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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 52 (February)
If you’ve missed Volume 51 of the Featured Fitness Content series, you can view it here. Since our last volume in the series, we’ve also added four very popular articles to the site which you may be interested in reading: Internal Program Review: In-Season Strength Training for an Advanced High School Swimmer, Manipulating the Variables …
Strength & Conditioning Fundamentals: Hidden Volume
Let’s imagine that you’re deadlifting. If you’re training with us at Ruthless Performance, you’ll likely do 1-2 sets of 10 reps with an empty barbell before adding weight; for intermediate-level athletes we’ll do 1-2 sets of normal barbell deadlifts. For more advanced trainees it may be a set of Jefferson Deadlifts followed by a set …
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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 50 (Mid-December through Mid-January)
Mid-December through Mid-January has been filled with great fitness content from top influencers from trusted industry professionals. Because of this, we’re going to be re-launching our Featured Fitness Content series that we’ve been providing our readership since the early days of Ruthless Performance when the business still went by The Fitness Resource. If you’re a …
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Dryland Training Microblog: Tip 1
Tip #1: Never Underestimate the Band Pull Apart Regardless of if our swimmers are just doing a short warm-up, like our Champion Complex, or a more lengthy workout, I always encourage our athletes to do at least a handful of band pull aparts. For athletes that I’m fortunate enough to work with throughout the year, …
Why Do Ruthless Performance Workouts Use the Same Mobility Drills in the Warm-Up and Cool-Down?
Most of the programs that we design and implement at Ruthless Performance have some meticulously detailed cool-down for an athlete to do following their last exercises of the day. And in most cases these are some combination of mobility drills, breathing techniques, or myofascial release strategies. Past all of the very significant reasons that a …
What is the Difference Between a Nutritionist and a Registered Dietitian?
Registered Dietitians are licensed nutritional professionals with an undergraduate degree and supervised practice hours. Among completion, a national exam must be taken to be officially licensed and practice as a professional. Registered dietitians are recognized by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics with mandatory completion of CEUs (Continuing Education Units) to maintain registration. The term “Nutritionist” …
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