After 15-20 years of hard training, your body feels different and it may be time to rethink your fitness routine. Joints hurt. Mobility suffers.You may be at a crossroads, but refuse to start taking it “easier”. I get it. For me, I routinely use microcycles (weekly training) or mesocycles (4-6 …
Unfortunately, vitamin D deficiencies are incredibly common. If you aren't getting enough of this necessary nutrient, you're at risk of developing serious health problems. While diet changes and supplements can help, regular sweat sessions outdoors are a great way to boost your vitamin D levels and decrease your risk of …
Tracking HRV over time can be a useful tool in identifying imbalances in our autonomic nervous system (ANS), which regulates many aspects of our biology including all aspects of our cardiovascular system like blood pressure, heart rate, etc. High HRV is associated with better overall health, including greater cardiovascular health and less …
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE We can all agree that eating healthy is the foundation for health, longevity and even performance. What isn’t so clear is how to do it in a world filled with more temptation and less time than ever. So, we decided to ask some of America’s top...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE by Alan Bishop The majority of people looking to lose weight tend to get caught up on a few pieces of the puzzle while never seeing the big picture in its entirety. I am in a unique position where I get the opportunity to work with elite-level...
For your body to function properly, the trillions of cells inside it must communicate constantly. When these cells’ ability to send and receive signals is compromised, the breakdown in communication can lead to a wide range of chronic and metabolic conditions. Some...
In sports medicine, an injury is anything that acutely or chronically disrupts anatomical function or generates pain. Acute and chronic injuries cause damage in different ways, so tailoring and fine-tuning are essential to the recovery process for both types....
You have to plan a lot of things around your cycle, but did you know that includes your health and fitness routine? If you’re physically active, then the complex hormone changes you experience each month can pose several unique nutritional and training challenges....
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE Athletes are unique individuals. The attributes necessary to succeed in a sport encompass much more than “God-given genetics.” Don’t get me wrong: There are certain attributes we can’t develop in the weight room, such as height or wingspan, and...
Gaining weight. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? For the “throw caution to the wind, completely sedentary and willing to shove anything in their mouths” type of individual, weight gain is very easy. For the rest of us, (you know, the folks who are very thoughtful about how...
Fitness goals commonly focus on eating higher-quality foods and burning the resulting energy with more effective exercise. But sleeping often and well enough to recover from that physical activity is just as important if you want to reach optimum levels of health...
I have used finishers with my athletes for the past 16 years, and have had unbelievable results. In preparation for our basketball season under a new head coach this year, he told me he wanted our athletes to be ready to play 90+ possessions every game. I paused...
One of the latest nutritional trends to catch steam in the health world is “intermittent fasting.” Simply defined, intermittent fasting (IF) is the concept of cycling between predetermined fasting and feeding times. Although IF has been around for many years, its...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE Stress is your body’s built-in survival mechanism. Our ancestors tapped into this response to fight or outrun predators, and today, our bodies are still primed to survive emergency situations. The problem is that stress today isn’t the same as...
As the director of sports performance for men’s basketball at the University of Houston, I know nutrition plays a key role in the development of my student athletes. When I first started here, in May 2017, it was clear that our guys had been training hard prior to...
