Lightning Performance Solutions

Lightning Performance Solutions Athletic training and rehabilitation practice specializing in human movement, injury prevention, and

11/22/2025

Falling leaves are annoying.

They pile up, get tracked everywhere, make messes, leave stains Honestly, they’re a pain to constantly clean up.

But falling leaves also mean the season is changing and with change comes growth.

Change is rarely clean. It piles up. It spreads into every corner of your life. It leaves marks. It feels overwhelming.

But just like grabbing a rake or a leaf blower, we have ways to work through the chaos. We can tidy the mess, clear the path, and make the space better than before.

Be grateful for the mess that comes with change.
Cleaning it up makes the reward that much sweeter.

11/21/2025

As we approach Thanksgiving, I want to start issuing a challenge to you.

Who do you need to thank?
Who has helped you, pushed you, supported you, or believed in you when you didn’t believe in yourself?

Gratitude shouldn’t just live in a holiday, it should live in the way we treat the people who’ve shaped our journey.

Start thinking about who you need to show thanks to and how you want to show it.

A text, a call, a message, a hug, a visit, a letter, whatever it is, make it genuine.

Gratitude is fuel. Gratitude is connection. Gratitude is growth.

Let’s make the next several days intentional with our thanks.

11/20/2025

Coming back from an injury is hard.

It takes time, patience, and a whole lot of work. Unfortunately, you sometimes don’t get all the guidance you feel like you need.

Coaches, ATs, PTs, doctors, and mentors are all in your corner, but they might not always see the battles you’re fighting behind the scenes.

The key is to show up and do the work.
✅ Win the little things.
✅ Win the effort.
✅ Win the battles no one else sees.

Don’t forget to ask for help if you need it. Sometimes the people supporting you see your progress and assume you’re good, when deep down you’re still grinding through it. You don’t have to go through the comeback alone.

Let’s get you better. Brick by brick. Rep by rep. Day by day.

11/19/2025

Today is International Men’s Day, and it falls right in the middle of Men’s Health Month, a perfect reminder of what actually matters.

As friends, teammates, brothers, and coworkers, we’re really good at giving each other crap. It’s part of the culture. But sometimes that line gets crossed and turns into relentless s**t. What often startes as joking becomes a weight someone can’t carry.

We’re losing too many men to crushing mental-health battles. Stress, pressure, performance, expectations, life, and really everything you can think adds up.

We have a responsibility to each other.

Joke with the boys, have fun, keep it light, but be aware.

Pay attention.
Support each other.
Be kind.
You never truly know what someone is carrying.

Do better. Be better. For your teammates. For your brothers. For yourself.

11/18/2025

Bruh, you’re not cooked!

Cooked is the new “completely f*$ #’d up.”
I hear it every day: my brain, back, arm, knee, or whatever else is “cooked.”

‼️STOP IT‼️

When you cook food, it goes through an irreversible change. You can heat it, cool it, season it, whatever, but it’s still cooked.

Using a word like “cooked” to describe your body makes your brain hear “permanent damage.”

That’s not how the body works.

Yes, injuries happen. Yes, things feel rough in the moment.

Tissues heal. Brains rewire. Bodies recover.

Quit telling your system it’s broken when it’s actually rebuilding.

Be careful with the language you use, your brain is always listening.

11/17/2025

Too many people lack intentionality.

We see it in sets and reps, relationships, homework, goals, and really everything if you think about it. Most people just try to get through the thing instead of actually getting something from the thing.

✅ Don’t rush your reps — quality beats quantity every time.
✅ Don’t rush time with people — moments matter.
✅ Don’t skip steps toward your goals — the process matters even more than the outcome.

You can’t rush putting thread through the eye of a needle. The same goes for your training, your rehab, your life. Slow down. Be intentional. Do the small steps right so your performance and your life actually benefit.

Do it with purpose. Always.

11/16/2025

Juggling is hard.

This clip is from my collective two hours of trying to learn how to juggle today for a video.

News flash: I never got it.

In life, we’re all juggling something: sports, jobs, school, relationships, finances, time, and everything in between.

Sometimes you catch the rhythm quickly. Sometimes you never feel like you find that perfect balance.

The key is to keep practicing. Keep showing up. Keep trying. I’m going to keep working on juggling. Not just three random balls, but all the real-life pieces too.

Progress is practice. Keep going.

11/15/2025

No matter how you chase progress, you still have to stay organized in the process.

Setbacks happen.
Highs happen.
Lows happen.

What matters most is your ability to return to the baseline you’ve built.

Just like we keep the gym clean, your house clean, your room clean, your car clean, the “cleaning” is really just getting back to that standard you set for yourself.

Don’t forget the foundation you’ve built. Maintain your baseline. Protect it. Return to it. That’s how you keep moving forward.

11/14/2025

Transverse plane strength is the secret sauce most athletes are missing.

Forward, backward, side-to-side movements are the ones most of you crush.

When it comes to rotation, the plane that actually powers throwing, hitting, sprinting, and nearly every athletic move, we see a huge gap.

Overhead athletes especially need rotational strength, control, and stability to stay healthy and perform at their peak.

Don’t be afraid to twist in your training.

Do it smart, load it right, and watch how your performance changes when you actually train the plane you compete in.

Your body is built to rotate. Train it that way!

11/13/2025

Life is a weird dynamic of ups and downs, push and pull, and give and take.

As athletes, you’re constantly being tugged in different directions: performance demands, coaching pressure, mental health, school, recruiting, media expectations, pay, life outside of sports, faith, gains, and so much more. Basically, the list never stops.

The key is balancing the moving parts.

For sure, it’s easier said than done.

Great news! You don’t have to carry it alone.

Talk to someone. Reach out. There is always help, and there are always people in your corner.

11/12/2025

Sometimes you have to go right to go left!

Training the brakes—your deceleration system—is one of the most overlooked ways to improve speed, power, and velocity.

Everyone loves the sprint work, the radar gun, the big outputs. But the athletes who win are the ones who can control force just as well as they create it.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we train the tissues, joints, and neural patterns that keep you safe and often unlock more speed than you thought you had.

Better brakes = better gas

If you want to move faster, start by learning how to stop the right way.

11/11/2025

Muscle tightness isn’t always the villain.

A little tension in the system actually helps you produce force and control movement. The key is knowing when that tension is helping you and when it’s holding you back. That’s where we come in.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we help athletes understand the difference between good and bad tension so you can move, perform, and recover better.

Bottom line: not every “tight” muscle needs to be stretched or even needled. Sometimes it just needs to be trained smarter!

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