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Top Recovery Methods for Athletes: Part #1
Below you will witness several proven evidence-based methods that serve as a source of "passive" recovery for athletes. In the next article, we will examine several of the key "active" [...]
How to Use Mobility as Stretching Rather Than Just Stretching Itself
Using mobility exercises as stretching focuses on enhancing your joints' range of motion and functional flexibility rather than just elongating muscles. Mobility exercises incorporate movements that engage stabilizing muscles around [...]
Breathing for Lifting
Perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of improving maximal strength or the ability to move significant loads is an optimal breathing technique. It may seem insignificant compared to other [...]
5 Simple Steps to Improve Your Mental Health and Stay Focused, Happy, and Well
Mental health issues are rising fast these days. The internet makes news and images readily available to hear and see. In addition, people are working longer and more, becoming unhappy [...]
3 Ways to Incorporate a Mindfulness Routine to Help Your Mental Game
Bigger. Stronger. Faster. It's the holy trinity of sports that we’re all chasing. But what about our mindset? What’s going on between our ears often dictates whether we rise to [...]
You Warm Up Your Muscles to Compete, But What About Your Lungs?
Have you ever thought of your lungs as a muscle group? They technically are not muscles, but they are controlled by muscles and behave similarly. They are made of soft [...]
An Olympic Sprinter Reveals Why Relaxation Is Essential to Sprint Speed
Here are five tips that can help you relax and run faster during your next sprint.
Mouth Breathing Is A Disorder
How you breathe is the difference between good and poor health and maximal and subpar strength development. Breathe with your nose and eat with your mouth. First of all, breathing [...]
The EPOC Effect
What is EPOC, you might ask? Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption. That's what EPOC stands for. What it is can be very important for those looking to lose a bit of [...]
Breath, Stabilize, Move for Ultimate Strength and Power
Breathing is an essential forgotten factor when it comes to strength, flexibility, speed, power, and even well-being. It is rarely taught and happens to be an essential aspect when it [...]