Strengthening Exercises
How to Perform the Turkish Get-Up Properly
The Turkish Get Up (TGU) is perhaps one of the most unique movements one can perform due its paradoxically challenging yet simple characteristics. The exact origins of this movement aren’t [...]
How core training can reduce the chance of sustaining an ACL injury.
The rupture of an athlete’s Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is painful and distressing. It requires surgery to repair and then a lengthy rehabilitation process before the athlete can return to [...]
Comfortably Uncomfortable – The Enemy of Progress
When people are working without the guidance of a coach or the structure of some objective markers, there is a tendency to fall into a very specific intensity of training: [...]
A 10 Piece Warm Down Routine for Athletes
When we finish a game or workout, it can be tempting to pack up and hop in the car instead of stretching. The alternative plan is to “do it later,” [...]
Do Your Methods Match Your Goals?
In our health and fitness endeavors, the overwhelming number of options, alternatives, and information at our fingertips can make it difficult to have confidence we are making the right choice. [...]
Stretch Shortening Cycle: How to Improve Your Speed and Explosiveness
The stretch-shortening cycle is something you don't see people training. However, training the stretch-shortening cycle will make your movements more explosive, faster, and more powerful. So, do you want to [...]
Cluster Sets for Strength and Performance
Cluster sets can be defined as a unique and specialized form of strength training to help elicit a higher quality of muscular contractions across each repetition. Traditionally, an athlete or [...]
Upside Down: Inversion Training for Athletes
As an athlete, your best asset is your body and your great ability is availability. The importance of finding ways to take care of your body and recover cannot be [...]
What Does It Mean to Be “Fit”?
When working in the strength and conditioning or performance realm of fitness, defined targets and benchmarks are easy to determine - there are certain requirements of the sport and through [...]
A Day in the Life of Cristiano Ronaldo: What He Eats and His Strength Training Program
What makes greatness great? Cristiano Ronaldo was just a skinny teenager when he just started playing soccer professionally. Now he is CR7; it sounds like a superhero name. Who knows, [...]