Thanksgiving is the ultimate American epicurean celebration that brings family and friends together. Although turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes are synonymous with this holiday, Thanksgiving dishes can vary greatly based on the ingredients used and how they are prepared. Every family has their own unique take on the holiday’s food,…
What are electrolytes? Electrolytes are the charged substances that result from when a salt is dissolved in solution. These positively charged ions can conduct electricity, and are therefore referred to as “electrolytes “. For example, common table salt is sodium chloride. When dissolved in water, it separates into a positively…
Fight or Flights Humans used to have to fight to survive. We had to hunt our food and fight off enormous predators. This stimulus directed our evolution and gave us biological systems that helped us survive life or death situations. In fact, our nervous system is split into two main…
https://youtu.be/HucxOUsGk3s Blue 42… Green 18… Hut-Hut… As football players spend countless hours learning secret plays, practicing drills, and lifting massive weights with the team, it is no secret that specialized endurance training off the field is a must to be successful in the game. Now that football season is in…
https://youtu.be/CY3b9Azrbts To play, compete, and succeed in high impact sports like football, you have to condition your body in all aspects of fitness, including strength, power, and endurance. This workout focuses on power training (Part 2). If you happened to miss the previous strength workout, you can check it out…
https://youtu.be/Twc8c16wMi4 Football season is in full effect and the time is now to improve your performance! We are going to focus on three major facets of training that will be key to boosting your game on the field. This three-part series covers 1) strength, 2) power, and 3) endurance using…
If you want to get serious about your athletic performance, then you have to change the way you look at how you train. It doesn’t mean train harder, although at times you may have to train harder than you ever have. It doesn’t mean you have to train longer, although…
https://youtu.be/xAATIX27I8g When you walk through life standing with good, effortless posture it positively affects your physical and mental health. To others, you appear taller, more confident, and younger. Mentally, you feel higher self-esteem, more assured and maybe even happier. Physically, your body loves it! You breathe fuller with less effort…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN96jhPmnvI&feature=youtu.be What single exercise is simple, delivers great results, and is a baseline exercise for many other movements? Drum roll please…Planks! It’s the perfect “go to” exercise to do when you need something simple and effective, don’t know what to workout, and something you can train everyday. Holding a perfect…
You are planning your 100th birthday, aren’t you? After all, with about 20% of the population having the genetic wherewithal to live to 100, and with enough research in the new field of “epigenetics” showing us how our lifestyle choices can alter our health at the level of our genes,…