I came into the new year as most of us do, with a list of things I want to accomplish, change, explore in the new year. My “modest” list of New Year’s Resolutions (included below). One of the big ones on my list this year was to increase the amount of writing I do and
A lot of the clients I work with have currently or have had in the past a chronic injury or pain that has persisted despite rest, alternative activities, maybe some PT and or massage, and the question that usually comes up is “what’s wrong and will doing this lifting/exercising hurt or help?” Well in short,
So this past summer, for the second time in as many years, I metaphorically took my life and tossed it in the air and waited to see what happened. I moved out of my house (and put stuff in storage), quit my job to focus on GDH, and moved myself up to New Rochelle for
I was having a conversation today with the owner of RPM Athlete Performance in Boston, brainstorming how we can get more of our athletes up there into the gym on a more regular basis. During the course of the conversation, he mentioned a conversation he had with the father of two athletes. The gist of
This is a post that is coming a bit off the cuff but it's on a topic that everyone has heard of and with different things currently going on around me, I have been getting a bit fired up regarding the idea of continuing education and why it should be a staple to any professional,
Full disclosure, this next part is stuff that I learned from Dan John, so in no way shape or form am I claiming credit for coming up with this idea... but its awesome and 100% applicable to older individuals. The foundation for this exercise series is simple, if you were to have someone sit on
As fitness professionals and individuals who respect the concept of developing solid and functional movement patterns, when we are working with older individuals, usually our primary concern is keeping their stamina up, their joints and bones strong and healthy, and focusing on helping them remain as active as possible. For a lot of us that
We all have that one athlete, no matter what you try, no matter how long you work on something with them, they just never seem to get it. I do not believe its entirely their fault. As a coach, I have run into people that have forced me to change my perspective on how to
What is heart rate recovery and why is it important? Heart rate recovery (HRR) is the difference between an individual’s heart rate at the immediate end of exercise and sometime afterwards, usually 30 seconds to one-minute post exercise. HRR is directly influenced by parasympathetic stimulation and sympathetic withdrawal, meaning that theoretically, a measure of HRR
May, L., Glaros, A., Yeh, H., Clapp, J. F., & Gustafson, K. M. (2010). Aerobic exercise during pregnancy influences fetal cardiac autonomic control of heart rate and heart rate variability. Early Human Development, 86, 213-217. Overview: In this article, researchers were looking at the effects of moderate to vigorous cardiovascular exercise during pregnancy on
