Workout Recovery
What Are Muscle Knots and How Can I Get Rid of Them?
Muscle knots can be a real pain in the neck - or back - or thigh - or butt. The ability to keep muscles functioning properly is often taken for granted....
How Vibration Training Improves Sports Performance and Health
Whole-body vibration training is making how we train more effective. Many pro teams and elite performance facilities employ this method with their athletes, and it’s increasingly becoming available in facilities [...]
The Health and Recovery Benefits of Walking
"Walk It Off": Efficient Way to Get Back in the Game Sooner When Back Soreness Strikes By Jim Carpentier, CSCS "Walk it off." It's a popular adage for...
7 Steps to Alleviate Sore Muscles
How to heal sore muscles: Sore muscles are extremely common in our weight training community but that doesn't mean that it is normal. We shouldn't have...
4 Tips to Relieve Muscle Stiffness
Ask any athlete if they have a certain area that hurts often they will share at least one troublesome area. Muscle Stiffness is tightness and tension in...
How to Repair Your Body and Mind After a Long Season
Sports Conditioning and Wellness Tips to Overcome Weaknesses And Be Strong This Fall By Jim Carpentier, CSCS As the school year ends and having endured...
How to Recover From a Soccer Game or Workout
Part of being a fit soccer player is providing your body with the means to perform at 100 percent. Tournaments, games and practice have a cumulative effect on your general [...]
3 Great Ways to Reduce Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
The feeling is unmistakable. You take that first step out of bed the morning after a tough workout, and as soon as your foot hits the floor, a wave of...
Is Fast Food Effective for Recovery? A New Study Says So
Eating burgers, fries and soft drinks has long been associated with feeling sleepy, cruddy and generally lethargic. Those foods are considered grub for slobs more than fuel for athletes. Fast [...]
7 Strategies for Faster Workout Recovery
In today's world of athletics, everyone is looking for that competitive edge. Every athlete wants to be stronger, faster, and more physically built than...