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Therapeutic Benefits of Cryotherapy
Many options are available to help optimize recovery from training and injuries for athletes and active people. But perhaps none is as effective or efficient as Cryotherapy. Cryotherapy is a form of research-based cold therapy widely used in sports medicine. The primary purpose of this recovery method is to help athletes recover from pre-and post-season injuries. Newer research suggests that Cryotherapy is also suitable for weight loss and performance enhancement due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Cryotherapy may be the game-changer you’ve been looking for.
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Box Your Way To Better Brain Health: 5 Convincing Reasons To Start Punching
Boxing for fitness offers something that many other workouts do not: better brain health.
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What’s Trending in Fitness in 2021
Each year, American College of Sports Medicine releases a comprehensive, global survey of fitness trends in the ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal. Health and Fitness professionals pay close attention to this publication to make critical business decisions, while fitness goers use it to stay on trend.
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No, seriously, how do I lose weight?
Groan. Losing weight is difficult. With so many “diets” and supplements available it’s hard to tease out what “works” and what is actually a waste of time. I’m not sure I have the best news for you but, the truth is, weight loss isn’t easy. Or is it? And we just make it difficult? What I can tell you for certain is this: one third of the United States is considered obese teen obesity is on the rise adults and children are less active now than before US consumers spend billions of dollars on dietary supplements in the US alone, there’s an estimated 88 billion google searches monthly related to…
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Improve Lung Health and Protect Your Immune System With These Vital Behaviors
Maintaining or strengthening lung health and your immune system are key components to fighting viruses, especially ones that affect the respiratory system. With the constant threat of unseen respiratory viruses like COVID-19, we need to have a way to protect ourselves from illness. Though we can’t control what happens outside our home, there are steps we can take to improve our lung capacity, simultaneously boost our immune system, and ensure that the air INSIDE our homes is healthy. First, let’s take an abbreviated look at how the lungs and immune system work together.
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Low Testosterone Got You Down?
Men you are wired to perform. Wired for strength. Wired to protect. Your chemical makeup drives your body to succeed and you have testosterone to thank for that! Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone responsible for sex drive, semen volume, hair loss, bone mass, body fat, red blood cell production, and overall mood. We can all agree that testosterone plays a major role in a man’s day-to-day productivity and overall well-being. Testosterone is also the primary hormone that has a direct effect on skeletal muscle tissue. It promotes growth hormone responses which directly impact the size and potential strength of a muscle.
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Squat your way to better posterior health!
By Camille Panaro, M.S. ES., M.S. Ed. It’s hard to narrow down the best exercises for your body, but there are a few that everyone should do – and do often! Squats are essential to building better posterior health because they mimic daily functional movements. Everyone squats, lunges, or bends down at some point in their day, only some do it with ease and some do it with pain. If you’ve ever noticed a 2 year old squat to pick something up, you will witness perfect squat form. Toddlers naturally use their posterior muscles in a way that adults do not. Toddlers do not suffer from inflexible or tight muscles…
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Intensify Your Training With HIIT
Are you at a stand-still with your weight? Not producing the power needed to break the performance plateau? Can’t seem to improve your running time or just feel stuck? Then High-Intensity Interval Training, otherwise known as HIIT, could be the answer. Trending across the globe for another year are HIIT workouts. This calorie-torching workout has the attention of fitness enthusiasts worldwide. In fact, HIIT has been at or near the top of the ACSM’s Annual Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 7 years straight!
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Prepare your young athlete for success!
With a growing interest in youth strength and conditioning, it is essential to understand developmentally appropriate programming for young athletes.
