No matter which sport, competition or race you participate in, every season has an end. The time between competitive play is referred to as the off-season. It’s easy to think of the off-season as a time for vacation and leisure. However, the importance of off-season training can’t be overstated. It’s […]
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This is the time of year where we are filled with new found vigor and ready to make some positive change in our life. The time for New Year’s Resolutions. People want to exercise more, eat healthier, drop poor habits, or put the clean clothes away immediately after folding them […]
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The importance of physical therapy can’t be overstated enough, especially for athletes who have suffered physical injuries. If physical rehabilitation is so important, why are the results so mixed?
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The importance of physical therapy can’t be overstated enough, especially for athletes who have suffered physical injuries. If physical rehabilitation is so important, why are the results so mixed?
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Getting fit is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions that people make. While losing 25 pounds before summer is a good goal, we encourage you to adopt a healthy lifestyle that incorporates eating right and regular exercise. This type of resolution helps you to gain a lifetime of […]
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Bad moods are a part of everyday life. How a person handles a bad mood will determine if the mood will improve or stay the same. There are numerous ways people try to deal with these nasty feelings, but we believe the number one, guaranteed, sure-fire way to improve a bad mood is…EXERCISE.
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Today’s fitness mindset is evolving. Today, more and more people are doing exercises that require them to lift or hold weights overhead. In the past, the most common overhead exercise was the military press. People would use that exercise to try to sculpt their deltoids.
Today, thanks in part to CrossFit and it’s branch-offs, overhead squats, snatches, jerks, and hand stand push-ups are commonly found in many people’s routines. But should they be?
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The “truth” about supplements is difficult for the consumer to uncover because we have a tendency to read the bottle and believe everything we read. After all, “someone” has to be regulating this stuff or they wouldn’t even be able to sell it! Right? Not necessarily true.
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Double chicken wing in Folkstyle, arm throws in Greco, or an athlete desperately bending his shoulder in an attempt to avoid getting turned… no doubt about it, wrestlers get put into compromising positions that put extreme forces through the shoulder joint. Shoulder stability training is very important in many overhead throwing sports, […]
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I’m sixteen years removed from graduate school. The running joke in my family is I have a Master’s degree, thesis pending. True, I completed my coursework with flying stars and started my thesis… but never finished it. Life events got in the way and I had to focus on other […]
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