Recovery
What is Positive Nitrogen Balance?
Maintaining a positive nitrogen balance is essential for your body to synthesize proteins. This process enables your muscles to recover quickly and rebuild more efficiently, thereby maximizing performance, strength, and [...]
Smart Substitutions in Training
For some of us, there’s nothing like starting a new training plan. New workouts, new formats, maybe some variations in reps or sets that we haven’t seen recently (or at [...]
A Guide to Using Percussion Massager Training Devices
Early on in my coaching career, I was lucky enough to work around some bright minds who introduced me to some great concepts when it came to athlete training and [...]
How Bad is My Sprained Ankle?
Ankle sprains are the most common type of injury in sports, especially basketball. Each year, millions of dollars are spent in emergency rooms nationwide treating ankle injuries. 85% percent of [...]
Increase Your Soccer Speed With 4 Speed Drills
To win soccer games the ability to make plays by running down an attacker is a necessity. Therefore, speed and agility training for Soccer players must...
Recovery Strategies for Beach Volleyball
Volleyball is a rather interesting sport. It's one of those sports that is very popular at a recreational level for adults but not as much at the competitive levels. For [...]
Get A Leg Up On Your Recovery
The legs-up-a-wall pose is a worthwhile addition to your training sessions and recovery practices. For being so simple its benefits are superabundant. The pose helps to reverse the actions that [...]
Don’t Get Pulled Over: Know Your Body’s Speed Limit
If you are driving and see a police officer posted on the side of the road with a radar gun, what is the first thing you do? Slow down, right? [...]
How Long Does it Take to Recover From a Marathon?
Many people argue that running is the pinnacle of human movement. Every muscle in the body is used when running. Not many other activities can make that claim. We as [...]
Tips to Reduce Muscle Soreness
Getting started in training or a change in how you prepare for an upcoming season can be a very exciting time. Unfortunately, moving into the second or third day of [...]