“Cluster Training for Maximum Strength and Power”
“There are thousands of single muscle fibers in each muscle arranged in functional units (motor units – a nerve cell and all the fibers innervated by it). This varies from 5-10 fibers/unit in the eye muscles to up to 2000 per unit in large leg muscles. The motor unit functions as a whole either in [...]
Top 10 Reasons Fish Oils Are Essential
Fish oil is one of the few substances known to lower concentrations of triglycerides (fatty substances that pose a cardiovascular risk) in the blood. J Raloff Science News www.sciencenews.org Increasing the amount of Omega-3 fatty acids has direct effects on serotonin levels. Serotonin levels control the body’s ability to sleep, to suppress carbohydrate cravings, and [...]
Spring Training for the Beach Body
Spring is finally here and the gyms are filling up with people gung ho to get that winter fat off! So they jump on the treadmill for hours every day, manage to lose a few pounds and get excited. But where is the muscle tone? Where is the definition? How about an increase in metabolism? [...]
Fighting the Effects of Aging with Weight Training
For many people who have never seen a gym in their life, when age fifty (or perhaps even age forty) roles around they really begin noticing they are getting slower, walking up steps is a little harder, playing hockey with the boys is getting tougher as they don’t have that pop to get to the [...]
Ladder Rep Scheme
A “ladder” is a rep scheme that involves working up from one number of repetitions to another over a series of sets. This is a very effective method for building strength. A common example is to use a load that allows you to comfortably perform 5 reps, and then choose how many ladders you want [...]
Weight Training for Skiing
Have you hit the hill this winter and felt lackluster in your performance? Maybe you feel you are getting too old for this skiing thing? Not true, you just need a properly designed weight-training program to help you get the most from your weekend trips to the hill. This type of training will also significantly [...]
Improving Your Golf Game in the Weight Room
Let me be as clear as possible, NOTHING will replace the time spent on the golf course practicing and honing your craft! However, that is not to say a well-designed lifting program will not help your golf game. My clients average a 20 yard increase in driving distance under my program. The areas golfers need [...]
Breaking Plateaus
Having trouble performing a clean and press with a heavier kettlebell? Or would you like to add 5-10% to any barbell or dumbbell lift? Try this method, known as Density Training. Two key components of any training program are volume and intensity. The goal of Density Training is to maximize the volume of work done [...]
How Do You Treat Your Body?
I would like to share the following article with you. It is written by Mike Boyle, a leading expert in the fields of Strength and Conditioning, Performance Enhancement and general fitness. It really puts the importance of effective training, proper diet, and regular prehabilitation practices into perspective! Imagine you are sixteen years old and your parents give [...]
Super Food
Many famous athletes who take it regularly for strength and endurance have popularized bee Pollen. It has been used successfully to treat many aliments including allergies, asthma, menstrual irregularities, constipation, diarrhea, anemia, low energy, and cancer, rheumatism, arthritis and toxic conditions. A Russian study of the inhabitants of the province of Georgia, where many live [...]