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Joseph Lecak
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| Dec. 14, 2018 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Professional Trainer I’m a personal trainer I work with seniors. Don’t ignore your core. Almost all power moves, and throwing requires power, starts through the core. I define the core as hips, butt, up through the sternum. When you talk with whoever you end up with make sure they train the shoulder girdle. It’s all the bones, ligaments and muscles that control power and range of motion. Also make sure your person allows for adequate rest and recovery. Good luck. |
| Sept. 30, 2018 Lecak | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Assignment of fields for LVSSA/SSUSA World Championships As a resident of Vegas and semi-active in the community I had an opportunity to speak with the Parks and recreation manager for the city 2 years ago about budgets for new facilities. Las Vegas has added many new communities and the money is going to general use parks and youth facilities. He knew about the demand for fields especially around the several large events that come to town. The problem as he explained it is they cant build parks that only have occasional demand. He told me private money would have to build softball complexes. I would imagine that would be a similar problem in other parts of the country. Where I live every new development gets open space. I use several of these parks to work out and they all have large softball diamonds (no fences). I never see kids on them what I do see is kids packing the basketball courts and kids playing street hockey on the cement playgrounds and pickup soccer games. Your future seniors in action. The city is building what the public is demanding. Before the recession 10 years ago there was a rumor floating around that one of the big casinos was thinking about a softball venue similar to what Disney has in Florida near the strip. This would be a guess but the most logical sites probably have our hockey arena, the Raiders new stadium or the Topgolf facility. i would think anything built private would have to be throw away land like Freedom Park was or built out in the middle of no where. There is not much throw away land in Las Vegas. We have had a number of golf courses closed in the last 5 years with a few more for sale. All of them have plans for more housing or have lawsuits trying to stop the development of housing. We have a lot of new construction lots of green space in those developments just no baseball diamonds that I can see. |
| May 23, 2018 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Back Surgery pro's & con's John obviously clear any info with your doctor. 10 years ago I was 6 weeks out with a scheduled back surgery, I was having horrible spasms that would knock me down for a week at a time. Just getting out of my car was a job in itself. I badgered my doctors for one last Hail Mary. She sent me to a Rehab clinic that specialized in Pilates. 10 years later my back feels better than ever. Check with your doctor. If your Doctor agrees I would recommend a rehab clinic that uses Pilates as physical therapy for orthopedic rehabilitation. There are a lot of people who practice who don’t work with injuries. Good luck with your back I feel your pain. |
| Feb. 26, 2018 Lecak | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: MLB discussing allowing anyone to bat in 9th inning MLB executives kicking this around to bring excitement to game. Apparently MLB has noticed all other sports allow their best players on the field when the games are on the line. This should send the purists to an early grave. Sounds like a great idea for softball debate. |
| Feb. 5, 2018 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Spot the Major + player OZ40 I do some personal training with Seniors of all skill levels. I have an easier time training people for strength than I do balance, flexibility and speed. I have a program I use for the latter 3 and I’m noticing that older folks find the work necessary tedious with results taking time to notice. Strength training even among older adults you can see noticeable changes much quicker. My observations for what their worth. |
| Oct. 18, 2017 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Do you use wearable fitness technology when you work out I’m going to be involved in a research project with my local university to study the reliability of wearable fitness technology. Studies at this university have only been conducted on younger groups. They want to study how seniors use this technology for their performance goals and if the information is accurate. It’ looks like promising and timely research given recent news that Apple is looking into getting into health care. I can’t imagine their watch technology won’t be a center piece. Anyone use iwearable fitness technology and what do you measure. Me personally I measure my resting heart rate, and my heart rate when working out and the elevation change measurements. Some features I don’t use are the calorie expenditure and measuring steps taken. |
| Aug. 2, 2017 Lecak | Topic: Bats Discussion: shaved bats Bert I'm only getting a trainer license not a license to practice miracles from the Vatican. Just kidding Mike tells me you guys are having a good season. |
| Aug. 2, 2017 Lecak | Topic: Bats Discussion: shaved bats A couple observations. I can't speak to shaved bats or PED's. I can speak a bit on performance. For anyone to add 30-40 pounds of muscle especially a 70 plus year old would be a monumental task. I'm close to obtaining my fitness trainer license and my studies tell me adding that kind of muscle would require a very specific regimen not available to most. Most likely someone that age could change diet, add strength and power training and lose 20 pounds of fat, add 8-10 pounds of muscle and significantly change their look even at that age. I've seen a number of 65-70 year old players pound the ball. Mike your one of them. Wolfman if a 70 year old asked me to train them to add 40 pounds of muscle I would politely decline I would have no idea how to proceed. I hit some balls the other day I have not swung a bat in 4 years . Used an Adiddas Melee from a friend forgot how much fun hitting is. Never say never. |
| May 15, 2017 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Lower back problems Armiho211 About 6 years ago I was scheduled for back surgery. As a last resort I asked for additional therapy. I was sent to a rehab clinic that specialized in Pilates. Long story short we cancelled the surgery and I don't have many issues except when I over do it. I continue to do Pilates with an instructor 2-3 times a week. Anyone that asks me I always suggest talking with your doctor and see if he or she will recommend Pilates. If you can get 10 sessions the information and education on your core is worth the investment. Make sure your doctor is involved. I have not found much that would qualify as over doing it by the way. Good luck back pain sucks. |
| March 3, 2017 Lecak | Topic: Bats Discussion: Will there be any bat vendors in Mesquite/St. George No I'm asking for a friend. Dave how is everything going. Who you playing with. How is Angie doing tell her I said hi. |
| March 3, 2017 Lecak | Topic: Bats Discussion: Will there be any bat vendors in Mesquite/St. George Will anyone be selling bats in Mesquite/St. George. If so where and when. Thanks |
| Nov. 16, 2016 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Fall Training Camp for Senior players JT25 there is a gentleman in Phoenix you might know Steve Imlay who I know will be putting on softball clinics throughout the west and Southwest. There are numerous players on this board who will vouch for his ability to teach. Contact him his number is 702-521-3550. |
| Sept. 2, 2016 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Shoulder Replacement 45261 do yourself a favor research reverse shoulder replacement and ask your surgeon to explain it to you and why they do them. Good luck. |
| Dec. 17, 2015 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: In your whole softball career who was the individual(s) (coach, player, relative, etc) who had the most impact on your approach, development and how you play the game? And why? Stick love this. I started playing back in Pittsburgh in the early 70's. I played with a men's team when I was still in high school at the Mifflin Club. I was asked to play for the US Steel team when I graduated from high school. I was going to be given a job giving out parts for maintenance never took the job went to college and moved to Los Angeles. While still in high school played against Paul Tomasavich. I watched everything he did. Best lesson I was a home run hitter back then and quickly learned when you hit one act like you did it all the time keep your head down and get into your dugout quickly. The other big lesson it's OK to lose big and beat a team big. Play the game out don't show up the other team and put the game away when you get the chance. Tomasavich was the best softball player I've ever been on the field with. |
| Oct. 11, 2014 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 1 and 1 pitch count Pttcher22 I can vouch for attending the meeting. About 10 years ago myself and another gentleman attended the meeting in Tucson we wanted to pitch the 40 division. SSUSA at the time had a sparsely attended 40 tournament more as a side show. We got an audience in front of all the associations including UTRIP, ASA, SPA and SSUSA. Our proposal was to offer the division full time including ratings, and offering memberships. We got laughed out except for one SSUSA. ASA at the time was the king of the 40 division. In 2005 I think we had 5 or 6 teams in the 40's this year it was probably their fastest growing division and probably had well over 50 teams. They obviously listened. If you want the 1-1 count do what they told in the post we did and it worked. |
| Oct. 11, 2014 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: WHO ARE CURRENTLY THE MOST POWERFUL HITTERS IN SENIOR SOFTBALL Steve remember Derek Williams from Vegas heard he turned 50 and started hitting with the seniors. I forget who told me he was hitting some jaw dropping bombs. |
| Oct. 9, 2014 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas parksfields, applies to other events as well. LIGHTS Taits your a fountain of misinformation do you even read what you post. |
| Oct. 9, 2014 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas parksfields, applies to other events as well. LIGHTS Traits revolving power outages? We're like two feet from the hoover dam we have probably the most stable power situation in the country. I've lived in Vegas for 12 years and don't remember ever losing power. |
| Oct. 3, 2014 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: WHO ARE CURRENTLY THE MOST POWERFUL HITTERS IN SENIOR SOFTBALL How about another spin on this. Senior softball I believe works with the Wounded Warriors. There are 3 tournaments in the next 4-6 months that are well attended Phoenix, Florida and the Tournament of Champions. Maybe the brothers attend each and have a home run derby with all proceeds going to the Wounded Warriors. Win/Win for everyone. Sounds more productive than posting unproductive stuff. |
| Sept. 29, 2014 Lecak | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas Updates. . Dave would I be allowed to bring a little Brooklyn attitude? Great seeing you Friday. |
