fitness

Plant-based diets offer protection against cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancers. But with so much nutrition misinformation, how can you be sure a plant-based diet is right for ... Continue Reading

One of the most common injuries is a rotator cuff injury. The statistic, according to the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, states that in 2006, 7.5 million people made a visit to their doctor for shoulder ... Continue Reading

Take Away Points Being conscious of your posture will improve your overall quality of life and gym performance. Western society is designed to keep you on your butt. Long-duration sitting is a ... Continue Reading

On June 13, 2018, the Maryland offensive lineman, Jordan McNair, died at the age of 19. McNair struggled while finishing a set of 110’s at the University of Maryland football workout and was found to have ... Continue Reading

It is said that "Necessity is the mother of invention." I'm unclear about the conditions that necessitated the invention of baseball, but I'm grateful for it, nonetheless. Not everyone enjoys the game; ... Continue Reading

Lower back pain is a common experience for most people due to stress or improper posture. However, back pain can be treated with exercises recommended by a Clinical Pilates instructor. If you don't have ... Continue Reading

Contrary to popular belief, using curls for biceps development is not useless. Training the biceps in this way allows the biceps to be overloaded substantially whilst standing. The world record for biceps ... Continue Reading

Recently, someone asked me to do a piece on confidence. I asked, "What about it?" She responded, "How do we build it?" A tall task, particularly for one who hasn’t quite solved that problem for himself. It ... Continue Reading

Dear High School and College Athletes, Let’s be honest. Your summer habits are not that healthy. I know you attended summer workouts, but what did the other 160 hours of your week look ... Continue Reading

I have made countless mistakes, all of them, by my own hubris; stretching from romantic blunders to financial faults. I’ve accepted when I should have declined and rejected when I should have approved. My ... Continue Reading

Having been a weightlifting technical official for nearly a half century I have often found it useful to investigate the technical niceties of other sports. There is always something that can be learned by ... Continue Reading

A successful training program should be built around a core group of key exercises which you rotate through several phases of training. Your exercise variation shouldn’t be random, haphazard, based on the ... Continue Reading

Monday through Sunday, I’m up by 5, immediately jumping into a movement circuit and then whatever creative work I’ve prioritized for the day. To an outsider, it would appear I have discipline down. With ... Continue Reading

I remember it like it was yesterday: The day I graduated from a no-holds-barred lifter to a guy with one eye on the long game. I was deadlifting 320 pounds, which for me was an almost immovable mountain ... Continue Reading

Our world is rife with polarity. From the fundamental building blocks of our physical world to the abstract opinions dominating our political landscape, and the foundations of morality; polarity is woven ... Continue Reading

“I want a hot body, but I also want tacos.” –Nacho Libre Rationally, we all would prefer to be healthy. We’d love to be capable, physical specimens full of energy and confidence in our longevity. In ... Continue Reading

"Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create ... Continue Reading

Have you ever asked yourself, why winners keep winning and losers keep losing? Personally, I started asking myself these questions at a very young age. Mostly because I wasn’t a popular kid growing ... Continue Reading

“My doctor told me I shouldn’t work out until I’m in better shape.” – Actor, Steven Wright “I burned 60 calories. That should take care of the peanut I ate in ... Continue Reading

Balance, strength, and flexibility are very important for a surfer. Just imagine a rigid, weak, and uncoordinated person trying to maintain their position on a surfboard on dry land, let alone a massive ... Continue Reading

I’m Abigail Mickey and I’m a professional cyclist who races around the world for the UnitedHealthcare Professional team. "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just ... Continue Reading

As you age, you’ll experience changes in your body from slow movement to slow memory retrieval. One of those changes will also include the deterioration of your muscles. You can experience muscle pain and ... Continue Reading

During a recent session, the lovely Jen (let's call her Jen) told me she was almost at her target weight. As we'd been working together for months and I didn't even know she had such a goal, her session ... Continue Reading

Time management is a commonly avoided topic in fitness. For those of us that have school work, a job to hold down to pay for school, and still needing to make sure we stay fit and healthy, it’s not ... Continue Reading