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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 [...]
6 Things You Should Never Forget to do in Your Workout
I know time is tight, and schedules are full. But when it comes to training, you must understand how to maximize your results effectively without injuring yourself. So don’t forget [...]
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? [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR)
What if I told you about a secret sleep remedy that will fortify your mind, enhance your learning, and relieve stress? Before you write me off as some quack, I [...]
3 Free Sports Recovery Strategies
Train, rest, repeat. This is a common mantra seen on t-shirts everywhere, with ‘train’ often replaced with the sport of choice. It sums up the training and adaptation process nicely. [...]
6 Different Ways Professional Athletes Train
Lifting weights is just one part of the equation to improve your strength and boost your performance. The other side, and most often forgotten and neglected, is recovery and rest. [...]
Athletes Need More Frequent Rest Breaks in the Weight Room
The concept of hard work is the cornerstone of athletic culture. There are all kinds of motivational quotes such as "hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard, "no [...]
How to Break the Insomnia and Low Physical Activity Cycle
Poor sleep and low physical activity levels (PA) are risk factors for several diseases. A recent study showed that the combined effects of insomnia and low PA increase the risks [...]
Ditch RICE And Recover With PEACE & LOVE
Coaches, athletic trainers, and physicians have relied on the old acronym, RICE, to treat soft tissue injuries. Chances are you as well have memorized and applied this method of treatment [...]
Why Rest Days Are Critical For Proper Recovery
Most of us are aware that beating ourselves into a pulp day after day in the gym without rest eventually results in performance decline, overtraining, or even worse, injury. Despite [...]