Articles Posted in the Fitness for Sports Category
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Muscle Confusion – Mix It Up!
We have all either been or seen a person on a treadmill doing the same routine over and over again for 6 months or a year and as they step off that treadmill they comment…
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Rest Is Essential For Muscle Recovery
You would think if you want bigger muscles it would be important to work them hard every day. Strength training requires working with a maximum amount of weight to get the biggest gains, but just…
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Proteins For Athletic Performance
Protein is composed of chains of nitrogen-containing subunits called amino acids. All amino acids are important in that they are the primary source of dietary nitrogen (an essential element). Of the 22 amino acids commonly…
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Get A Full Body Workout in 20 Minutes
Body builders are generally quite a cause for spectacle when they train alongside average Joes in the neighborhood gym. It is not uncommon for them to reach for weights so heavy that they have been…
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Lifting On Short Time: 3 Fast Workouts
We’ve all been there. You worked late, grabbed dinner, helped the kids with homework, and mowed the yard. All you can think about is getting a great workout in, but how can you make time? …
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Workout Smarter Not Harder
Most of us approach cardio exercise in one of two ways. We are either moving so slowly that we don’t elevate our heart rate much at all or we go at all out intensity and…
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Health, Fitness & Diet Motivational Starter Guide – FREE
Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter, best-selling author of Your Performing Edge, is a Stanford University Medical Center trained licensed clinical sports psychologist. As part of your Online Training Center subscription, you get a copy of Dr. JoAnn’s…
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Improve Post Workout Recovery
Many people warn about the dangers of overtraining. I believe that there is no such thing as overtraining, just under-recovering. Everyone knows that you have to put in hard effort at the gym, but the…
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Training with Partial Repetitions
Training with partial repetitions prepares your body to deal with really heavy weights, and are a necessary part of your program if you want to be exceptionally strong. This type of training will also add…
