Oxygen
Does Putting Hands on Your Head Actually Help You Catch Your Breath?
You finished a set of sprints at the end of practice. As you gasp for air, you put your hands on your knees, because, well, you’re freakin’ tired. And all [...]
Alactic vs. Aerobic: Could You Be Doing the Wrong Exercises?
Athletes and coaches tend to think more is better—that the athlete who's the most tired at the end of the day had the most productive training session. But there's more [...]
Denver’s Edge: How Altitude Provides Their Teams With The Greatest Home-Field Advantage in Sports
Denver. The Mile High City. Sitting exactly 5,280 feet above sea level, Denver has the highest elevation of any major U.S. city. This gives the professional sports teams who call [...]
Recover From Injuries Faster With Blood Flow Restriction Training
Ever wonder if there is a way to improve strength and muscle size, all while recovering from an injury? Enter blood flow restriction training (BFR)....
How a High-Nitrate Diet Can Boost Athletic Performance
Nutrition is an important aspect of athletic success since what we eat serves as the fuel we use during exercise. In recent years elite Tour de France...
Diaphragmatic Breathing Guide for Beginners: Exercises to Get Stronger, Recover Faster or Just Calm Down
How To Breath To Make You Strong! Believe it or not, deep breathing (diaphragmatic breathing) is one of the best tools that athletes can utilize to...
Optimize Your Conditioning Workouts With the Humon Hex Oxygen Sensor
[vimeo video="192819242" h="281" w="500"] Most workout technology has been geared to endurance and conditioning training. First came the humble stopwatch. Then heart rate monitors. And more recently, GPS-powered products that [...]
Your Complete HIIT Training Guide
What is HIIT Training? HIIT is an acronym for "high-intensity interval training," which refers to a workout technique that mixes bouts of hard or all-out effort with short periods of [...]
3 Reasons Why Runners Need to Lift Weights
Attention Runners! You need to lift! Runners, we need to talk. You, and yes, even myself have had the same thought. "I don't need to do any strength...
How Endurance Athletes Can Reap the Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet
Ketosis is a metabolic process where our bodies utilize our internal fat stores for energy instead of glucose. Traditionally, nutritionists have always...
