Workout Recovery
Do Compression Garments Actually Work?
Introduction Many individuals wear compression garments (CG) whether it be to the gym while training to enhance muscle pump or as a tool to alter...
How to Fix Common Problems That Threaten to Ruin Your Offseason Workouts
Offseason Conditioning Deterrents Halting Your Progress By Jim Carpentier, CSCS It's frustrating for athletes not seeing anticipated results after...
How To Use HRV To Improve Recovery
Your HRV, or heart rate variability, plays a surprising role in determining how effective and impactful your exercise is, as well as how much time it...
2 Strategies for Preventing and Diagnosing Overtraining
In the demanding world of athletics, injuries and lengthy recovery times are often unavoidable. How, then, can the aspiring athlete minimize the time...
4 Essential Recovery Techniques for Every Athlete
Essential Active Recovery Tips: Be Sure to Follow the Two "W's" and Two "S's" By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Your recovery behavior following intense workouts,...
The TheraGun: The Recovery Tool Athletes Actually Like Using
[bridplayer video="132962"] The recovery tool that’s taking the sports world by storm looks like an electric drill. It works like one, too. Press the button and it whirs to life, [...]
3 Simple Tips to Prevent Overtraining
Prevent Overtraining- Overtraining education for your fitness performance MATT CRAWLEY, MS, CSCS*D, RSCC, USATF-1, FRC Overtraining is a controversial...
Use Belly Breathing to Recover Faster
We hear it all the time – training doesn't make you bigger, stronger, or faster. Recovery from training makes you bigger, stronger, and faster....
5 Key Foods to Maximize Your Recovery After Running a Marathon
Just because running isn't a contact sport doesn't mean that there's no risk of injury. The sheer physical and mental fortitude necessary to run 26.2...
Why Pro Athletes Are Flocking To An Instrument-Assisted Healing Method Known as The Graston Technique
There’s a common saying in the world of sports: the best ability is availability. The quote is widely attributed to Bill Parcells, a legendary former football coach who’s now a [...]