Confession. I loath, abhor, detest and utterly despise “cardio.” You know what I mean, the long, steady-state plod jog, or boring 45 minute-long loping session on the elliptical. Because it’s “good for you” to do aerobic training, gotta train that heart right?… *Disclaimer: I know there are benefits of running and some people truly enjoy [...]
READ MORE »The next absolute MUST is #4: Single-Leg Training! This is pretty cut-and-dry, so I’m going to present it that way. Why you need Single-Leg work in your life: Address and even-out side-to-side strength and mobility differences that exist (asymmetry). Bilateral movements will often allow muscle imbalances to thrive. It’s only natural that the stronger, more [...]
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A Scientific Look at the Dangers of High Heels – regular wear is bad news for your entire body! Ever wonder how certain factors of soccer specific fitness wave up and down throughout the year? If so, check out: Seasonal changes in VO2max Among Division 1A female soccer players. To stretch or not to stretch [...]
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Since I’ve been on a shoulder kick, let’s look at another lovely exercise for shoulder health… PUSHUPS!!! (ok, ok, I can hear the groans… pushups, PERFECT ONES, are NOT just for boys. Matter fact, they can’t do them either half the time.) See what I mean? Now my husband, Steve, wrote an excellent post about [...]
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Prepare yourself. I am about to blow your mind… Achieving technical perfection of the small details in any movement pattern always seems to pay the biggest dividends. This perfection also helps avoid the pitfalls associated with technical incompetence. Specific to sport, we can look to the arm swing in volleyball, the mechanics of throwing a [...]
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Yay! We made it through the science part and now onto the practical stuff. And, now that I know how to upload videos on this thing (technologically saavy I am not), I don’t have to describe each exercise in excruciatingly boring detail. Barbell Overhead Press Key Points: – SQUEEZE* YOUR BUTT AND BRACE YOUR ABS [...]
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Over the last 10-years there has been a huge emphasis placed on training the posterior chain in the world of strength and conditioning for athletes. And with good reason, weak glutes, hamstrings, and the rest of the back side of the body are notoriously ignored by many “recreational” lifters. My first two training MUST’s were [...]
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Sweat Science posted, hands-down, one of the most important and potentially influential research papers I’ve seen in quite some time: The incredible unaging triathlete – absolutely fascinating and all the more reason to not use age as an excuse… for anything! I can’t lie, all the other posts kinda seem like crap by comparison to [...]
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Hooray! Part 2! In Part 1 we looked at the scapula and the muscles acting on it. In this post, we’ll peek at our glenohumeral joint and it’s corresponding muscles. (be prepared for some geekiness) First, let’s strip away the muscles and look at the joint itself. The humeral head sits in the shallow glenoid [...]
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Every once in a while someone may say to me “Wow, Sarah, I don’t know how you do it… a growing business, a second full-time job, a couple websites, and an ever expanding family?!? What’s your secret?” Without further adieu, here it is… my secret power is sipped directly from a Cup-O-Strength (SAPT Strength to [...]
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