wellness

7 Ways to Reduce Stress Through Mindfulness

Dana Bender
Dana Bender |
As we navigate work and personal life, there will be moments when thoughts of an unknown situation and its related outcomes will weigh heavily on one's mind resulting in feelings of stress and rumination. This blog will talk about 7 ways you can ...
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Fitness Workout Plans

Maximize Bench Press Form by Addressing These Common Issues

Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills |
The ability to perform horizontal pushing patterns, like a chest press is an essential component of anyone's movement capability. Perhaps one of the most utilized methods for practicing this movement in the gym setting is the bench press.
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Fitness

Preventing Cardiovascular Disease With Hardiness Coaching

Patricia VanGalen
Patricia VanGalen |
Like a leaky roof, do we patch the hole and hope for the best? Or do we replace and restore it and do the maintenance to optimize it, despite extreme weather conditions? In ski-speak, we joke about variable conditions, which are never predictable. In ...
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Nutrition Recovery

Nutrition for Muscle Repair and Recovery

Geoff Lecovin |
Recovery is the return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength. Optimal recovery is best attained through an integrative approach, focusing on nutrition, sleep, and stress management.
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stretching Workout Plans

Toning vs. Bulking Up: What's The Difference?

Jeff Thaxton |
One of the most fundamental questions about fitness is: what is the difference between bulking and toning up? The answer has many facets, and to explore it completely, we will look at dieting, exercise programming, and more.
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Fitness Workout Plans

Bench Press Elbow Pain: Avoid Lifter's Elbow With These Modifications

Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills |
Anyone having experienced pain in their elbow while bench pressing knows it can be a frustrating ordeal. For those who have not, imagine entering the gym ready to put in the work, and after loading the appropriate weight onto the bar, laying back on the ...
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Research Study Nutrition Hypertrophy

Is a Calorie Surplus Necessary to Increase Skeletal Muscle Mass in Resistance Trained Female Athletes?

Nicole Golden
Nicole Golden |
Influenced by popular media and body image expectations; female strength athletes often engage in nutrition practices that may be counterproductive to a goal of skeletal muscle growth (hypertrophy). Many female strength athletes will pursue a goal of ...
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Muscles

Postural and Phasic Muscles: Differences in Function

Dianne Woodruff |
Postural and phasic muscle theory and its application takes a global view of body and joint movement. It’s about function, how the body is designed to perform and how to improve that function by working within the body’s design. If we understand ...
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Women's Fitness

Training the Female Client: Key Considerations for Programming

Fabio Comana
Fabio Comana |
Apart from the more obvious gender differences like pregnancy and some aging-related conditions (e.g., osteoporosis, menopausal changes), how much thought is generally given to the anatomical and physiological differences between men and women when ...
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Q & A Nutrition

7 Questions All Nutrition Coaches Need To Know How to Answer

National Academy of Sports Medicine
National Academy of Sports Medicine |
With fad diets flooding the marketplace, obesity and heart disease numbers rapidly increasing, and more confusing food choices than ever before, Nutrition Coaches are in particularly high demand. This is an exciting, rewarding career for people who love ...
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