The Training Station Gym

10/20/2021

We're working hard. Of course, on the new location. But also...

At the beginning of the school year, Phil Clark's wife, Shakirra, found out the schoolyard was empty. The couple knew they could help.

07/17/2021

What training plan should I use? Do I need to be on a track? How often should I do intervals? Here are my answers.

07/15/2021

Miriam wants to qualify for Boston. The catch is that she needs to improve her best Marathon performance--by 60 minutes. Can she?

07/03/2021

In this episode, I finish my consultation with Mike, who is a 76-year-old roofer with his own business. His days involve a lot of loading and unloading building materials, and carrying them up and down 3-story-tall ladders. Today we discuss why a very particular regimen of exercise—called neuromot...

06/25/2021

In this episode, I talk to Mike who owns a busy roofing company. The pandemic changed the way that his business operates and, as a result, he found himself out of the office and back on the ladder. He immediately discovered that he wasn’t moving like he used to. To his mind, that was a problem and...

03/20/2021

Two researchers say the donkey calf raise, standing one-leg calf raise, standing two-leg calf raise, or seated calf raises will tone calves.

03/15/2021

Following the American College of Sports Medicine, the reps are the most important variable for the development of strength and mass.

03/06/2021

A physio ball is a labile surface that will increase the difficulty of an exercise, partly because it can suspend the body in space.

02/26/2021

New press for The Training Station Gym!

These Philly Black and Brown businesses didn’t let COVID stop them

02/13/2021

Suspension training is a good way to develop skills and endurance but it may not allow for the precise tracking of progress.

02/06/2021

You can gain muscle while losing weight by combining the right amount of strength training with caloric restriction.

02/02/2021

If you want to venture out in this, we’re open