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Breast Cancer Awareness Month (and if it's not right now, now is the time as well) is the
perfect time to examine common questions concerning the devastating form
of cancer. About 12% (1 in 8) women are expected to develop invasive
breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2017, an estimated
252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed
among women in the U.S alone. Symptoms of breast cancer can include a
lump in the breast, bloody discharge from the nipple, extreme swelling,
skin changes and/or changes in the shape or texture of the nipple or
breast. Oftentimes breast cancer will not present with any symptoms –
making regular screening very important. Consequent treatment depends on
the stage of cancer; which may consist of chemotherapy, radiation,
and/or surgery.
Considering breast cancer’s high prevalence and distressful effects,
let’s take a look at some frequently asked questions concerning breast
cancer risk and related issues.
Jason Fitz, Dan Graziano and Field Yates preview the Monday Night Football matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and New Orleans Saints, as well as break down the biggest news from Sunday's action including Dak Prescott's horrific injury, Alex Smith's comeback, and more.
The Best Tips For Buying Your Sporting Equipment Online
Author
Gary Rogers
Shopping
online offers plenty of advantages. When you buy online, you can find
the best deals and order exactly what you want without ever having to
leave your home. However, there are disadvantages as well. You won't be
able to see what you're buying ahead of time, and you may have issues
with returns.
That's why you'll want to keep these suggestions in mind when you're
buying sporting equipment online. Follow this advice, and you'll have a
smoother shopping experience.
Buy From Retailers You Can Trust
The experience you'll have while online shopping will vary greatly
based on the retailer that you choose to work with. You should always
purchase equipment like this from a dependable retailer that you can
rely on.
If a vendor that you've had positive experiences with sells sporting
goods, you should consider buying from them again. If you're going to be
placing an order with a vendor that's new to you, it's a good idea to
learn more about them before you add items to your cart.
Prioritize Security
You'll need to input sensitive information when you order items
online, such as credit card numbers. That's why you'll want to take your
security seriously. You should make sure you use a strong password when
creating accounts. You should also make sure that the site you're
shopping at has strong security measures in place.
A lack of security can lead to serious issues, including identity
theft. You'll want to do everything you can to avoid these kinds of
problems. There are plenty of cyber threats you need to worry about when
shopping online, but with a few basic precautions, you'll be able to
avoid these kinds of problems.
Research What You're Buying
You should never buy blind, especially when you're making a major
purchase. Look at product descriptions closely so that you can get a
clearer picture of the products that you're buying. Don't just rely on
images. Look at the measurements and other information in the product
description.
You should also take a closer look at reviews. See what other people
have been saying about the product. Whether this feedback is positive or
negative, it can help you to make the right decision.
Look at Return Policies and Shipping Times in Advance
How long will it take for your equipment to arrive? What options do
you have if you're not satisfied with the equipment that you've bought?
You'll want to have the answers to these kinds of questions before you
place an order.
Vendors should have return policies and shipping information clearly
posted on their site. Take the time to check this information ahead of
time so that you aren't hit by any surprises after you've placed your
order. You'll feel more comfortable shopping with a vendor if you know
what the vendor's policies are.
These are some of the best tips for buying your sporting equipment
online. Follow this advice, and you'll be able to enjoy the perks of
online shopping while avoiding the drawbacks.
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2x Highland World Champion Matt Vincent has competed in weighlifting,
strongman, and powerlifting. All of that time over the last 10 years,
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This is what Matt Vincent has found to be the most useful setup for him
in his garage for now and while he was competing.
Matt Vincent's training is usually focused on mobility, functional
stuff, and strength. One of those he's learned to use over the last
couple years has been mace training. Onnit make some great maces and
incorporating these into his training has helped his shoulders, keep
things moving, and build some strength.
The thought of owning your own home
gym system has run though your mind on way too many occasions, so you
check out the gyms locally to see what brands and types of machinery
they have and use the most, which are also the most effective for the
all in one category. Most of the equipment in the gym you see is Trojan
but some others are brands like Weider or Powertec or Bowflex.
These
are just a few names that are currently competing with the weider home
gym system on the markets today. Since the main feature of the weider
home gym system is the lower price, a lot of beginners are looking at
this product to get fit due to financial or time constraints.
Since
you can pick and choose which weider home gym system would work best
for you, the price range is all about the same, and however there are
higher price ranges with the weider home gym system. This higher priced
weider home gym system would be their latest launch which is digitally
controlled, but also has a few minor problems being digital.
General Info on the Machinery
While
every person has different needs, the use of the weider home gym system
can offer you a multitude of exercises with just one machine. For now
this is all you probably would need as a beginner. But over time you may
wish to upgrade your weider home gym system, and this could prove to be
a bit difficult.
There is no problem with the machinery itself
once you set it up and running. The only complaint so far has been that
the machine does not seem smooth enough while working with it, you have a
good machine that does all it can, but it is not the best home gym
system that you could afford at the time.
Well in the old days if
people filled buckets to lift as weights there was no smoothness in
that either. So what are you complaining really about, that the
machinery may remind you of the stone ages? Well if that is the case, be
prepared to cough up a bit more money for total smoothness out of gym
system and that doesn't matter which brand it is. Compressed air systems
are actually what you seem to be looking for.
Not Much Hope for Adaptability
If
you are still enjoying your Weider home system, you can purchase
accessories and other goodies to add use; it won't be anything different
from what you already have, besides either tighter or shorter
elasticized ropes, or heavier weights to load onto the stackable system.
1. If you don't set your alarm tomorrow morning and get up to meet your clients do you still have an income?
2. Are you on the floor coaching clients less than 20 hours a week?
3. Can you take a vacation or go away for professional development and still generate revenue while you're gone?
If you answered no to all of the above questions you don't have a business, you have a job! Maybe you're making a pretty good living as a "one man show" helping a lot of people while you work around the clock but this can be a recipe for burnout. We call the above stage of business being in the "grind" which is ok temporarily but not a long term sustainable business model.
Looking ahead how can you turn this "job" into a business that gives you freedom to do what you want when you want? Here are a few steps.
1. Leverage your time. You only have so many hours in a day. Starting to look for ways to leverage those hours to getting more done is a huge step. One way to leverage those hours is to start to put systems in place.
2. Systems - Putting systems in place will set you up to build your team. Everything in your business can be systemized so you could hand it off to another team member so you don't always have to be the one doing it. Start with creating a checklist of how you run a training session or a template of how you write a training program. These two systems will make it so much easier to have a team member take over training sessions when you're not there.
There is a kid's book that my son read in first grade called Have You Filled a Bucket Today. In short, “bucket fillers” give you good stuff and help “fill your bucket”. “Bucket dippers” “dip your bucket”. They do things to you that make you feel bad.
As I read the StrengthCoach.comforum the other day, there was a question about in-season programming. The basic gist of the conversation concerned what to do during in-season strength training for wrestling. The strength coach was concerned that the coach did a lot of conditioning (running the hallways and lots of calisthenics) that might detract from or disrupt from the in-season program. She was looking for advice on what to do in-season with these athletes.
My advice was simple. I said: “I guess my feeling would be to fill the empty ‘buckets' for lack of a better term. Don't fill a bucket that's already filled”. If we look at each quantity (strength, power, endurance, conditioning) as a bucket to be filled, the answer becomes simple. Even in strength and conditioning, we want to be bucket fillers. Fill the empty buckets, don't overflow full buckets. If the strength bucket is empty, fill it. If the muscle endurance bucket is already full, leave it alone. Don't complain about who filled it or how, just move to the next bucket.
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Anthony talks to Chris about:
** History of becoming a Crossfit affiliate in his garage, opening a gym and rebranding ** Original Square footage and changes ** What they offer from just Crossfit programming to adding other classes and personal training
Chris gives him a tour of the facility and goes over some facility design topics including: ** Parking ** Having a front desk person ** Lockers as a source for additional revenue ** The importance of a clean gym and the "Zamboni" ** Flooring options ** Unique wall decor ** Custom racks ** The original 500 square feet ** Optimizing floor space ** Sharing bathrooms with the building and adding showers in the space
One subject that keeps coming up is “what is a good time”?
I can provide times for elite Professional Hockey, elite Women's Hockey ( US Olympians and NWHL) , and Elite College Hockey (NCAA Division 1 men's and women's).
I can also provide comparative times for high school and middle school athletes.
However, in order to do so there needs to be a few parameters. Tony Holler's times for Flying 10's are taken in the 30-40 yard segment of a forty yard dash. We would refer to this as a 30 meter fly-in.
The length of the fly-in will obviously influence the time. A longer fly-in will yield a lower time. We experimented with 5, 10 and 15 yard fly-in's and every athlete gets faster as we add 5 yards.
We use a 10 yard fly-in due to space constraints most of the year. Although this may not be optimal, it is what we can do!
In addition, our times are from a standing start using the Brower start block ( not a starting block but, a block feature of the Brower Timer that records start at foot movement). This is a two point start.
The reason this information is important is so that we get an apples to apples comparison.
Here are our times from this past year. A reminder, 10's were done from a 2 point start with electronic timing. Hand held times will not be close and, hand start/ electronic finish will also not be close to our times.
Flying 10's were recorded with a 10 yard fly-in also with a Brower Electronic timer. For flying tens you will need two sets of sensors. These are best times, not averages.
For Episode 64, I head downstairs in my building to hang with Chris Kievit and Mike Luongo in the newly rebranded Evolve Athletic Club in White Plains, NY
Anthony talks to Chris and Mike about:
** How long the new transformation took ** History of previous owner to new owner ** Original Square footage and changes ** Staffing ** Rebranding ** What they Offer, including what's new
Mike and Chris gives him a tour of the facility and go over some facility design topics including: ** Branding on everything ** Having a self check-in ** Using a Chalkboard for marketing and communication with members ** Adding another shower and the amenities ** Deciding whether or not to add a big multi-unit into the gym, decisions on what equipment to keep ** Adding mirrors ** The Dojo- having a private training area within the gym ** The Folding Squat Rack from Perform Better ** Where the gym transitions into recovery ** Having a Massage room ** Adding a “Wellness area” with Infrared Sauna, Cryotherapy Tank and Local Cryo-threrapy Join StrengthCoach.com today to read more..............
Plyometric training is one of the most searched topics in our database. Part of our new emphasis is to make it easier for members to find info so, we are gathering the best articles into compilations for you.
Numerous articles have been written about plyometric training for athletes. Very few have detailed progressive programs that take into account the need for a system of training that can be applied to a broad range of athletes. Although the works of Chu, Radcliffe and Gambetta were outstanding at the time of their writing, very little has been written in the last ten years that connects our current knowledge of functional training with how to design and implement a system of plyometric exercises. In order to fully understand plyometrics, we must look at basics like terminology, volume and frequency.
Terminology
The first area that needs to be addressed in the area of plyometric training is terminology. The language of plyometrics must be universal so that any coach or athlete can view the program of any other coach or athlete and understand the exercises without photos or video. The discrepancies in terminology were first brought to my attention by Mike Clark of the National Academy of SportsMedicine. Clark pointed out in a 2000 lecture that many coaches currently used names to describe plyometric exercises that were not properly descriptive of the movement.
Clark went on to detail the types of exercises and the specific actions:
One area we get lots of questions about is training endurance athletes like distance runners or triathletes. We've pulled together some articles geared specifically to this population. Join StrengthCoach.com to access the below articles....
Training the Endurance Athlete- Michael Boyle (Preview below)
Triathlete Case Study- Tim Crowley
Single Leg Strength for Endurance Athletes- Getting a Leg Up On The Competition- Tim Crowley
Training the Endurance Athlete w/ Jon Messner- Strengthcoach Podcast Episode 199
Why Endurance Training Lacks Staying Power- Alwyn Cosgrove
Foam Rolling Compilation - Michael Boyle
The Static Stretching Renaissance- Michael Boyle
Training the Endurance Athlete (Strength Coach Classic)
Michael Boyle
Training endurance athletes can be a goldmine for personal trainers and strength coaches if you can understand their mentality. Truth is endurance athletes have a lot of qualities that make them desirable clients. They are generally motivated, in need of help and often affluent. In fact, triathletes, runners and rowers far outnumber team sport athletes in the adult population.
The first question you need to ask yourself in order to understand the endurance athlete is "Why are they an endurance athlete?". The answer generally comes in one of four parts.
1. Genetic predisposition- they've always been good at endurance activity 2. Mental predisposition- they've always been a type A personality. 3. Endurance training provides a competitive outlet into adulthood. 4. A combination of 1, 2, and 3 You might ask yourself "Does it matter why they are an endurance athlete?". It does matter because personality characteristics and genetic predisposition are at first a positive but, can rapidly become a negative. High levels of motivation and drive can initially produce great results. However often they also produce injuries. I believe that what makes you train hard also makes you train hurt. The truth is that endurance training probably isn't good for you. However, no endurance athlete wants to hear that. This is what they do and they are not about to change because you or I think the risk of injury is too high. So if you can't change them you might as well help them. If you can't beat em, train em. In order to train the endurance athete you need to understand how he or she thinks. This involves something I have decided to call The Endurance Cycle. The cycle is illustrated below. The Endurance Cycle-Train--- Injury--- Rehab/PT---- -Train--- Injury--- Rehab/PT---- -Train--- Injury--- Rehab/PT---- -Train--- Injury--- Rehab/PT---- The cycle is simple. Train hard until you get hurt. Call your PT (who by now is like a family friend) rest and repeat. This is so prevalent that I have coined another term "The Endurance Conversation". This is a typical conversation overheard between two endurance athletes. Endurance athlete 1 Question- "Are you training or injured?" Endurance athlete 2 Answer - " Well I just got over _ _ _ itis and I've being running in the pool.." To you or I, this may seem like a strange conversation but, between two endurance athletes. This is a "how's the weather conversation?". Endurance athletes view injury as a reasonable expectation and are not surprised when it happens. In fact, my theory is that the entire physical therapy profession owes a great debt to the early aerobic proponents of the seventies. As a kid growing up playing sports I had never heard of a physical therapist. Physical therapists were put on the map by endurance athletes and their "itises". Endurance athletes fueled the physical therapy boom and today they continue to provide some of physical therapies best patients. To be honest, PT's love these guys. They are like crack addicts to them. Another thing that has become very common in the endurance world is the revolving door of what I like to call "The Injury Progression". The injury progression is illustrated below. Join StrengthCoach.com today to read the full article and more....
On the evening of May 30, 2015 I sat in Terminal E of Boston's Logan Airport waiting to board a flight to Rome, Italy, wondering if I had made a monumental mistake in taking the position of Head Performance Coach for AS Roma in Italy's Serie A.
This decision meant moving my family across the Atlantic for an adventure fraught with more than the usual amount of uncertainties. Yet, three and half years later, with my feet firmly planted back in the USA, I am happy to report that the decision produced one of the most professionally and personally fulfilling experiences of my life to date.
In the paragraphs that follow I will discuss what I thought were the most important lessons from my time at AS Roma.
Movement Is a Skill
For those of us who have worked in the field for any significant length of time, we have likely developed a good eye for movement. For Performance Coaches it is one of the ways in which we evaluate athletes on a consistent basis. The quality and efficiency with which an athlete starts, stops, changes direction, and performs general and sports specific movements alike, provides important data points in their profile.
Having seen and tested many athletes spanning half a dozen professional sports over the last twenty years and noting the vast discrepancy in the quality of the movement, I have come to firmly believe that movement is a skill, and like any skill, it can be improved when the right type of training and coaching is applied.
Yet, there seems to be a prevailing thought in the European soccer community that once a player reaches the top level he or she no longer needs to be coached in the finer points of movement. However, in my experience many top-level players have achieved top level status through incredible technical skill and talent that effectively hide significant movement deficiencies.
The majority of these players have never been exposed to quality movement training as they get transferred from one team to the next. This is starting to change at the academy level of many large clubs but needs to continue to evolve and be applied at every level, including the top levels, even in small doses as part of the warm-up or team gym sessions to reinforce high quality movement patterns that produce better performance and mitigate the potential for injuries. From what I have witnessed, the biggest objection to integrating movement skills training into practice sessions is lack of time.....Join StrengthCoach.com to read the full article....
I love Trap Bar jumps. I wish I could say who gave me this idea as I'd love to give them credit.
In any case, to properly discuss Trap bar Jumps, we need some context. I love Olympic lifts but, I also know they are not for everyone. All our athlete programs, except our baseball program, begin with Olympic lifts. However in our summer Pro Hockey group we have a number of athletes who have never trained with us before and are either unfamiliar with Olympic lifts, don't want to Olympic lift, or both.
This means that we need an alternative explosive exercise. In some cases we did additional jumps, in other swings, and in others we used our MVP Shuttle or Vertimax.
When we started to Trap Bar Jump, this quickly became our go-to exercise for power with athletes that were not Olympic lifting.
Before we get too carried away, lets talk a bit about “how” we do these. We know our “why” is explosive power development but, “how” can get a bit fuzzy. Our idea as to “how” to do Trap Bar Jumps comes from the work of JB Morin. JB's actual work was in sled sprinting but, if you bear with me you'll see how the two ideas mesh.
JB has spent years investigating the correct way to determine loads for sled sprints. To make a long story short, JB's extensive research basically led him to conclude that the sled load should result in a time that is 150% of the unloaded time at the same distance. This means that the correct load for a guy who runs a 1.5 sec 10 yard dash is a load that caused him to run a 2.25 sec 10 yard sled sprint. The big key point here is that load is not based on the athletes bodyweight but is based on how the load effects his speed.
Sean SkahanStrength and Conditioning Coach- Minnesota Wild
I believe that in-season strength training is critical to the overall health and success of both the team and the individual player's during the hockey season. We try to get in as many strength training sessions as we can even though our schedule isn't the most in-season lifting friendly. It is not uncommon for us to train immediately after games and on practice days 2 days before games.
One belief that I have always had is that our players should not strength train on the day prior to a game day.
I believe in insuring that our players are fresh and ready to go physically when the puck drops. This is something that I have always done and, I believe it to be a successful application of the right amount of strength training during the in-season period.
Recently the league mandated that there has to be 4 days per month where players have a complete day off. This means there are several times when we may have a day off, followed by a practice day, and then a game day. There have been times when these practices have occurred. I have always felt that I wished we would have done something else prior to practice other than some soft tissue work and a dynamic warm up. These types of practices (post off day) can be a little harder from a work-ethic perspective as sometimes the coach feels that he needs to increase the intensity to prepare for the upcoming game.
What we have started to do during the past few seasons is implement a low-volume circuit that consists of complex training/PAP.
Complex training is the pairing of a higher load strength exercise with a biomechanically similar plyometric movement.
PAP (Post-Activation Potentiation) is the activating/excitation of the nervous system as a result of the strength exercise. For example, complexes can consist of pairing exercises such as front squats/hurdle hops and bench press/med ball chest passes.
The sessions take place when our players come in before practice after a day off with a game the next day. Although we will institute of phase of complex training/PAP during the off-season program, we previously haven't done it too much in-season.
What we have seen is that our practices have been done at a higher pace and players seem more prepared when doing this type of circuit prior.
Whether we call it “activation" exercises or something more scientific- is not a great concern as long as we get something out of the workout. The most important aspect to me as a strength and conditioning coach is hearing positive feedback from our players. I realize that it's ok to try different concepts during the season because the in-season phase can get very monotonous. It also allows me to get more time with our players. I believe that this is important from a culture perspective as it is another opportunity for our players to train together.
It's important to note that our in season complex training is nowhere near the volume and intensity of what we would do during the off-season program.
For example, in the off-season, we complex the front squat with hurdle hops. Our front squat load would be for 5 repetitions for 3-4 sets with 5 hurdle hops done immediately after each set. Although we will use some higher intensities during our standard strength training sessions during the season, we won't go near that same intensity and volume during these in-season sessions.
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