by Kevin Rushton | Dec 16, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About Food, About Health, About The Body, Articles |
By Fabio Comana MS, MA, NASM-CPT, CES, PES In this mindful eating article, we reveal several simple ideas that can make big differences with weight loss without having to consciously feel deprived of everything you enjoy. Part of this overall strategy will require you...
by Kevin Rushton | Dec 3, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About General, About Health, About Injuries, About Science, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By: mc schraefel : Precision Nutrition For more than 40 years, people in the West have been running on built-up “squishy” shoes, hoping to prevent injury and go faster. Yet “barefoot” runners argue that running without shoes or in minimal footwear is safer and better....
by Kevin Rushton | Dec 2, 2014 | About Fitness, About Food, About Health, About NASM, About The Body |
Geoff Lecovin, MS, DC, ND, CSCS, NASM-CPT, CES, PES There are many myths and misconceptions regarding optimum protein intake and the effects of protein on body composition, performance, recovery and metabolism. The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN)...
by Kevin Rushton | Nov 29, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About NASM, About Science, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Fabio Comana, MA, MS, NASM-CPT, CES & PES; ACE CPT & HC; NSCA CSCS; ACSM HFS, CISSN, Exercise Physiologist and Faculty Instructor – SDSU, UCSD & NASM High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is all the rage in the fitness world. No doubt you’ve seen...
by Kevin Rushton | Nov 19, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About Food, About Health, About Science, Articles |
By Ryan Andrews & Brian St. Pierre :: Precision Nutrition Six-pack abs. Tight butts. Lean, vibrant, flawless health. That’s the image the fitness industry is selling. But have you ever wondered what it costs to achieve that “look”? What you have to do more of?...
by Kevin Rushton | Nov 5, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About Injuries, About Science, About The Body, Articles |
By: Function First, San Diego, CA Foot problems can be a nightmare for anyone who exercises upright. The fact that the foot must interface with the ground consistently can jeopardize your workouts (and therefore your health) when there is a problem there. Plantar...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 27, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About Injuries, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Nilufer Atik – Telegraph Is the Grid X the answer to body aches? Beckham thinks so. Do you suffer from niggling aches and twinges? A new type of ‘trigger’ therapy, already used by David Beckham, may be the answer – and you can do it all by...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 26, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About General, About Injuries, About Science, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Fabio Comana, MA, MS, NASM-CPT, CES, PES, NASM Faculty To this day, we still hear certain squat rules echoed over and over throughout gyms and health clubs by many fitness professionals that often sound contradictory. While some rules emerged through research, the...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 26, 2014 | About Fitness, About General, About Health, About NASM, About Science, About Training, Articles |
By Fabio Comana, MA, MS, NASM-CPT, CES, PES, NASM Faculty That dreaded six-letter word that many of us know all too well. While we may be aware of some of the consequences of stress, the question that should be asked is what we are doing on a consistent basis to...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 22, 2014 | About Fitness, About General, About Health, About Injuries, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Kevin Murray – Function First Director of Education Tight and Weak, Stretch and Strengthen. “The biology of pain is never really straightforward, even when it appears to be”. Lorimer Moseley, a renowned neuroscientist and pain researcher succinctly...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 18, 2014 | About Injuries, About Science, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Cassiano Costa, Ph.D., Head of Tennis Performance, IMG Academy While watching a tennis match, it is easy to see the large demands that are imposed on the shoulder, elbow and wrist of a player. These joints are highly involved with every action performed during a...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 18, 2014 | About Fitness, About General, About Injuries, About Training, Articles |
By Jamie Allan, M.S. Soccer is a sport that requires a large demand from the lower body in all planes of motions. It includes many repetitive actions such as kicking, sprinting and changing of direction. The large stress placed on the lower body, along with the...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 16, 2014 | About Fitness, About General, About Injuries, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
Derrick Price : MS in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Master Trainer for ViPR, Power Plate, Core-Tex and Technogym You’re probably well versed in high-intensity interval training (HIIT), a form of training that utilises interval training of near maximal...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 16, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About General, About Training, Articles |
Small group training (SGT) has become increasingly popular recently because it promises to deliver more money per hour for PTs and group X instructors. However, the problem is that SGT is commonly misunderstood and often badly delivered. Many group X instructors...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 7, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About General, About Health, About Science, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
WOD Talk – www.wodtalk.com You are probably wondering what makes Olympic Weightlifting a better choice for resistance training than others forms. Weightlifting offers many benefits over bodybuilding, powerlifting, and machines. However, the main reason people do...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 6, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About Injuries, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Chris Nentarz Physical Therapy Manager at Athletes’ Performance Physical therapist Chris Nentarz talks on “Iliotibial Band Syndrome” (ITBS) and the ways you can prevent this common running injury. Chris Nentarz is Physical Therapy Manager at Athletes’...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 6, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About Training, Articles |
Get ready for warm weather with these five TRX Tips for a successful outdoor workout. Get out of your comfort zone, find a sturdy tree, playground, pole, fence or any solid outdoor anchor point where you can set up your Suspension Trainer so that the locking loop is...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 6, 2014 | About Fitness, About Injuries, About Science, About The Body, About Training, Articles |
By Steve Novencido MA, CSCS, USATF II, PES, FMS While working as a Strength & Conditioning Coach at IMG Academy, one of the premier academic and athletic institutions in the world, I have become familiar with the many recovery and restoration methods. These...
by Kevin Rushton | Oct 6, 2014 | About Education, About Fitness, About General, About Training, Articles |
By Brian Sutton MS, MA, NASM-CPT, CES, PES Which is better, the front squat or the back squat? The answer to this ongoing debate depends heavily on the client. Both the front and back squat movements require hip flexion, knee flexion and dorsiflexion during the... 