Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance

Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance René Colón Rivera | Sports Chiropractor & Performance Coach. Helping athletes get faster, stronger & stay healthy. Athlete Development | Rehab | Recovery

Teaching young athletes how to move with purpose early.Not just working hard—but working with intent.🦾 Titan Fitness
04/16/2026

Teaching young athletes how to move with purpose early.

Not just working hard—
but working with intent.

🦾 Titan Fitness

March was everything🙌🏼30 days ago this was an empty room and a vision. Today athletes are training, getting stronger, mo...
04/01/2026

March was everything🙌🏼

30 days ago this was an empty room and a vision. Today athletes are training, getting stronger, moving better, and buying into the process.

I didn’t wait for perfect. We built it, opened the doors, and trusted the work.

To everyone who has trained with me this month — thank you. You believed in this before it was finished. That means everything.

April is going to be different. We’re just getting started.

📍 Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance — Plattsburgh, NY

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Most ACL injuries don’t happen while sprinting.They happen while stopping.Deceleration is the most undertrained skill in...
03/23/2026

Most ACL injuries don’t happen while sprinting.
They happen while stopping.

Deceleration is the most undertrained skill in youth and collegiate athletics — and it’s one of the biggest reasons athletes get hurt.

Here’s what the research tells us:
Braking forces during deceleration can reach up to 5.9x body weight. The knee absorbs a massive share of that load every single time an athlete cuts, stops, or changes direction.

Most training programs build speed and power. Almost none of them train athletes how to absorb force, control landing mechanics, or decelerate under fatigue.

And after ACL surgery? Athletes cleared for return to sport still show reduced force absorption, altered landing patterns, and quad asymmetry. A timeline doesn’t equal readiness. The movement quality has to be there first.

This is exactly why deceleration training is a non-negotiable in every program I build — especially for athletes returning from injury.

📚 Research:
Harper et al. (2024) — Braking Performance Framework. Journal of Sports Sciences.

Gill et al. (2024) — Force Absorption & Return to Sport After ACLR. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery.

The difference one week makes 💪🏼Stronger. More confident. Better technique. And what I’m most proud of — he’s starting t...
03/20/2026

The difference one week makes 💪🏼

Stronger. More confident. Better technique. And what I’m most proud of — he’s starting to understand the why behind every movement.

That’s when the real growth happens. Not when an athlete just follows instructions, but when they start to own their training.

He’s just getting started.

This is Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance

📍 Plattsburgh, NY
🔗 Link in bio to book your assessment.

Most athlete injuries don’t happen because of bad luck.They happen because nobody checked the foundation before building...
03/17/2026

Most athlete injuries don’t happen because of bad luck.

They happen because nobody checked the foundation before building on top of it.

No assessment. No movement screen. Just load, volume, and hope.

That’s not training with intention — that’s gambling with your athlete’s health.

At Moving With Purpose, every athlete goes through a full evaluation before we build anything. We need to know how you move, where you’re strong, and where you’re vulnerable.

Because a program built on a broken foundation doesn’t build athletes. It breaks them.
If your athlete hasn’t been assessed, that’s step one.

📍 Plattsburgh, NY
🔗 Link in bio to book your athlete’s initial assessment

If your child is training with us this week, here's what to expect — and why it matters. 👇🏻A lot of parents ask me: "Wha...
03/15/2026

If your child is training with us this week, here's what to expect — and why it matters. 👇🏻

A lot of parents ask me: "What actually happens at the assessment?"

Great question. Here's the honest answer.

Before I ever write a single workout for an athlete, I need to understand how they move. Where they're strong. Where they're limited. What their sport demands of their body. And what their history looks like.

Because here's the truth — two athletes can play the same sport, be the same age, and need completely different programs.

The assessment is how we figure that out.

We look at movement mechanics, strength, mobility, stability, and sport-specific patterns. We talk about injury history. We talk about goals.

And then — and only then — do we build a program.

That's what "Moving With Purpose" actually means. Every rep, every session, every decision has a reason behind it.

Your athlete deserves more than random workouts. They deserve a plan built for them.

We have assessments starting this week. If you have questions before you come in, my inbox is open.

See you soon. 💪🏼

— Rene

📍 Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance
Plattsburgh, NY
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One thing I see often with young athletes is jumping straight into intense workouts without first building the foundatio...
03/13/2026

One thing I see often with young athletes is jumping straight into intense workouts without first building the foundation that actually supports long-term performance.

For middle school and high school athletes, development should focus on:
• movement quality
• coordination and body control
• strength fundamentals
• sprint mechanics
• proper jumping and landing mechanics

When these are developed early, athletes build strength, speed, and durability that carries into high school and college sports.

Long-term athlete development always beats rushing intensity.

-Too many young athletes skip the fundamentals and go straight to heavy weights. 👇🏻

What do you think young athletes should focus on first?

Built with purpose.Built for long-term athlete development.This isn’t about workouts.It’s about movement quality, streng...
12/22/2025

Built with purpose.
Built for long-term athlete development.

This isn’t about workouts.
It’s about movement quality, strength, speed, resilience, and intent.

Every rep has a reason.
Every session has a standard.

This is Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance ⚡️

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This space isn’t for trends.It’s for athletes who want to move better, get stronger, and stay healthy through their spor...
12/17/2025

This space isn’t for trends.

It’s for athletes who want to move better, get stronger, and stay healthy through their sport.

Strength. Speed. Resilience.

Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance

MORE SOON.

Plattsburgh — something different is coming.Built for athletes.Built with intention.Moving With Purpose: Sports Performa...
12/15/2025

Plattsburgh — something different is coming.

Built for athletes.
Built with intention.

Moving With Purpose: Sports Performance

MORE SOON.

As I look back on November, I’m reminded that everything I do — serving athletes, coaching, healing, teaching — is only ...
12/04/2025

As I look back on November, I’m reminded that everything I do — serving athletes, coaching, healing, teaching — is only possible because of Jesus Christ.
He chose us, blessed us, and adopted us through His grace (Ephesians 1:3–6).

Move with purpose. Move with gratitude. Move with Christ

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