In a sport like swimming, most of the preparations for the big meets are made months in advanced. In most programs, the workload has been decreased for the 2-4 weeks leading up to the event. Sure, technique is being polished up–normally right up until the day of–but most of the serious work of the season …
Late winter is a consistently chaotic time of the year at the gym–primarily because of the turbulent schedule that comes out of the tail-end of the swim season. Athletes’ concerns about championship meets, performance anxiety, looming overuse injuries, swim rankings, college-bound swimmers needing to meet time thresholds, chaos all around… But the people need what …
Imagine a scenario in which there are two nearly identical athletes, we’ll call them athlete ‘A’ and athlete ‘B’ (I’m very creative in the naming department). These athletes could be from any sport, but since I’m in the midst of transitioning a handful of swimmers from their PIAA dual meet season into the championship season, …
We’re rolling into the new year with some top-tier content. Though not all timely, this round-up has something for everyone, spanning the health-wellness-fitness triad. You can get a breakdown of the featured content in greater detail by signing up for our email newsletter. This gives you advanced access to our Featured Fitness Content series, plus …
Last week we went retro–back to the mid 2020-and-a-half’s and I talked virtually on Zoom with Stacey Kadenas, co-owner of Lumber Capital Athletics near Williamsport, PA. This was a somewhat selfish episode for me, as I’ve been inching closer and closer to the unveil of a massive announcement for Ruthless. Its reassuring that someone as …
Firstly, welcome to December–you heard it here first. But now onto fitness stuff. In this installment of Featured Fitness Content we’ll be looking at some articles that sit on the fringes of what can typically be considered ‘health’ content. Because these articles really do span a wide array of topics I’ve chosen to put a …
I need to do a great deal of clarification when I tell a prospective client that we place such a heavy emphasis on the trapezius–in addition to the glutes. In short, the glutes are an underdeveloped, yet critical muscle for control of the femur (and therefore the leg), while the “traps” are an often underdeveloped, …
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This week’s fitness round-up is filled with content from across the web PLUS below you’ll find a few pieces from the Ruthless blog that have come out since our last installment in the series. Going to jump right into this week’s list of featured content. If you’ve come across, or personally published, a piece of …
This Saturday I’ll be completing a 28-Mile Ruck March around the perimeter of Fort Indiantown Gap. This is an event that I’ve done in the past, but I only recently decided to commit to this year’s march. It’s a noble cause which supports and honors fallen soldiers, and its full-length event is certainly not …
Isometrics are something that we incorporate into more dynamic styles of training for a handful of reasons. Isometric exercises are exercises where the muscles must maintain the same level of tension. Traditional isometric exercises may be something like a wall sit, a plank, or 6-inches. Any exercise where the muscles are working but the joint …
