Written by This will sound a little like “What came first? The chicken or the egg?” But, it’s reality: How do you avoid a hamstring injury? Don’t let yourself get a hamstring injury in the first place. Riiiiight. That’s helpful, I’m sure. As it turns out the most significant risk factor for hamstring injury is a previous [...]
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Quick and Dirty Program Design
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Ok, so it’s not actually dirty but it is quick. Let’s say you walk in the gym, you don’t have a long-term program to follow (hint: you should) what do you do? I typically see the following (males and females): – Run on the treadmill/eliptical/bike for 10-30 minutes – Bicep curls – Tricep kickbacks or [...]
READ MORE »Eating Healthy on the Cheap Part 3: Dorm Living
In parts 1 and 2 I went over inexpensive, healthy foods and how to prepare them. (if you haven’t read them the summary is: You have no excuse for buying cheap, crappy food.) However, part 2 was aimed at those with access to a kitchen and cooking equipment. But what if you live in a dorm? Bugger. Not to [...]
READ MORE »Eating Healthy on the Cheap Part 2: Recipes
In Part 1, I outlined healthy foods that are inexpensive and easy to find (you have no excuse to buy ten packets of Ramen…) Today I’ve got some cheap, nutritious and delicious recipes that can be made to save your health and a few bucks. These will be easiest for those with apartments or kitchens [...]
READ MORE »More Female Awesomeness at SAPT
Stevo just highlighted a serious success story over at the SAPTstrength blog. Please check it out if you haven’t already read it!
READ MORE »Eating Healthy on the Cheap
A bunch of our athletes are heading off to college this August and we will miss them greatly! Being a former college kid myself, I thought I would write a series on how to stay healthy without spending a fortune on groceries. (these tips also apply to post-college…) Today I’ll have a list of foods [...]
READ MORE »Quasimodo Posture is Killing Your Thoracic Mobility
Today’s post is about thoracic spine mobility. No, don’t leave yet! Do you have a nagging shoulder pain? Does your lower back hurt constantly? Do you have trouble pushing heavy things over your head thus increasing your awesome factor by 1000? The answer could lie in your thoracic spine! Why do we need t-spine mobility [...]
READ MORE »Try this 1 Rule for Instantly Better Training
Today is my 9th wedding anniversary. It also happens to be the 16th anniversary of the day my husband and I met. Naturally, I’m in a state of reflection on the last 9-years of marriage. Plus, we’ve now been a couple for more than 1/2 my life – I think this fact, in particular, is [...]
READ MORE »Whimsical Wednesday: Eat Your Vegetables!!
This post is in honor of one of our athletes, on his way to college, who has been earnestly improving his diet (with my guidance). We’ve been trying one change a week. *Side note* This is an excellent way to change your diet, baby steps, instead of doing a huge overhaul, overwhelming yourself, giving up in [...]
READ MORE »Basement Training + Personal Messiness
What’s the point of this post? I was told it is a good great idea to put that at the top of each post to act as an easy reminder to stay on course for the duration of the brain dump. Thanks, Lisa! The point of this post is to give an update on my [...]
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