For starters, if you have access to equipment during this time, it is recommended that restraint be employed pertaining to exercise intensity and volume as both have been implicated in temporarily suppressing immune system function.
For those middle aged, andropause diminishes both sexual Tyrannosaurus status and quality of life.
If you are a strength and conditioning coach, or looking to break into the industry, it’s time you think about these relevant points.
Pain is merely your body’s interpretation that something may be wrong. It doesn’t mean that your days of heavy lifting are over.
While strength and conditioning coaches need to keep their athletes in proper shape throughout the year, they must also be conscious and realistic about their players’ needs.
Basketball is a sport that presents the strength and conditioning coach with some daunting challenges.
Working with high school athletes presents the strength and conditioning professional with a unique set of challenges.
Do these correctly and you will see the chiseled results in your chest and triceps… as well as a stronger pressing power.
Time serves as the main tenet behind goal setting and management. Time is also what separates the training of two qualities that are misinterpreted by fitness professionals and clients alike.
Strength and conditioning professionals, including seasoned veterans with many years in the trenches, might find themselves hard pressed to provide rationale for core exercises that they’re programming for their athletes.
Training the musculature of the neck and trapezius is often ignored by many lifters.
Open skill agility drills that more closely mimic the unpredictable nature of competition are lacking in most programs.
At the literal center of cardiorespiratory health is the heart, a powerful muscle that consists of four distinct chambers—the right atrium, the right ventricle, the left atrium, and the left ventricle.
Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is characterized by sore muscles stemming from a workout 24 to 72 hours prior.
There’s nothing more functional than training with barbells.
Few sayings are more sagacious than the adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Are you constantly getting stapled on the bench press by weight you know that you can handle?
When it comes to cardiovascular exercise, many gym goers either flat out don’t care or they toss in a lackadaisical 30-minute session on the elliptical following their weight work.
Energy system development is seemingly one of the hottest concepts in the fitness industry lately.
Nothing is more empowering than possessing a pair of sinewy forearms bundled with thick veins that descend from your sleeves.
Someone doesn’t have to hold a prestigious head coaching position at a Division 1 university or be a C-level executive of a company to be a leader.
Joe provides a few pointers on some exercises that are widely discussed and debated.
Ah, the holidays! The most joyous time of the year, in which time is spent with your family and friends nestled by the fire.
Implementing plyometric exercise into a program continues to stir a great debate among coaches, trainers, and physical therapists.