I’m going to jump into this week’s Featured Content as quickly as I can, but first, I wanted to mention my participation in this year’s Ben to the Shore Bike Tour. The tour is scheduled for this upcoming Sunday (July 24th), and this year I’ll be bringing along Kronos, my pitbull from Hillside SPCA here …
Early on in an athlete’s training career, an attempt will be made to find the best time to train. This is a logical route to maximize training success–if you have to train, you may as well try to do so at the best time. But what is the best time? There are plenty of …
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Howdy y’all. June has turned out to be an extremely busy time for me, as I’m spending all but 8 days of the month on the road. With this in mind, you can actually see one of my latest posts on our instagram page, which talks briefly about how I manage some of the physical …
Welcome to the latest edition of our Featured Fitness Content series. Its been a hot minute since our last installment, so I wanted to start by acknowledging the passing of Louie Simmons. I’ve trained at Westside about half a dozen times, during which I box squatted back to back with Louie, who was extraordinarily helpful …
As I write this, I’m sitting between two hunting trips to Idaho’s remote back country to target a mule deer. This has left me thinking about both what I brought with me, plus what I’ll be bringing with me when I head back out. But just because I’m planning for a solo, backcountry hunt doesn’t …
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When I’m talking about ‘Slam Ball Exercises’, I’m specifically referring to the subset of exercises done with a slam ball that can only be done with a slam ball. This doesn’t count exercises where a slam ball can be used as a substitute for a dumbbell like an Overhead Slam Ball Reverse Lunge. Slam Ball …
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Here at Ruthless Performance, we’re in the midst of our championship season with our swimmers from across the PIAA District XI. In years past, our swimming roster had expanded well beyond the bounds of District XI, but as swimming numbers wane across the state, our roster has slowed down as well. Our swimmers’ performances, however, …
It has been a hot minute since we posted our last installment of Featured Fitness Content. If you want to see what we’ve been up to in the last installment, you can find it here. Currently Ruthless is undergoing some serious expansion plans while we continue to flesh out the details for our upcoming Expedition …
After several weeks of neglecting the majority of my life due to the recent hunting seasons in Pennsylvania, I’m back at it with some more Featured Fitness Content… If you want even more curated fitness material, the last installment of the series can be found here. Featured Content Adults who microdose psychedelics report health related …
The internet has no shortage of amazing content, but as you may know, you have to filter through a lot of garbage to find aforementioned amazing content. This is true particularly in the world of fitness where the craziest off-the-wall exercises and most polarizing training styles get the most press. What I personally enjoy about …
