Experiencing a sports injury is a profound challenge that affects athletes not only physically but also mentally. Athletes invest immense effort and passion into their sport, making setbacks due to injury particularly devastating. Beyond the physical pain and limitations, the mental toll can be significant. The journey of recovery involves more than just rehabilitation of… Continue reading Guest Post: Useful Tips for Recovering Mentally After a Sports Injury
Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a practice that sounds very complicated and clinical, but it’s actually something everyone can do at home, at the office or anywhere else without any equipment. This exercise helps minimize stress and other negative emotional symptoms of stress like anxiety and insomnia. PRM is a perfect tool that can be… Continue reading Guest Post: History and development of Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Sleep is a vital part of every human's life. Without good and restful sleep, a person will become disoriented, tired, and stressed. If you want to have good physical and mental health, you must ensure that you get enough sleep. Sleep is one of the ways that elite athletes recover from the intense training that… Continue reading Guest Post: Historical importance of sleep quality in AthletesÂ
Aside from your mental state, which is entirely within your capacity to control, there are two other items that you can fully regulate most of the time as well: your diet and the amount of rest you obtain. Both are as essential in building strength and size as is exercise. Strength is built on solid… Continue reading Bradley J. Steiner, ‘Diet And Rest’, Powerlifting (1972)
Chronic low back pain is one of the physical ailments plaguing athletes and fitness enthusiasts today. It comes from the strenuous exercises that they endure each day. To deal with these and other pains, many athletes turn to drugs. However, pain relievers are just a temporary relief and are often quite expensive. There are other… Continue reading Guest Post: Benefits of taking cold baths and showers after a workout
Three in the afternoon ...fading fast. Workout's at five. Gotta get psyched. Maybe take a walk or something. Coffee? That's the ticket. I'm dead! If science has shown us anything about the mid afternoon slump in energy, it's that you shouldn't fight it. It's a universal characteristic, it's normal, it's good, and it certainly isn't… Continue reading Frederick C. Hatfield, ‘Get Lazy for Best Muscle Gains’ (1991)
Whether you’re an Olympic lifter, powerlifter, strongman, or crossfitter, there’s this cliquish attitude in the iron sports that what ‘we’ do is better than the other. Now it’s a lot less than it used to be, at least form what we can see on the internet. But it is still holding a lot of us… Continue reading Guest Post: Being Open-minded as an Iron Addict…Try Yoga!
The following infographic comes from the good folks over at Casper, highlighting both the importance of sleep for adults and how to increase the sleep you’re already getting. If you're not already familiar with Casper, they are a company that sells sheets, pillows and mattresses. Though we usually focus on how to tire the body out, the following… Continue reading Sleep Like a Champion!
