You don’t need to spend money on a gym membership or any fancy fitness gear to get in shape. You can actually get great workouts with no equipment at all. The only thing you need to get fit is the desire to better yourself and the ability to take action. If you are looking to get some […]
Trigger Point Therapy 101
Training hard comes with a price. That price is usually some sort of nagging pain or injury that we typically just assume will be with us for the rest of our lives. “Oh yea, it is just my bad shoulder. It always aches after I bench.” “You know how that knee is. There is usually […]
Who’s In Charge, Your Body or Your Brain?
Imagine for a moment attempting an all-time maximum back squat, but unlike your usual setup on a stable surface, you instead choose to make the attempt standing on a balance ball. What do you think would be the result? Perhaps an epic fail? Clearly your brain understands the situation described above as dangerous, and for […]
Conditioning: One Size Does Not Fit All
The concept of metabolic conditioning has to be without a doubt one of the most misunderstood topics in strength and conditioning today. It seems that every fitness guru has some different method for improving your “conditioning” with the aim of burning fat or improving performance for a specific sport. However, none of these gurus really […]
Speed and Strength
I came upon an article the other day about speed development where the author stated several times that increased strength development always results in increased speed if weight and technique remain the same. So an athlete that lifts 300 lbs. will be faster if he improves to 400 lbs., and faster at 500 lbs., and […]