Lance Kendricks on Growing Up in Middle Class America to Play NFL Football Lance Kendricks of the St. Louis Rams joined Stephen McCarthy of the McCarthy Project at the Minneapolis Club Downtown Minneapolis while attending the #C4CT Concussion Awareness Su

Thomas Jones, 12 year NFL Veteran, On Real Life, not What You See on TV Last Friday, I had the chance to meet Thomas Jones, the real one, not the NFL star running back.  He sat down to talk about his life in football, as well as, life after football. Tho

Restoration Training or Recovery Training: Just As Important as Regular Workouts Restoration Training or Recovery Training for Elite Performance Constant Action Lifestyles, Survival of the Fittest or Workouts to Failure are the rage in youth and adult ath

Final Stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix It was a great day in the world of cycling today.  It was 81 degrees and sunny for the final stage at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Stillwater, MN. Congrats to all the winners on the mens and womens side of t

Sports Nutrition: Elite Performance Through Leading Edge Nutritional Concepts By Stephen McCarthy The McCarthy Project Sports Nutrition: Non-GMO, Organic, Locally-Grown Vegetables Today on The McCarthy Project Show, I talked about my ideas on how to devel

Rikki Keen Talked on The Basics of Sports Nutrition Rikki Keen of FRS and Fuel and Foods Stephen McCarthy of The McCarthy Project and Rikki Keen, CEO of Fuel and Fluids, Scientific Advisor of FRS and Nutritionist to Coach Tom Shaw, broke down the basics o

Stack.com: Effective Plyometrics for Basketball By Stephen McCarthy The McCarthy Project Plyometrics for Basketball   Check out our thoughts on the effective use of plyometrics in basketball. In the end, the prescription of plyometrics should be just

Are Deep or Parallel Squats Needed When Doing a Squat? By Jack Woodrup VerticalJumping.com Parallel Squats and Your Vertical Jack Woodrup has done tremendous work over the years focusing on the subject of jump training or improving your vertical.  This p

Jack Brewer of Jack Brewer Foundation and The Concept of Empowering From Within Jack Brewer on “Empowering From Within” Jack Brewer joined host Stephen McCarthy of The McCarthy Project to discuss his foundation and his passion to help other pe

Shaun Goodsell of Mental Edge on How to Work with Unmotivated Athletes Shaun Goodsell on Unmotivated Athletes The world is littered with unmotivated athletes and coaches are notorious for letting everyone know how unmotivated athletes take down their team