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Most basketball players are focused on getting a better vertical without giving a thought to preparing and training for the landings. Great leaping ability can be a dangerous thing if you don’t also have good landing skills, tolerance, and preparation. Poor landing strategies can lead to either traumatic injuries or slow onset overuse injuries.
I am not someone who you would call a 'runner', but once I learned more about Plummer Youth Promise, I knew that I had to get involved.
I’m always keeping an eye for training equipment that can make the workout experience and environment better. Here are a few items I’ve enjoyed using in 2019 and look forward to incorporating more in 2020
Basketball players need to remember that what goes up must come down. You better training for your landings as much as your jumps. Landing and slowing your body down is a skill. You need to prepare for it. Not only do you need to learn and acquire the skills of landing, but you need to prepare your muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones to tolerate the landings.
Oh, the things you hear around the gym! There are dozens of silly myths flying around the gym and it’s a problem. If you have the wrong facts, then how will you get the right results? Let’s debunk some of the most common myths of the gym so you can get your facts straight and get more out of your time and effort at the gym.
I use to make excuses that there was never enough time to exercise. I was sedentary at my job. I would always put off exercise and/ or diet routine for later on, after the holidays or in the new year. My energy level decreased and my waistline expanded. I felt like I let myself down and I was just avoiding and running away from finding a work-life balance. I put on a good front but was secretly so sad inside my body.
When I began [TDAE Nutrition] Coaching, I thought that losing a certain amount of pounds would change my body image. I now realized that the extra weight was just a lot of baggage I was carrying around with me. It was the small steady changes day to day and shedding all the self-doubt and lack of confidence that has enabled me to figure out how I want to live my life on my terms.
This is one client's experience with TDAE Nutrition Coaching after working with us for 12 months. This rockstar has made incredible progress, both inside and out, through daily dedication and taking small actions that over time, have added up to big results.
Now, they want to help YOU. With extreme generosity, they have offered to sponsor a worthy candidate for 6 months of free Nutrition Coaching!
To apply, please answer the question below and include your response in email to nutrition@tdathletesedge.com by Monday, November 18th, including your name and phone number.
Our rockstar client will pick the winner, who will then be notified by TDAE directly on Monday, November 25th.
Ryan Healy, BS Exercise/Sport Science, CSCS, has been a certified personal trainer for over 13 years and is a Level 2 certified nutrition coach through world-renowned Precision Nutrition. She is passionate about helping people change their lifestyle habits with support, guidance, and compassion along with helping clients train around their injuries so they can move better, feel stronger, and get more of what they want out of life.
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The goal of this article is to serve as a complete 1-Leg RDL exercise progression guide, action-packed with 4 sections and 16 exercises in total. The 1-Leg RDL exercise can be a tricky one for most folks. This guide is meant to be simple and user-friendly.
Do you work with clients who want to feel strong, powerful and athletic in a safe and effective manner? Good – we do too here at TD Athletes Edge in Salem, MA!
Before we jump in here head first, let’s start by saying that the Turkish Get-Up (TGU) is a highly intricate, multifaceted exercise that demands mastery and ownership of each specific position from start to finish. It’s crucial to understand the fact that this is a highly-skilled movement that requires patience, effort and consistency over time.
In part 3 of this series, you’ll learn various strategies to prevent the wheels from falling off in the future. Think of this as a menu of options, and you can choose which ones stand out to you as the most helpful, then implement one at a time and work out the kinks so that you’re consistently acting on them.
Let’s start by saying that the Kettlebell (KB) Swing is a comprehensive exercise that requires many components and a high level of skill mastery. This is NOT a starting point for most folks.
Welcome to Part 2 of our blog series: When the Wheels Fall Off. You know those times when you’ve been really adherent to a certain style of eating, and then you have that day?
Have you ever watched the Biggest Loser marathon that airs on New Year’s Eve and vowed to follow through on your own resolution to finally transform your physique? Or maybe resolved to reclaim your athleticism after watching a ripped 70- year old Chuck Norris crush a Total Gym workout, then tried to change your nutrition and fitness habits all at once starting January 1st?
What happens to your eating and nutrition patterns when your schedule and life routine get out of whack? Anything from travel, an intense work project, personal life mayhem or even just missing your Sunday trip to the grocery store due to a busy weekend can result in getting kicked out of your nutrition A-game.
Each year I like to put my thoughts to paper on things I'm grateful for and what I'm excited about. 2018 was has been special for TD Athletes Edge as we've been able to build and grow as a team in a way that we never have before. I'm grateful and excited to be a part of our TD Athletes Edge team.
Growing up, I detested salads. You’d never find me eating one unless I was at Grandma’s, which was a ‘If you don’t try everything on your plate it’s rude’ scenario.
Have you ever gone to a Mexican fast food chain and ordered a burrito the size of Shaq’s size 22 foot?
If your mornings are rushed like mine, you need an easy breakfast. Unfortunately, traditional easy options like muffins, pancakes, bagels, cereal, and flavored oatmeal or yogurts are often highly processed and loaded with added sugar, oils, gums, and unwanted extras.
