Welcome to the Galaxy Fitness Insider. My name is Ben Yauss and I’m the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the LA Galaxy. I hold a Bachelors of Science Degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science from Indiana University and am a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.) through the NSCA and a Certified Personal Trainer (C.P.T.) through the American Council of Exercise.
I have been working with professional athletes of all sports for five years and have been primarily responsible for the performance development of the LA Galaxy for the past three years.
This blog is something that I have been looking forward to putting together for a long time and something that I am very excited about writing each week. The primary focus of this blog will be looking at how I interact with the Galaxy players and apply performance training to maximize the players’ physical development.
More importantly, though. I hope this blog serves as a platform to engage the fans and allow them even more access into what the Galaxy players do on a day-to-day, week-to-week, and year-to-year basis to stay healthy and perform at their peak potential.
The fans usually only get to see the final product when watching their favorite athletes on TV or at a game, but hopefully this will let you into the world of what goes on behind the scenes that gets these players ready to perform at their best come game day.
Thank you for taking the time to read this first post and please be sure to keep coming back. You can also follow me on Twitter at @byauss1 for all the latest info and my exercise of the day hashtag: #GalaxyExerciseoftheDay.
All the best,
Ben
Follow all of Ben's Galaxy Fitness Insider updates at www.lagalaxy.com/fitnessinsider. Fans are encouraged to participate by leaving questions for Ben either in the chat box on the page or at the bottom of each article, which he will aim to incorporate into these weekly posts.
