Gonna keep this one short today, you guys are (better be) busy enjoying your summer so you shouldn’t be hunched over your phones or computers just days after America’s birthday reading a long blog post of post-activation potentiation or whatever… Also, we’ve had a shit ton of new folks join the SA community over the …
One of the simplest “hacks” you can do right now to immediately boost your performance and how you generally feel overall is to optimize your hydration. Proper hydration can be incredibly important for everything from helping prevent injuries to maximizing your performance during training. Because if you’re dehydrated your overall performance will decrease and you’ll …
My running ‘career’ started when I first learned that the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) consisted of a 3 Mile run. Up until that point I never ran 3 consecutive miles in my life and the first time I did, my results left a lot to be desired. Back before 9/11 people actually had …
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According to SELF magazine (whatever that is…) there is this crazy new fitness trend called walking with a rucksack on your back and apparently it’s all the rage with the kids these days. Good thing for us here (yeah you), this is neither: a.) new, nor b.) a sweet trend Unfortunately, though, it is something …
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So here is a pretty common question that seems everyone has their own opinion on: Which is better: Pre- or Post-workout nutrition? So this is a great question because figuring out the answer may mean YOU recover faster, get sweeter gainz, and generally feel better overall. Here is another variation of this question: “Shouldn’t I …
Okay… Sorry about the pun, I’ll try not to do that again. Today we are going to talk about plyometric training and how you can add it into your current workout regime to improve your explosive and maximal strength. What Are Plyometrics? This history of plyometric training dates back to the 1950s and was initially …
Alright, kids… Last week I wrapped up a 30-day challenge of performing 200m of walking lunge steps each day and this week I’m announcing my next challenge and I’m hoping some of you will follow along. Setting a small daily goal, regardless of what it is, is a great way to make marginal improvements to …
As I talked about a couple of weeks ago I had the stupid idea to perform 30 straight days of walking lunges, 200m to be exact. With approximately 210 lunge steps per 200m that brings my total to about: 6300 lunge steps covering 6000m (3.73 miles) So, what did this teach me? First, it taught …
Just about every strength & conditioning coach you talk to will agree that getting stronger will improve your performance. In fact, getting stronger will likely get you closer to just about every goal you set for yourself as well. The best part is, how you get stronger doesn’t matter… Really, think about that for a …
It may be no surprise to you that I spend a tremendous amount of time attempting to figure out how to best design and implement a training program for the military population. This is a mission of mine as I have come to believe, since I’ve been a part of the nonsense, that the traditional …