Give this active recovery workout a go the next time you need a break from your regular training schedule. In this workout routine, strength training pro Bobby Best, BS, CSCS, at Fitness Rangers in Sacramento, California, kicks one of his favorite ways to help clients improve motor control and stability. For more advanced lifters and […]
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Try This Full Body Strength and Power Workout Routine
Looking to drop some power into your workout routine? Danny Takacs, MS, CSCS, of Kratos Athletic Performance shares a full-body workout to help you unleash some brute power. Danny, who has previously contributed with us in our personal trainer’s guide to motivating their clients, is a strength and conditioning coach based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. […]
3 Reasons You Should Train with Weightlifting Shoes
While this time of year brings a flood New Years noobs and resolutioners to the gym, there also occurs a large influx of fancy new gym gear that gets hauled in over the holidays under the tree. The most popular one this year seems to have been Olympic lifting shoes. Bright, clunky and expensive, they […]
The Ultimate Guide to Hydration for Athletes
What’s the number one nutrient you should be fueling your body with? Iron? Calcium? How about some of that salty magnesium stuff? Wrong, bucko—it’s water. Even though we don’t tend to think of water as being part of our nutrition, per se, it’s importance is hard to overstate. It powers cellular processes in the body, […]
12 Nutrition Tips for College Athletes
The life of a college athlete is a busy one. It’s challenging trying to juggle training, competing and schoolwork. Between the gym, classes and trying to get lots of sleep it can feel like there isn’t time for much else. As a result, for many college athletes their nutrition gets placed on the backburner. Which is too […]
Hacking the Food Journal: How to (Finally) Conquer Your Diet
The food journal is the simplest, most powerful weapon in your fight to awesome nutrition. So why aren’t you using one right now? We tend to think that we eat “pretty good most of the time.” But do we really? After all, can you remember with any kind of clarity what you ate yesterday? How […]