How Strength Training Improves Endurance Performance
In the past, training was all about volume. Old school trainers coached that the more you ran, cycled or swam, the more endurance you'd have for each. After all, practice makes perfect, right?
How to Safely and Effectively Add Running Mileage
Are you signed up for a race, thinking about an ultramarathon, just want to know how to start building up running mileage while not getting injured? Here is your guide on how to build up those miles in a safe and effective manner.
Simple Steps to Improve Your Pull-Ups
The pull-up is the ultimate upper body movement that develops a strong and defined back and arms. This is a staple movement that everyone should strive to achieve. Whether you're looking to get your first pull up or 10, follow this simple program.
5 Best Exercises to Stay Injury-Free & Super Fit
Below are my 5 favorite exercises that kept me moving, feeling healthy and staying focused on my goals and challenges in front of me.
3 Simple Steps to Ensure Shoulder Health
When it comes to tired, achy shoulders and longterm shoulder health, taking a little time before or after class for some accessory work can make a big difference.
4 Reasons You Don't Have Toes to Bar and How to Get Them!
Toes to bar is a movement that will test your abdominal and arm strength as well as grip strength. If you’re struggling with your toes-to-bar even though it seems like you should be able to do them based on your strength and athletic prowess, then read on for some tests and solutions to help you improve upon yours.
The 5 Rules of Targeting a New Personal Record
If you've been training hard and it's finally time to re-test your lifts, you should have a game plan. Here are a few rules to follow so that you're triumphant!
Sleep, Recovery, and Athletic Performance
Americans are obsessed with sleep. We're either studying it, trying to "hack" it so we can do it less, or we're already doing it. If you're one of the many Americans (nearly half!) that doesn't get enough sleep, listen up: you're setting yourself up for burnout and injury.
4 Simple Exercises to Correct Imbalances and Prevent Injury
A muscle imbalance is a common condition in which one muscle over powers another. Muscles that are disproportionately stronger than others can pull bones and joints out of alignment, causing potentially dangerous postural changes, pain or even injuries.
5 Ab Exercises You All Should Be Doing
Having a stronger core can help you live longer, lift more, improve your posture and most importantly prevent injuries. Attack your midsection from from every angle, so your abs are constantly challenged. Perform one move immediately after the other for the specified number of repetitions, then repeat the circuit one more time.
3 Simple Exercises for Injury Prevention
Did you know that in one year 79% of runners are injured? Three of the most common running injuries have something in common. Development of knee pain, Achilles tendonitis, and plantar fasciitis can all be correlated with weakness in the glutes and the pattern that your legs collapse into when the glutes aren’t doing their job.