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 for most athletes after such a grueling season because as soon as it starts back up again, there’s no room for breaks until the end of the next season. Learn more about the physiology of the swimming taper here.
But all this to say, March is an interesting combination of hard work, rest, testing your limits, relaxing, and starting all over.
Even if you’re not a swimmer, can you benefit from this model?
I digress…
Onto some content from Ruthless and from around the web. You can also glance back at last week’s installment here.
Featured Content
A Squat Progression That Works in the Strength Trenches By Alan Bishop via SimpliFaster
Boldly Pursue Success by Staying Confident in Your Inner Strength By Shanda Trofe via Addicted 2 Success
Does Being Strong Equals Speed? By Lee Taft
Joel Jamieson on Merging Fitness and Technology to Unlock Human Potential By Mike Robertson via Robertson Training Systems
There’s No Real Reason to Eat 3 Meals a Day By Amanda Mull via The Atlantic
WSBB Blog: Cardio for the Powerlifter Via Westside Barbell
New Feature in the Pottsville Republican Herald
On March 9th, the Ruthless Performance Mobility & Fitness Studio–our new HQ–was featured in the Pottsville Republican Herald.
Trainer focuses on students, adults at new Pottsville fitness center
New on the Blog
Rather than write a new write-up on this post, I’m just going to add the intro from the article.
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 night before was high-quality, that your nutrition was dialed-in, and your workouts were effective and sufficiently taxing.
So consider your morning routine a jumping-off-point for improving your day-to-day habits moreso than something valuable unto itself. Below are three habits, tricks, and tips for better mornings and therefore more productive days.
Read the full-length article here.
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