Strength & Conditioning

The Physiology of Performance: Understanding the Swimming Taper for Championship Meets

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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 …

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Exercise Science in the Real World: Lesson 1

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**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 …

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Our Most Popular Posts of 2020

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As we wrap up 2020, there’s a great deal of negativity surrounding the year we’ve just lived through, some have a positive outlook moving forward, some others–not so much… We get one shot at this and should make the best of it. For anyone anxious about the new year or depressed about last year, I …

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Outdoor Conditioning Workout Sign Ups

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Because of the current shut-downs affecting Pennsylvania-based high school athletes, Ruthless Performance is opening up our new Mobility & Fitness Studio early for outdoor conditioning workouts for high school athletes. The Ruthless Performance Mobility & Fitness Studio is located at 2205 W Market St Pottsville, PA 17901 (in the Revive Chiropractic Building). This second round of COVID shutdowns stipulates that only …

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A Comprehensive Look at Our 3 Day At-Home Swimming Dryland Program (Program 2)

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With the new shut down measures in Pennsylvania, I wanted to get out a new workout for our swimmers to do at-home. This program is designed for high school swimmers, any high school swimmer, but it helps if the athlete has trained with us in the past so that they are used to the formatting …

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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 85

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This week’s list of featured content is as eclectic as ever. The Featured Fitness Content series actually outdates the origin of Ruthless Performance. Prior to ruthless, the featured fitness content series was hosted on The Fitness Resource–the business from which ruthless evolved. The Featured Fitness Content series is a great opportunity for me to stay …

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Foundational Series: 3 Common Lower Body Training Mistakes

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If I’m being honest, the most common lower body training mistake is simply not training the lower body. Dedicated fitness enthusiasts of the latter half of the last century had a somewhat similar notion to this–strength training for the upper body, plus some running or jogging for the lower body. In my early training years …

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