Hi. When’s the last time you saw a sports trading card? For me, it was in 2012. The year I met Michael Jordan at his basketball summer camp in California. Seven hundred kids gathered to learn from the greatest athlete of all time, and we were all allowed to bring one object to have it […]
Stewart said, “Recover Athletics is the first injury prevention app democratizing access to top tier physical therapy for any runner.” The company tagline on their Facebook page is – all things running, health, and injury prevention and the aspects of training, nutrition, exercise science, and community that go into running healthy and enjoying every mile. A […]
In many endurance sports, the competitive season involves a series of events that can stretch over several weeks or months (e.g. cycling, triathlon, biathlon). The resulting combination of frequent competitions with short tapers largely increases the risk of functional overreaching (F-OR) resulting in a decline in performance. Even though the F-OR state is generally reversed […]
Craig Travers was an All-America college swimmer at SUNY-Cortland who, later in life, had some health issues that necessitated vigorous exercise. In 2012, he returned to the pool, joined a U.S. masters swim club and bought a device to help him track his progress. “It was a sport watch that counted laps—sort of,” he says. […]
This year’s Champions League final may take place behind closed doors, but we’ll still know everything there is to know about it: every tackle made or missed; every sprint, every pass, every shot logged down to the minute detail by an army of data analysts. Thanks to sports’ data explosion – some analytics companies now […]
Simultaneously undertaking endurance and strength training is known as concurrent training. Concurrent training helps you improve your FTP, VO2 max, endurance, and other aspects of aerobic fitness while also programming in heavy squats and other leg strength exercises. Balancing the two different types of training can be challenging. Frequent issues with concurrent training include where to […]
When I think of walking for cardio, I picture Jane Fonda-vibes outfits (hello, brightly-colored, high-cut Spandex and sweatbands), wrist and ankle weights, and wildly pumping arms. And then I shrug it off. I mean, cardio has to be high-exertion and super sweaty, right? Or is walking cardio after all? First, let me clarify: Cardio—short for “cardiorespiratory” activity—refers to […]
Strength and Conditioning (S&C) is an aspect of cross-training that has a low participation in sports like football, tennis and basketball. Endurance sports, such as cycling and running, the participation rate is even worse! In my work with endurance athletes, the problem here lies with the name of it. That big red flag at the […]
Three times a week, she gets up early, slips on her running shoes, and ventures out into the cool air, running at a strong, steady pace. If it’s cold or rainy, she heads to the gym and hops on the treadmill. The routine is always the same: 30 to 60 continuous minutes at an even […]
Weight training is called many different things. Call it what you want. Just do it! Other names for weight training It can be called weight training, lifting, strength training or resistance training and/or working out. The difference between weigh training, bodybuilding and power lifting Bodybuilding is a sport, but it is weight training. I would […]
Before we get into the how let’s talk briefly about why you should be incorporating some kind of squat variation into your gym routine if you’re not already doing so. The squat is a compound exercise, which means it involves movement at multiple joints in the body, requiring a number of different muscle groups to […]