mobility

Introducing APEX Training Protocols by Ruthless Performance

If you’ve trained with Ruthless Performance–either online or remotely–for any period of time, you’ve likely been on one of our proprietary Ex Phys Intervention (EPI) programs. The APEX Training Protocols are our latest version of the Ex Phys Interventions. And just as we strive to maximize, improve, and build champion athletes, we also strive to improve what we …

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Internal Program Review: Enhancing Power Transfer in a Collegiate Golfer

Tiger Woods reportedly has a bench press 1RM of somewhere around 300 lbs. (up to 350 lbs. by some estimates) and evidently Rory McIlroy is a known gym rat. Regardless of these reports, the facts are in regarding the the efficacy of strength training in pursuit of a better golf game–strength training works. Like most …

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Internal Program Review: Strength Programming For a CrossFit Athlete with Patellar Tendonitis – Day 1

Since our Internal Program Review Series has been getting consistently positive feedback, I’m going to continue today with a look at a Day 1 from one of our comprehensive programming athletes. This particular client is a CrossFit enthusiast and upland hunter who has been regularly supplementing his training with Ruthless Performance programs for some time. Though this is more of a …

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Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning for Paddleboarders

Given that Ruthless Performance is based out of a land-locked state, the paddleboarding or surfing communities are not populations which we traditionally cater to, but given my own predisposition to the sport (surf when I’m on the west coast, paddleboard on the east…), I’ve spent some time thinking about the demands of paddleboarding, as well …

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Why Do Ruthless Performance Workouts Use the Same Mobility Drills in the Warm-Up and Cool-Down?

Most of the programs that we design and implement at Ruthless Performance have some meticulously detailed cool-down for an athlete to do following their last exercises of the day. And in most cases these are some combination of mobility drills, breathing techniques, or myofascial release strategies. Past all of the very significant reasons that a …

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Internal Program Review: Corrective Exercise Program for an Elite Female CrossFit Athlete

Throughout the entirety of my college tenure and time as a collegiate strength & conditioning coach, I was extremely averse to CrossFit. Though my stance hasn’t changed much regarding CrossFit as a means of enhancing athletic prowess, it has changed considerably towards using CrossFit as a means of enhancing fitness in the general population as …

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Internal Program Review: High School Swimmer Pre-Season Strength Training – Day 2

With the vast expanse that is the winter swim season raipidly approaching, I wanted to take the time to yet again detail one of our swimming programs. In this particular case, we’re going to explain the Ruthless Performance methods that made this program so effective. To provide context for this case study, we will be …

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Featured Fitness Content: Volume 48

View the last edition of ‘Featured Fitness Content’ here. Personal Training, Coaching, and Strength & Conditioning Does Shaving Improve Swimming Performance? By Allan Phillips via Swimming Science   Weight Loss, Nutrition, and General Health The 12 Most Effective Ways to Spark the Recovery Process By John Rusin Are Nightshade Vegetables Bad for You? An Evidence-Based Look By Kimberly Yawitz …

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