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5 Exercises to Improve Your Grip Strength for a Better Tennis Swing
Posted by Aaron Laurence Different Ways to Increase Grip Strength & Improve Your Tennis Swing 4 Benefits of Grip Strength for Tennis Players 5 Tennis Grip Exercises to Improve Your Swing Athletes looking to improve their tennis game often primarily focus on speed,...
PREVENTING STRESS-RELATED WEIGHT GAIN: 4 STRATEGIES YOU SHOULD TRY!
By Nicole Golden Many adults, especially those between the ages of 20 and 50, report high levels of psychological stress. Many of us are constantly over-scheduled, over-committed, overworked, and fail to spend adequate time on self-care. Stone et al. (2017) found...
PLYOMETRICS: DEVELOPING POWER WITH PLYOMETRIC EXERCISES
By Chris Ecklund Power is the ability to produce large amounts of force quickly. Are there any athletes that would not want to improve their ability to generate power? Or who want to increase their explosive strength? What about clients seeking to improve general...
SPORTS INJURIES: THEIR PREVENTION & TREATMENT
By Nicole Golden There is nothing quite like the disappointment of excitedly starting an exercise program, preparing for a new season of your favourite sport, or attempting a personal record (PR) only to find yourself injured and on the sidelines. It can also be very...
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR BENCH PRESS MAX: THE BEST WAYS TO BENCH MORE
By KINSEY MAHAFFEY Whether you’re competing against others, or just competing against yourself, increasing your bench press max (the maximum weight that you can bench press in a single repetition) takes intentional effort. This article provides practical advice to...
L-ARGININE SUPPLEMENT BENEFITS: SHOULD YOU SUPPLEMENT?
By JACQUELINE KAMINSKI So, you want to make gains? Well, when we are strolling the aisles of any supplement shop, the whole point is to find a magic powder or pill that will give us an extra leg up on our performance right? Let me introduce you to L-arginine! What is...
BREAKING DOWN CHRONOTYPES AND THEIR BENEFITS TO UNDERSTAND SLEEP TYPES
By Dr Alison Brager Remember those days of staying up well past midnight in college? Weekend or weekdays, hanging with friends or no friends, we all may think in our thirties and forties, how did we do that? The answer lies in tiny molecular clocks present in every...
OVERUSE INJURIES AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
By Nicole Golden Do you or your clients complain of bothersome pain in the shoulder, knee, hip, or foot? Perhaps you or your client do not remember any sudden injury leading to the pain? It may be described as a pain that moves around and waxes and wanes. Overuse...
UNDERSTANDING SET POINT THEORY IN A NUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS CONTEXT
By Brad Dieter There is a phenomenon most of us experience in life. We maintain very similar body weight and body shape for years on end and then suddenly it feels like our body’s changed overnight and then we have a new body that we were not expecting. Then we find...
8 OF THE BEST SQUAT ALTERNATIVES FOR STRONGER LEGS
By KINSEY MAHAFFEY You’ve looked up different fitness routines for stronger legs, but every single one includes squats. Maybe you’re feeling a little burned out on squats, or you just want to add some variety to your workout routine. What leg exercises can you do to...
THE 7 BEST EXERCISES TO ALLEVIATE LOWER BACK PAIN
By KINSEY MAHAFFEY If you’ve ever suffered from lower back pain, you know that it can be, well, a pain! The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted a National Health Interview survey of 31,997 adults in 2019. Their reports showed that 39% of respondents...
HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL: 8 STEPS FOR REGULATING CORTISOL
By Nicole Golden Metabolic syndrome, hair loss, insomnia, frequent colds and flu, missed menstrual periods, ulcers, and orthopaedic pain are just some of the health problems blamed on excessive stress. Yet, stress is an elusive term. Is it a mental sequela related to...