pressed 345lbs. Consistent hard work from this young man has earned him continuous growth in the weight room as well as First Team honors for football in the Erickson League for his play this past year. Great work JJ, your future is bright!

Deadcember is off to a fantastic start! Here is Pam hitting 277lbs for a 27lbs improvement in the lift!

Thank you Joe Panik for taking the time to speak to some of the youth athletes, parents and coaches of our community last night. We are excited to continue to discuss Strength and Conditioning, injury prevention, and exercise selection for program design to help every level of athlete in our community. For those that were able to attend, we ask that you take the time to share your experience with others that were unable to attend! Questions? Send them our way!... https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com//joe-panik/2612098001/

Wow! So many new records and overall heavy lifting. Ellen Vignola pulls 225lbs, Lindsey VanZandt pulls 275lbs (2.5x her current body weight!), Mike Blanchard pulls 475lbs for a 25lbs PR post football season, our in house BJJ black belt, James pulls 485lbs, and JJ Flaccavento pulls 530lbs post football season!!!! #deadlift #strengthandconditioning #fightforeverything Lauren Battaglini-King John Battaglini Kiel King

Today was a day! Lauren hits a lifetime best squat at 185lbs, weighing her lowest body weight to date (110lbs). With focus geared towards speed of movement, range of motion of movement, and accessory work this squat was 20lbs more than her previous best. #strengthandconditioning #squats #pr #moreinthetank #athlete Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

Coach Joe Kenn shared this video of one of his programmed athletes at Appalachian State University. First, this is a great Max Effort session. Second, I am thankful that college athletes and coaches are sharing what their Strength and Conditioning sessions look like. When athletes are aspiring to play further than high school, it is of the utmost importance that they learn how to move correctly under load as well as build the foundation to move heavy loads. Contact us with any questions! We provide structured session in our facility as well as programming for remote athletes. Strength matters. Program design matters.

4th year off to a Big Bang! Football athletes JJ and Mike hitting 445lbs and 385lbs squats respectively. Wow! Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

Excellent information to share! https://www.stack.com/a/5-things-sport-coaches-need-to-know

For most people, exercise is perfectly adequate it’s certainly better than sitting on your ass. But for athletes, an improvement in strength provides more improvement in performance than any other adaptation, especially if the athlete is not already very strong. Strength is the basis of athletic ability. If you are a good athlete, you are stronger than a less-good athlete at the same level of athletic skill. If you want to be a better athlete, you get stronger. -Mark Ripp...etoe- How your strength program is designed matters. There is no time to waste as it pertains to the development of an athlete on any level. Questions? Send them our way! Link to full article: https://startingstrength.com/article/training_vs_exercise Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

"I think it is important to have that expert," Grist said. "You have coaches who are experts in football or basketball, but it is always nice to have that coach who is an expert in strength and conditioning, who understands the science behind it. If you are being taught the right way by a coach who has educated themselves, it is going to help keep athletes healthy and perform better. It also takes a lot off the coach’s shoulders, so they don’t have to spend the two hours in the weight room and can use that time to game plan." https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com//strength/1909144001/

As per Merriam-Webster, DISCIPLINE is control gained by enforcing obedience or order. Here is three months progress of nutrition guidance set by Lauren Battaglini-King for one of her clients.

https://www.nsca.com//why-your-high-school-needs-a-qualif/ Unfortunately most athletes that enter our door lack the proper instruction and education of program design. Their individual efforts although well intended do not address the years of movement science that makes athlete training the fine tuned program that it needs to be. We recognize that every athlete can not train in our facility due to the many constraints that face them in their day to day lives. ... That does not mean we can not be of service. Every competitive athlete needs a well designed strength and conditioning program that addresses their individual needs (joint range of motion, flexibility, strength) that will help the athlete develop appropriately in their sport while reducing their risk of injury. Training programs are the road maps to help athletes achieve their goals. Contact us with questions or for more information regarding remote athlete programming!

We have been asked this question enough that it warrants a written response. The how and why joining an educated strength and conditioning program design matters. The shared photo is out of Mark Rippetoe's 3rd Edition of Practical Programming for Strength Training. TRAINING AGES MATTER. Basically there are three types of athletes in the weight room. The Novice, the Intermediate, and the Advanced. The Novice lifter on ANY program has the highest and quickest rate of musc...ular adaptation. This means that in the short term any one without much weight room experience will grow from being on any type of linear progression program. As the athlete progresses in their time under tension and grow in their training age, more stimulus must be applied for adaptation to occur. To help athletes truly develop their athletic ceiling to be "the roof" they should enter training programs designed on continued success in producing necessary adaptions to the muscles that are used in their sport. Stay general and build movements that grow an athletes force production, big movements being the squat, deadlift, and bench press. Accessories being exercises that minimize the risk of injury while building smaller muscle groups that promote better force production. There is truly a ton of science (physics and chemistry related concepts) that should be considered when dealing with any athlete and trying to design what will yield the greatest growth potential. It is always under our recommendation that you work with a QUALIFIED professional that has learned these concepts and can apply them.

Please read. In an effort to bring the best and proven movement science techniques to our athletes and adult fitness members, we are now offering 8, 12, 16, and unlimited training sessions to be completed with in one calendar month of start date. Strength and Conditioning programming should be addressed at a micro level (3-4 weeks of training) and the macro level (i.e. 6 months, 1 year of micro-cycles). These cycles will be the road map to helping our members achieve their ...desired athletic goals. CHOOSE your commitment. How many training sessions YOU can make in a micro-cycle is how we will design YOUR specific program! There are 5 Special Strengths that we program to positively stimulate in our program design. The 5 special strengths are: 1. Absolute Strength (0.1 to 0.35 m/s) 2. Accelerative Strength (0.35 to 0.75 m/s) 3. Strength-Speed (0.75 to 1.0 m/s) 4. Speed-Strength (1.0 to 1.5 m/s) 5. Starting Strength (>1.5 m/s) When you CHOOSE to work with the staff at Kings of Fitness, each micro-cycle you will receive: A movement assessment to find potential muscle imbalances and joint range of motion restrictions Instruction for overactive muscle inhibition (i.e. self mysofascial release, manual muscle manipulation) Mobility instruction VBT (Velocity Based Training) for Special Strengths Accessory programming designed to correct movement patterns inter and intra muscularly Stretching techniques designed to correct joint stability issues Again, in order to give our members the best possible and most effective experience, we must account for the growth of each strength and program specifically for the schedule of each INDIVIDUAL. The program is designed to optimize the recovery of the individual. We will account for the days of training and include the necessary intensities and volumes in to the program. More is not better. Better is better. Louie Simmons Please send us any questions you have regarding the purchase of micro-cycle sessions! Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King John Battaglini

Thank you to everyone that has contacted us to register for the December 5th Strength and Conditioning event. We have reached our maximum registration and will be starting a waitlist, in case we receive any cancellations. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Thank you again!

Thursday December 5th at our facility, for all interested athletes. We are opening doors to discuss Strength & Conditioning for the Baseball and Softball athlete. This event is free of charge! There is limited space so please contact Lauren at [email protected] to reserve seating.

In competition you will use 100% of the muscle available to you. That means what you train to use is what you get to use. Max Effort and Dynamic Efforts are designed for all of our athletes for the purpose of, 1. Maximizing the amount of muscle fibers our athletes have available to them for their sport... and 2. Increasing the rate of recruitment of muscles, the rate of force production. This video is Lindsey VanZandt latest InvictaFC victory. She ended the fight 39 seconds in to the first round. Stimulating muscles to have the ability to generate better force production will create a better athlete for any sport.

Thank you Joe Panik for the additional gifts to the facility. We added Independence Day game cleats, Military Appreciation game cleats, and Military Appreciation game batting gloves to the display! Wishing you and Brittany Panik a strong finish to the rest of the baseball season with the Mets! Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King

Joe Panik’s last two years of strength and conditioning training is showing in his analytics! Here are averages of soft hit vs medium hit vs hard hit balls. Over the last two years he has increased his hard hit percentage by 11.3%! Joe is a dedicated, hard worker that trusts the process of our strength and conditioning routine. It is so exciting to see analytics over time especially in the world today where everyone wants something and they want it now!... TRUST the process and the long term goals of your strength program. And if there are not any long term goals set for your strength, you are playing from behind before you start!

Madison Square Garden. Lindsey VanZandt puts Rena Kubota to sleep in the first round! Congratulations!

Happy to finally have this program ready to rock! Check out Lauren Battaglini-King and the guidance she can provide. As many already know, we test everything from loaded movements down to nutrition on us first. If you are interested in seeing what 13 weeks of sustainable, focused, and disciplined work can do, send us a message and we will be happy to share! Interested in working with Lauren? Contact us for more information!

October 2015 March 2019 105lbsx1250lbsxsetsxreps! Many athletes, parents of athletes, and even sport coaches look to us to design 4 week, 6 week, 8 week and so forth programming expecting unrealistic results. Truth of the matter it takes time. As coaches we have to design micro and macro level programs that will help said athlete achieve their specific goal. For our athletes, be like Mike. His dedication, consistency, and commitment to developing his strength exceptional. He didn’t find time to do this with school and the millions of sports he plays, he MADE the time. Excellent work Mike, we are honored to work with you!

Dr. Aaron Horschig is so on point with this. Read his comment below This needs to be shared a million times over, because the athletes in our communities deserve our professional best. It needs to be said. Anyone can make you tied - that does NOT qualify that person as a good coach. Today, too many in the fitness industry are in the BUSINESS of TRAINING & forgot (or never knew) how to COACH.... . In an attempt to get more social media hits they bypass fundamental movement skills and instead place in sexy drills & workouts intended to leave you on your back gasping for air. That way of "coaching" only fools consumers into thinking that they're innovative and cool. Money into the pocket over fundamental skills. In doing so, these coaches place athletes in great danger and risk of injury by taking this strategy. . It's time we change this. Coaches, be proactive in the way you train your athletes. Have a WHY behind everything you do. Sure there's a time and place for hard workouts - but that can't be the entirety of your coaching strategy. Tired doesn't always mean good training. . Rant over. See more

Coach Kiel King getting a shoutout from Joe Panik on MLB Network radio! Spring Training has been going really well and we look forward to the transition to the regular season!

Our HS basketball players are ramping up their offseason training looking to be as strong as possible. We are having a blast introducing them to some of our newer tools. And of course we LOVE having our female athletes in the facility! Welcome back Kate Peek, we have big plans for you!

Bellatormma 215!!!! So proud of Lindsey VanZandt! So many amazing things we can say about this young lady and how she brings 100% to everything she does. She is the embodiment of what we preach to all of our athletes on every level of play. But seriously, look HOW STRONG SHE IS!!!! The time spent with the ATP, sanddune stepper, sleds, medicine balls really showed out. Pick up another professional fighter and walk her around and then slam her. What a finish! Great fight for her and her entire team that helps get her prepared for the bright lights and grand stage. Back to work soon enough, but we are going to enjoy this one! Lauren Battaglini-King Kiel King

Joe Panik, Nick, and Jaden working the swing follow through drill with the battle rope. Joe coached the technique for the High School athletes, sharing some insights that he has experienced throughout his career. I’d say it was a cool experience for everyone involved.

High-level hitters, extension is ACTUALLY the "release" of the barrel, not the act of extending the arms. -JK Whited- We aren’t baseball coaches but we will however look how force is created and displaced and by any means attempt to help our players accomplish their goals. Joe Panik working through his swing release with the battle rope. Take note of how through the swing, the rope follows a smooth path back to the point of contact. We put this side by side with a live pitch swing to show how the drill can transfer. Try it for yourself or reach out and feel free to ask! (Christina Howard thank you for sharing!)

We love sled work and all the variations that help our athletes raise their general physical preparedness. Ryan Vandewater getting a taste of his pitching motion vs sled. Knowing how and when to incorporate sled work with all our athletes has helped a great deal with increasing their overall athleticism during competition. Questions regarding programming, please contact us.

Great write up on Lindsey! I may be partial but I love this: Despite her petite build, Volpe said during a sparring session on Wednesday, VanZandt's kicks "feel like a baseball bat to the ribs." Force production at its finest!... https://www.google.com//amp.poughkeepsiejou/amp/1848530002

Athletes doing athlete things! Man this fires me up. Hard work breeds success and we are seeing a whole lot of hard work!

Double body weight, no problem. Lindsey VanZandt continues to show there is no ceiling she can’t smash.

Joe Panik is back to work performing Cressey Sports Performance programmed rotational med ball scooped tosses. This movement mimics the similar force production pattern of Joe’s baseball swing stance. Generating force from the feet through the fingertips is the name of the game!

Members of the Arlington High School baseball team visited the facility yesterday to discuss the benefits of Strength & Conditioning for all levels of baseball. We discussed the importance of mobility, technique, periodized strength programming, agility, and cool downs. We were very happy to meet Coach Novak, the players, and the parents that were able to join us! Coaches/Parents, if you are interested in a facility tour or meeting with us to discuss how Strength & Conditioning can benefit your teams, contact us.

Our resident CrossFit athlete Ana Carolina Alves Pinto hit a 20lbs comeback snatch personal best today! (She hit this for 4 singles too.) Life time personal best is next. After being medically cleared to continue overhead movements weeks ago, we are looking strong. We are paying close attention to how her shoulders are moving and have programmed weeks of stability movements prior to moving weight overhead. As her bench press has continued to improve, so has her ability to st...abilize weight overhead. No coincidence there, just movement science and I love it! Can’t wait to see how she performs during the upcoming open season because this is just the tip of the iceberg. See more

Spoto Press. This is a 3 rep max bench press variation. George is engaging the movement with his entire body. His feet are firmly planted to the ground so he can produce leg drive into the press. He is contracting his glutes which in turn contracts back musculature giving him a platform to push the weight. Breathing is inhaling during the eccentric movement and exhaling during the concentric movement. George appears to hit all the coaching cues and therefore this movement is pain free. Thank you for the demonstration George!

Squat technique. This is a 75% double. Cary is very capable of performing body weight squats to depth which is why he is allowed to progress to barbell work. The first and second squat look different and this is where we work as coaches to give cues that can be helpful for future sets. In this instance on the second rep the barbell has a forward track during the descent and the hips rise faster rather than at the same rate with knee extension during the concentric movement.... This tends to make a squat look more like a good morning. Today I asked Cary to treat each rep like individual reps. Take time to get the correct abdominal pressure and maintain a forward chin (mindful of eye level.)

Christine took 1st place in today’s weight lifting competition out in Red Hook! So incredibly proud of the performance she put together.

Strong women. Strong picture. What a story this picture tells.

There is so many great things happening for all of our athletes! Check out Lindsey’s latest interview as she prepares for her Invicta debut. https://youtu.be/tp5ltjatx0c

Some great baseball is being played out in Missouri! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeryiMmvxqo&feature=youtu.be

We love working with athletes from every sport! Ana came in our door 6 weeks ago with the goal of getting stronger. This in turn would help her during her CrossFit training. In 6 weeks, she has added 20lbs to her back squat and there is room for more! Sport is an algebraic equation. Come in with a goal, where you want to be and let us figure out the variables to get you there. Questions regarding our program? Contact us!

Too important not to share. We have the fortunate ability to train individuals on every level of sports. Those that play at the highest level have always shown up and put forth their absolute best effort! Consistency through everything has always equaled success!

Starting the season off right!

One of the hardest workers in the room. As we all know people like this go really far in everything they do! Lindsey "Damsel" VanZandt keep it up and sky is the limit! http://wmmarankings.com/four-rising-atomweight-fighters-se/

Soon to be 16 y/o HS football player, JJ Flaccavento, hitting his first ever 500lbs 15 box squat! He is now the 4th member of our facility to hit this mark! Coach Kiel was a bit fired up.

Thank you Joe and Brittany Panik for this wonderful gift! We are honored and very appreciative.

Tremendous effort today! From technical improvements, big PR lifts, and absolute grinding everyone stepped forward with their best foot. Mikey S., Sean C. and Ryan C. continue to improve their weightlifting technique! Joe pulling over 600lbs at lockout (weights + bands). Lindsey VanZandt crushing posterior chain work on the ATP. And Ariana finishing the fight with prowler push, back pedal, sprints! We tip our hat to every single athlete that made it in today, because those 1st pin pull PRs were unreal!!!!

Max effort cambered bar bench press and because the bar is so much fun, we used it during our accessory work too! Prime movers + stabilizers working hard today. #strengthandconditioning #mlb #sfgiants #nsca #stability #hudsonvalley #athlete

The purpose of our training program is to increase sports performance and decrease injury potential. Proper understanding of the force velocity curve and where a particular athlete needs the most focus is how we can accomplish both. Athletes that are ready to put in the work, looking to achieve a maximal level of preparedness for their sport should take notice of this proven system of training. Contact us for more information.

What a display of strength and athleticism by all of our strong ladies during this week of training! Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are foot prints on the moon. Contact us for more information regarding our program.

Our professional athletes had the opportunity to train their respective dynamic effort lower during the same session. Lindsey VanZandt and Joe Panik created a very high energy fast paced session! MMA meets MLB. Probably one of the greatest testaments to train general in order to improve the specific. Two very high caliber athletes finding common ground in the system of training! Questions regarding our programming and how it can help you achieve your goals? Contact us!

Our system of periodized training is designed to help every level of athlete gain strength, increase mobility, and reduce injury risk. If you have questions regarding how our program can help you attain your goals, contact us!

Congrats to the Panik family, this upcoming season with the San Francisco Giants will be the best yet! Some of Joe’s accessory work from today included chain lateral raises and sled pulls.

5 weeks out from MLB Spring Training and we are continuing to see improvements in muscle coordination and tissue work capacity! Video: Joe Panik and Coach Kiel King working stretch band 5-10-5 during speed and agility work.