This weekend a lot of college kiddos will be walking across the stage with parents, family, and friends watching them reach out and take their hard-earned diploma. Congratulations grads! Speaking of, I did that same walk four years ago (!!) and I thought I’d impart some of the wisdom I’ve picked up since then. Most [...]
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” What do you do when one limb feels stronger than the other, do you just work out that one limb?” Fantastic question! Short answer: no. Long answer: Everyone has one limb or side that’s going to be stronger, more adept, and easier to progress than the other. That’s the result of handed-ness (being right- [...]
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Admit it, when you either read or saw lembas bread in Lord of the Rings, you really wanted some. There’s several recipes out there for it, but I made up a protein and fiber-rich version for the nerdy-lifter that I am. *Disclaimer* I’m still tweaking the amounts, so this may not be perfect but it’ll at [...]
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I had an interesting conversation with one of our college athletes this week. She’s a graduating senior who played on George Mason’s basketball team, and is ultimately set on making it to the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball League). She was telling me about a final project for a class she’d been working on: a book [...]
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Ah May… ’tis the season of exams (I’m looking at you AP kiddos). With all that rigirous pre-exam studying and exam-taking pressure floating around it’s probably safe to say that a lot of you are carrying some tension in your upper back and neck. This, of course, applies to our working lads and lasses, out [...]
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Yesterday’s post was about the potential reasons for “tight” hamstrings. Armed with that information, let us dive into the second part: hamstring injury care/prevention. I should make a note that I am NOT a doctor, therefore do not use this post to diagnose anything. If you suspect an injury please consult a doctor! Also, this [...]
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Do you have tight hamstrings? Do you stretch them only to find that you’re not any closer to the suppleness that you desire in those posterior hip extenders? Do you feel they’re tighter than Gringotts Bank Security? Have you tweaked/pulled your hamstring (due to your tightness maybe?)? Today, we’ll go over some of the reasons why the hamstrings [...]
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So, today is a brain dump day. It’s Friday, my birthday, and I’m ready to empty my head of the thoughts floating around in it. 1. Theodore Roosevelt said, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” This especially applies to any one working in the service industry, such [...]
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A moment of silence before we go onto the post. My prayers for both!! We will prevail. Let’s Go Hokies and Bostonians! ———————– As a kid, my mom used to make us quiche. I like quiche, it’s a great way to hide spinach and make kids eat it. But let’s clean it up a bit [...]
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Who wants strong glutes and hamstrings? (Everyone should be raising their hands and jumping up enthusiastically. You’ll jump even higher with strong glutes….) Enter the single-leg RDL (that’s Romanian deadlift. Don’t ask me why the Romanian’s get their own deadlift variation. Apparently they jumped on the posterior chain training first.). Now, the SL RDL is [...]
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