Anyone having experienced pain in their elbow while bench pressing knows it can be a frustrating ordeal. For those who have not, imagine entering the […]
Category: Exercise Science
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease With Hardiness Coaching
Like a leaky roof, do we patch the hole and hope for the best? Or do we replace and restore it and do the maintenance […]
Maximize Bench Press Form by Addressing These Issues
The ability to perform horizontal pushing patterns, like a chest press is an essential component of anyone’s movement capability. Perhaps one of the most utilized […]
How to Do a Plank With 4 Variations: Position & Form
Do you remember the recent social media “planking” fad where individuals would perform planks in some precarious and curious places? While some were photoshopped to […]
Can (And Should) You Exercise With COVID-19?
COVID-19 has spread worldwide, causing the fifth documented pandemic in history since the 1918 flu pandemic (Liu et al., 2020). The pandemic has had a […]
NASM-CPT Podcast Finalist for ShareCare Award
We’re very excited to announce that our own NASM-CPT Podcast hosted by Rick Richey is a finalist for the 2021 Sharecare Awards. These awards are put on by Share Care, a […]
6 Tips to Keep Health Goals in Mind When Returning Back to Work
Many organizations have started asking their employees to return to work onsite after they had been working remotely during the last year and a half […]
5 Fitness Motivation Tips to Get and Stay Motivated to Workout
Motivation is one of those “squishy” ideas. We intuitively know what we are talking about when we speak about motivation, but it can be very […]
How Much Physical Activity is Enough? Recommendations for The Week
Before we can begin to answer the question of how much activity is enough, we need to consider what fitness means. Fitness is synonymous with […]
Peripheral Heart Action Training
We know that weight loss or body fat reduction is largely based on a numbers game. And “working out” is a way of controlling the […]