Fitness Tips

Lateral Band Walks should an integral part of every warmup. When done properly, they do a fantastic job improving hip stability, strengthening the hip abductors—particularly the glute medius—and increasing knee stability. Having strong and stable joints significantly reduces your risk of injury… and who doesn’t want that?! Are you in? Good! Now let’s make sure […]

Although it was once debated, most people now agree that athletes, strength athletes, in particular, need more protein than the average individual. A recent meta-analysis of 49 studies/1863 participants showed that dietary protein supplementation significantly increased changes in 1RM and muscle size-muscle fiber cross-sectional area. In other words, both the strength and size of the […]

Unfortunately, elbow pain is not uncommon among strength athletes. Many lifters occasionally suffer from tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow. The names are somewhat misleading. Most people who experience elbow pain never swing a racquet or a golf club!  WHY DOES IT HURT? Tendons are bands of tough tissue that connect the muscles to the bone. […]

It’s officially summer. And in ATX, that means extremely hot. Unfortunately, air temperature doesn't tell the whole story. The "feels like" temperature, or heat index, is much more accurate. WHY DOES HEAT INDEX MATTER? Sweat EVAPORATION is how your body cools itself. And on humid days, when the air is already saturated with water, sweat evaporates more […]

There’s so much nutritional information out there, and there have been so many fad diets over the years: Low-Fat, Low-Carb, The Grapefruit Diet, Keto, Paleo, the list goes on and on. It can be really overwhelming. Fortunately, there are really only 5 things you need to know in order to look and feel better. Now I'll […]

Breathing seems like a no-brainer. We do it every day, all day long. We even do it in our sleep! How hard can it be? Well, like most things, when it comes to breathing and bracing under a heavy load, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. Here’s what you need to […]