Featured Fitness Content: Volume 55

If you’re like most inhabitants of the world, you’ve probably come into a fair bit of extra reading time as of late. This downtime doesn’t need to mean downtime from health or from advancing towards your goals. Our Featured Fitness Content series sheds light on what tactics industry experts are utilizing to either get healthier or have their athletes perform at their best. If you’re looking for some extra reading material, you can find our last installment of the series here.

New Publication

Before we get to this week’s list, you might want to check out an article I wrote for Addicted 2 Success on stress reduction strategies: 3 Time-Tested Strategies for Reducing Stress Regardless of the Cause. When submitted, I had the article entitled ‘Stolen Strategies from Sports Performance: Coping with Entrepreneurial Stress’. Needless to say, I enjoyed my title more, but you get the idea.

Check this out for some stress reduction strategies that we use regularly with our athletes at Ruthless.

Featured Content

The Benefits of Wearing a Weight Belt: and When Not Wearing One Is Beneficial Too By Tony Gentilcore

2020 Olympic Flame Begins Its Journey From Olympia To Tokyo, Led By A Woman For The First Time By Joanne C. Gerstner via Team USA

Mr. Irrelevant David Vobora found a bigger calling after NFL career By Jeff Caplan via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Why We Should Teach Athletes How to Fall By Christopher Tocco via SimpliFaster

[VIDEO] When You Bench Press – How to Set the Safety Pins By Mark Rippetoe via Starting Strength

Sitting Is Bad for Our Health. Should We Squat More Instead? By Gretchen Reynolds via New York Times

Bonus

If you haven’t yet read our new article for the site on building a more resilient immune system, I’d recommend that you do so. This is a lengthier article detailing just 3 elements of building a stronger immune system. General health, gut support, and exposure to nature are the three primary points of the article, but I’d still recommend reading it to get out all of the juicy details, scientific tidbits, and so on.

You can read 3 Strategies for Building a More Resilient Immune System by clicking here.

Quote of the Week

Given that we’re constantly trying to educate hunters on the value of strength & conditioning, it should come as no surprise that Cam Hanes comes into the picture every now and again. During my last podcast with Cervicide Cam Hanes was brought up and we had a solid discussion on his training strategies. But the quote that we selected for our QotW is applicable to ALL athletes. If you like it, feel free to share it on socials!