exercise physiology

Featured Fitness Content: Volume 122

This week’s fitness round-up is filled with content from across the web PLUS below you’ll find a few pieces from the Ruthless blog that have come out since our last installment in the series. Going to jump right into this week’s list of featured content. If you’ve come across, or personally published, a piece of …

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Microblog Monday: Programming Rep Ranges for Slam Ball Exercises

When I’m talking about ‘Slam Ball Exercises’, I’m specifically referring to the subset of exercises done with a slam ball that can only be done with a slam ball. This doesn’t count exercises where a slam ball can be used as a substitute for a dumbbell like an Overhead Slam Ball Reverse Lunge. Slam Ball …

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5 Sleep Enhancement Strategies You Can Use Tonight

By now the value of sleep should be completely self-evident. Sleep modulates the production of hormones that are valuable to peak athletic and cognitive function like hGH (Growth Hormone), cortisol, and testosterone. Additionally, adequate sleep helps improve insulin sensitivity, burn fat, increase working IQ, and generally improves a variety of other variables that make you …

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An Anaerobic Conditioning Set with Aerobic Benefits

The Concept 2 Rower is a staple in our programs. Though many of our remote programming clients, swimmers, and other athletes have a large base of aerobic conditioning from their sport-specific training, the rower provides a variety of benefits that these athletes not otherwise develop. It is rare that we program 1,000m rows and even …

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The Physiology of Performance – Part 1: Understanding the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

An unfortunate setback in the science of human performance is the large emphasis currently placed on muscle physiology as a means of maximizing performance. While obviously the muscles play a critical role in athleticism, the muscular system is completely at the whim of the nervous system; the junction of these two is known categorically as …

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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 46

View the last edition of ‘Featured Fitness Content’ here. Personal Training, Coaching, and Strength & Conditioning 138 | Dane Miller | Country Boys Can Survive Hosted by Zach Even Esh Everything You Need To Know To Write Incredible Programs By Nancy Newell Assess And Correct Leg Dominance  By Jennifer Pilotti via Breaking Muscle Should Your Personal Trainer Be …

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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 44

View the last edition of ‘Featured Fitness Content’ here. Personal Training, Coaching, and Strength & Conditioning Performance Programming Principles: Installment 2  By Eric Cressey The 3 Main Goals of an Assessment By Dean Somerset Step-by-Step Glute Training By Mike Robertson   Weight Loss, Nutrition, and General Health Why You Might Not Need to Learn More About Nutrition By Mike …

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