Month: September 2018

Ruthless Performer Q&A – Elite Sports Nutrition with Jesse Rodriguez R.D.

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Today’s Q&A guest is our own sports nutritionist Jesse Rodriguez. Jesse has his own prolific history as a national-level swimmer for El Salvador and here in the United States competing in college and post-graduate for the University of Southern California. This all makes Jesse a world-class resource as not many people have competed at this …

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Internal Program Review: High School Swimmer Pre-Season Strength Training – Day 2

Strength & Conditioning, Swimming Performance / By

With the vast expanse that is the winter swim season raipidly approaching, I wanted to take the time to yet again detail one of our swimming programs. In this particular case, we’re going to explain the Ruthless Performance methods that made this program so effective. To provide context for this case study, we will be …

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Ruthless Performer Q&A – Functional Medicine with Dr. Touchinsky

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This post marks the first in our new Ruthless Perfomer Q&A series. Throughout this series we’ll be talking with various health and fitness influencers regarding their specific niche and how it effects the world of health and wellnessa at-large. Today we’re joined by Dr. Touchinsky who established Blue Mountain Family Chiropractic in 2005. His early focus was …

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Building a plate

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Making small changes will lead to bigger results. Start off with behavioral changes before jumping on to the new diet out there. This means things like eating on a smaller plate, removing the salt from the table, reducing serving sizes, etc. In general, a “healthy” or “healthier” plate should include a protein, whole grain, complex …

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Does Caffeine Have Any Effect On Resistance Exercise?

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Many gym-goers are looking for ways to get more work in during their training sessions. Some turn to pre-workout supplements while others may turn to steroid-related drugs. Although pre-workout supplements contain caffeine, it’s also filled with unnecessary and potentially dangerous substances. Caffeine on resistance training has been long looked at with supportive research data on …

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How to Concurrently Enhance Cardiovascular Capacity and Target Proficiency for Bow Hunters

Hunting, Strength & Conditioning / By

Here in Pennsylvania we’re less than a month away from the official start of the statewide whitetail archery hunt. It’s at about this time that hunters will be desperately getting in their target practice with a bow that many have not touched since late archery season or even before the regular firearms season of last …

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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 49

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View the last edition of ‘Featured Fitness Content’ here. Personal Training, Coaching, and Strength & Conditioning Exercise For Confidence: On-Field Groin Strengthening By Erica Suter Gene doping might not work after all Craig Pickering via HMMR Media Becoming a College Strength Coach By Mike Blasquez via Juggernaut Training Systems Training strength with hypermobility; 14 year old female By Joy Victoria …

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