Resistance Training
3 Changes to Swimming Dryland
“Every session has to be so hard my athlete must be on the floor!” “You shouldn’t lift weights.” “Just get it done!” These are a few things said across pool [...]
How to Get Faster With Resisted Sprint Variations
Resisted sprints are used pretty extensively by strength and conditioning coaches to improve the first step explosiveness, acceleration, and maximum...
3 Simple Commandments That’ll Guide You to Greater Fitness
Improving your fitness can sometimes feel like rocket science. Fall down the wrong rabbit hole, and suddenly you're surrounded by complex terminology and insane diet and training programs. For the [...]
How Lifting Weights Changes the Female Body
Jennifer Lopez, Kate Upton, Serena Williams, Kacy Catanzaro. We see them on television or magazine covers or walking the red carpet, and we wonder at their various ages, how they [...]
‘Never Lift on Game Day’: Exposing One of the Biggest Myths in Sports
The first time you hear it, the idea of lifting before a game sounds ridiculous. Because before that moment, you’d likely been led to believe—either through words or through actions [...]
New Study Reveals Gaining Muscle Actually Alters Your DNA for a Lifetime
You’ve likely heard of “yo-yo” weight loss—the issue that plagues many Americans who work hard to shed pounds, only to see them inevitably creep back on time after time. That [...]
4 Smart Ways to Progress Your Training When You Can’t Add More Weight
If you've been training for an while, you'll reach a point when adding more resistance to certain movements just isn't going to happen. You might just be dealing with the [...]
How Hydration Affects Strength Training
Introduction: Hydration is known to be a definite determinant of endurance exercise performance; however, little is known about the effects it poses on...
How to Harness Coffee’s Sports Performance Benefits
Caffeine is a legal performance enhancing drug, in fact, it's even on the WADA's monitoring program for possible in-competition abuse. Caffeine has been...
Why Resistance Band Workouts Are Perfect for Young Athletes
Speed and Strength are both highly sought after training attributes in sports. Resistance band exercises have the potentinal to traing both of these...