Health And Fitness
Life Hack: Buy a Medium-Weight Kettlebell
I love my kettlebell. In fact, I still remember how we first met. We were cleaning out the old STACK office when a co-worker announced a kettlebell was up for [...]
A Peloton Bike Probably Won’t Get You Your Dream Body. Here’s Why.
Peloton is taking over the world and has been for a while. The exercise equipment and media company that was founded in 2012 is now valued at over $8 billion. [...]
Healthy Habits to Help You Live as Long as Queen Elizabeth
Physically caring for your body and mind requires good nutrition, healthy foods, and exercise. And when you combine them, you increase your lifespan, much like the Queen, who lived until [...]
Can Acupuncture Increase Sports Performance?
Athletes are always looking for an edge to improve their sports performance. When I was a student-athlete, I worked out, ate, slept, studied, and did just about everything I could [...]
How to Delay Aging through Exercise and Sport
I am not the poster child for anti-aging. But I wanted to share my experience and research that allows me to feel like I am in my 20s. The defining [...]
Exercise as Medicine
It is often said that ‘exercise is medicine,’ yet a recent report showed that health practitioners are uncertain as to what constitutes adequate prescription. If it were a pill, the [...]
Nutrition Assessment for High School Athletes
This assessment has allowed us to change our education tactics to best fit each individual's learning style.
5 Steps to Rebuild Your Fit and Healthy Lifestyle During the COVID-19 Outbreak
With large-scale shutdowns happening across the United States, the opportunities to train at gyms are disappearing. While it’s important that we adhere to social distancing and avoid areas where viruses [...]
Intro to Strength and Conditioning—5 Tips for Success
This article was originally featured on PLT4M. PLT4M partners with over 800 high schools as an online strength and conditioning tool, delivering customizable, research-based fitness and performance programs for every [...]
Study Finds Going From Couch to Marathon Makes Arteries 4 Years Younger
As humans age our arteries naturally become stiffer and less flexible. This can result in higher blood pressure and inhibited function of organs such as the brain and kidneys. Regular [...]
