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3 Reasons Why Swimmers Need Strength Training
Swimming is a unique sport. It’s one of the only sports for which you don’t have to be upright and control your body against gravity. Because of this, strength training often takes a back seat to more hours spent in the pool. Coaches and swimmers also mention that: There aren’t high levels of carryover from dryland workouts to swimming in the pool. Strength training takes time away from athletes who could be practicing in the pool.
How to Fix 2 Big Mistakes Athletes Make With High-Intensity Interval Training
It's human nature to constantly search for the bigger, better thing. What's more effective than what I'm doing now? What will give me the biggest results in the shortest time? The fitness industry takes advantage of this constant search for something better and bombards us with advertising on what that "next big thing" may be.
How to Hit a Triple Bodyweight Deadlift
In order to hit a triple bodyweight deadlift, you're going to have to deadlift more weight more frequently. And knowing the unique anatomy of your body will allow you to choose the best variation of the deadlift to train. You can either pull conventionally or widen your base into a sumo or semi-sumo stance. The variation you choose should be based on five anatomical considerations: hip rotation, hip flexion, head of femur placement in hip socket, and femur and arm length.
Why Improving Flexibility Isn't Always a Good Thing
If you can easily fold your body in half or slide into splits like a gymnast, there's no doubt your level of flexibility is impressive. But it can cause some problems in the weight room if you're not careful. First and foremost, we need to establish that a high level of flexibilty isn't a good thing. Athletes need to be able to move through the ranges of motion required by the movements they perform in their sport and workouts.
3 Ways to Fix Bad Squat Form
Back Squatting tends to make its way into most strength training programs. So why is this exercise so commonly performed? It likely has to do with its usage in powerlifting, popularity among bodybuilding legends, and it's a sure-fire way to build lower-body strength. RELATED: Front Squat vs.
The Colorado Experiment: Fact or Fiction
The Colorado Experiment took place in May of 1973 at Colorado State University. The purpose of the experiment was to produce a high level of muscular growth by training Casey Viator every other day, or 14 times in 28 days, in a supervised university setting. Nautilus-inventor Arthur Jones personally trained Casey for every workout. Training was intense, progressive, and involved a negative-only repetition style on 50 percent of the exercises.
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