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Unleashing the Sprinter Within: Sprinting Schedule And Sprinting Training Guide
Sprinting is not just an activity confined to the world of elite track and field athletes. Regardless of your athletic pedigree, integrating sprinting into your fitness regimen can help build speed, power, endurance, and cardiovascular health. In this article, we’ll delve into the myriad benefits of sprinting and lay out a beginner-friendly sprinting …
Linear Periodization: A Deep Dive into Strength Training Progression
In the vast world of strength training, periodization stands as a beacon for those looking to optimize their training and see consistent results. Among various periodization methods, Linear Periodization (LP) is perhaps the most straightforward and commonly used, especially for those starting out. Let’s unpack what Linear Periodization is, its benefits, and how …
Benefits of Heart Rate Training By Goals
With the increasing number of wearable devices, it is easier than ever to effectively track your heart rate and use that information to create an individualized training program based on your goals. While many apps will calculate your individualized heart rate zones, the standard formula of determining your maximum heart rate is …
Training to Failure – Is it Necessary?
How to Simplify Your Training
Wanting to hear one quick tip to revolutionize your workout routine? Wanting to learn how to lose 10 pounds of body fat in one week? Promises like these are not only misleading but can even be dangerous to your training regimen. Your training sessions don’t have to be anything special, as more minimalist strategies …
Keep Your Training on Track by Setting Better Fitness Goals
Above all, an effective gym routine requires consistency. There is no other more effective strategy, however there is also no tougher strategy. Maintaining any type of fitness routine day after day can turn into a grueling endeavor. Offsetting this tedious training side effect requires the help of specific goals designed to get the most …
Unilateral VS Bilateral Training
There is a lot of equipment in the gym, making it overwhelming to choose a starting point. One way to do so is to break exercises down to their fundamentals. Movements can be distinguished into two categories: bilateral and unilateral. Bilateral involves both sides of the body working together, traditionally done with a barbell. …
Training for Power: Do I Need it and How Should I Add it to My Routine?
Whether you’re training for a race, an intramural league, or simply because you like to, improving muscular power can be a great addition to your workout regimen. First, jumping high and sprinting fast is cool. But really, adding training for power to your toolkit helps make you more resilient and versatile as a mover. …
What is the Optimal Combination of Training and Protein Intake for Maximum Muscle Growth?
Your body has to balance between creating and breaking down muscle tissue. When you eat protein and weight train, your body produces new proteins. When you rest and digest your food, your body breaks down and removes damaged proteins. The overall ratio of this daily cycle determines your overall muscle growth. Here is everything …
How Often Should You Be Training
It’s a heavily debated issue on how often you should train a muscle group. A new study published in July 2022 in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports claims that a small amount of daily activity can be more beneficial than a single high volume session of exercise. The four-week study …
Fueling for Endurance Training
Endurance exercise is generally any aerobic exercise performed for an hour or more, like running, swimming, and cycling. Think marathoner or triathlete. But whether you’re competing or not, if you’re performing this type of physical activity, it’s important to know the difference in fueling for this type of activity versus a strength-and-power or stop-and-go …
Tri-Set Training for Time Efficient Muscle Growth
Have you ever faced challenges that made it seem difficult to get a good quality workout in? Whether you’re pressed for time because of a busy schedule or the equipment selection in your gym is limited, life will always throw us curveballs that complicate our normal workout routine. When you’re faced with an inconvenience …