In last week’s installment of Featured Fitness Content, we linked to the new Expedition 118 Facebook page. Though still over a year away, this project is developing rapidly. At the time of publication, I’m in the western US meeting with prospective charity beneficiaries and doing a bit of fly fishing on the Idaho/Nevada border. But …
Lots going on at Ruthless these days. The final week of the PIAA swim season is upon us, culminating in the State Championship meet this Friday. Ruthless Performance managed to send 3 of our Aqua Jocks to the state meet; 2 boys and 1 girl. After this a big rest then a big push for …
March provides the greatest contrast in training at Ruthless. For our swimmers, early March means that taper is in full swing, preceding the championship meets at the district, state, and even national level. Following these meets, our swimmers get a solid two-week break. We’re staunch advocates of the total removal of swimming and rigorous exercise …
Over and over we’ve heard about the value of optimizing your morning routine. In many respects this is a crucial element to achieving peak performance; what I’m more interested in, really, is the upstream and downstream effects of a honed-in morning routine. When your morning routine is on-point, it usually means that your sleep the …
Foundational Series: 3 Ways to Improve Your Morning Routine Read More »
We’re at Installment 94… What happens when we get to 100 you ask? I’ve been asking myself the same question. The Featured Fitness Content series actually started with the predecessor to Ruthless Performance–The Fitness Resource. Perhaps for installment 100 I’ll dig out some of the earliest featured articles for a re-feature… You can find the …
**Editor’s Note: This series comes from current Ruthless Performance Intern and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, Keith Lowery. Keith is a senior exercise science student at Bloomsburg University, which has an affiliate agreement with Ruthless. As senior exercise science students complete their 4-year program, they are required to complete an arduous semester-long internship. These lessons …
Hey all you cool cats and kittens (its been long enough since Tiger King came out that I think saying this is cool again). If you want to catch up with last week’s installment of Featured Fitness Content, you can do so here. Otherwise, we can roll right into this week’s content… Featured Content 7 …
**Editor’s Note: This series comes from current Ruthless Performance Intern and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, Keith Lowery. Keith is a senior exercise science student at Bloomsburg University, which has an affiliate agreement with Ruthless. As senior exercise science students complete their 4-year program, they are required to complete an arduous semester-long internship. These lessons …
The taper is an integral part of the competitive swimming experience. Swimmers usually first experience the taper at the end of their first competitive swim season, regardless of age or skill level. Even though most swimmers have undergone a taper and most coaches have facilitated one, few understand the physiological underpinnings that make the taper …
The Physiology of Performance: Understanding the Swimming Taper for Championship Meets Read More »
**Editor’s Note: This series comes from current Ruthless Performance Intern and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, Keith Lowery. Keith is a senior exercise science student at Bloomsburg University, which has an affiliate agreement with Ruthless. As senior exercise science students complete their 4-year program, they are required to complete an arduous semester-long internship. These lessons …
