I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to be a journalist for a living. I swore I wouldn’t use this blog to rant (at least not right away) about non-strength and conditioning issues, but a few things frustrated me so deeply that I couldn’t help myself so here it goes… A friend of …
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A training journal is one of the most useful tools on the planet for an athlete. Writing down not just sets and reps, but notes about those reps (such as Rate of Perceived Exertion or something as simple as “my form sucked, gotta do better next time”) can be extremely useful when we go back …
In the first half of this post, we talked about five ways to avoid or minimize elbow pain in a strength training program. Wrist straps, thick bars, forearm exercises, gymnast rings and good pressing technique can all help with elbow discomfort. Here are five more ways to help ailing ‘bows. 6. Pump Up the Triceps …
I was pretty lucky during my college baseball career that I never suffered any of the “traditional” baseball injuries (rotator cuff, labrum, UCL, etc.). Minus a strained oblique during the first week of my senior season (an injury that is becoming more and more prevalent in extension-rotation based sports), I stayed pretty darn healthy despite …
There’s a picture on the wall of the bathroom at Xceleration Sports Training titled “Teamwork,” with the caption, “There is no such thing as a self made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.” While I don’t think this really applies to bathroom activities, it’s 100 percent accurate when it …
