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Suspension Training for Core Conditioning
"All Core All The Time" It might sound like just another tag line that is the concoction of a slick marketing team, but it is actually a simple, apt description of how our bodies must function to succeed in sport and life. And it is exactly how suspension training leverages body weight and gravity to simultaneously develop strength, balance, flexibility,and core stability. |
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Applying Suspension Training to Football
Traditionally football players have relied on basic, heavy lifts like hang cleans, squats, dead lifts and bench presses to build strength. Today almost all programs have some form of traditional training in place. To separate themselves from the pack, some NCAA and NFL programs have added suspension training techniques to their program to help enable their players to reach their peak potential. |
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The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective Nutritional Programs
Conflicting advice is everywhere, and you're stuck in the middle. You wonder whether anyone out there even knows what they're talking about, or whether the experts will ever reach a consensus on anything. You start to wonder whether you'll need a degree in nutritional biochemistry before you can lose...
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Tips for Effective Core Training
Are you sure that you are getting everything you can out of your core routine? With all of the new developments in core training, it's difficult to keep up with the latest and most effective tools and techniques. Though the core has become a mainstream concept, most exercisers have a clouded view of what exactly the core consists of, its importance and what the best ways are to activate it... |
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Cold Weather Training
Whether it's having your training sessions restricted to climate-controlled indoor environments or dealing with inclement weather in your outdoor workouts, many people find winter a challenging time to keep their fitness program on track... |
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Planar Training
Imagine for a moment that there are no individual muscles. No simple groups to target. What if all we had to work with were our various joints and the movements that they are capable of? Letting go of our traditional muscle-based approach to strength training and understanding how the body actually moves are the first steps to integrating a planar training approach to program design. ... |
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Glute Activation: Optimizing the Function of the Posterior Power Center
One of the hottest topics of discussion in the fitness industry recently has been centered on how to optimize glute function. As we begin to recognize the massive roll that this muscle group plays in most movement, it is no wonder that it is one of the largest muscle groups in the human body.... |
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Functional Suspension Training for Athletes
Strength training utilizing suspended bodyweight began more than 150 years ago. Generations of acrobats and gymnasts have used their own bodyweight and gravity as resistance--suspended from rings, ropes, and trapeze bars--to generate tremendous, strength and the astonishing physiques that are a hallmark of these athletes.... |
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Functional Training vs. Weight Training
Functional training originated as a form of injury rehabilitation with exercises that are relevant to the movements of everyday life. Many traditional workout programs limit performance in specific hobbies, sports or daily movements... |
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NSCA: Tactical Strength & Conditioning Report
Suspension training is used in the TSAC training program with both soldier and police. At the NSCA Human Performance Center (HPC) we use suspension training for recovery workouts as well as high intensity workouts... |
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