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How to Increase Shot Power in Hockey

You're a hockey player and you want to increase your shot power. Popular belief says it's all in your wrist...but is it really? Isn't power generated from your core and hips?

Patience Is a (Training) Virtue

Training is like farming. You do all these things today that you can’t see producing a result in the hope of a future payoff. The best muscle you can develop for success? Your patience.

3 Important Choices That Will Superpower Your Training

Here are 3 choices you can make to supercharge your fitness - hiring a coach, choosing your friends wisely, and making a plan. Sound simple? Well, then why aren't you doing it already?

Weight Training Reduces Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Your doctor may have told you to do cardio to help prevent type 2 diabetes. New research shows resistance training has a huge impact on lowering the risk of the disease.

Athlete Journal: Chris Duffin, Entry 15 - Squat a S#%t-Ton Night

I pronounced to the team that Wednesday was no longer “squat night” but “squat a s#%t-ton night.” Of course I was immediately asked what exactly a “s#%t-ton” was so I had to demonstrate

Stop Doing Kegels: Real Pelvic Floor Advice For Women (and Men)

You can never do too many Kegels, right? Wrong. Katy Bowman of the Restorative Exercise Institute discusses how to really strengthen your pelvic floor - during pregnancy and otherwise.

12 Reps with Andrea DuCane, Kettlebell Goddess

Andrea DuCane was one of the first two RKC masters ever. She's also a practitioner of the Argentinian tango. What else don't you know about this amazing woman, athlete, and coach?

The 3 Most Horrifying Lies About the Snatch

If you want to be a good coach, accept you can't be a good person. You will lie, you will omit, you will shun the truth. If you don't, your lifters will fail. Here are three big lies about the snatch.

Taking Up Tennis In My 40s: My New Sport

CrossFit advises to regularly try new sports, but in all my time training I never have. Until now. Now in my 40s, my husband of 14 years, who is also a tennis coach, is my new coach of my new sport.

Ketogenic Diets Do Not Compromise Performance

Low carb ketogenic diets might be all the rage, but are they good for athletes? Scientists compare a standard Western diet with a ketogenic diets and the effects on a set of competitive athletes.

Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 16 - Best Memories Come From the Hardest Things

I got bored on recovery week, so I researched what comes next after Ironman. I've found it - Epic Camp! 'Cause really, the hardest things we do in like also generate our most cherished memories.

Running Kinematics of the Female Breast

It might not get talked about outside the locker room, but women know breast size has an effect on their running. Now science takes a look and examines the actual kinematics that occur.

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