MAST Fitness

10/23/2024

Lifting weights is healthier for the heart than going for a run or a walk, new research has found.

09/20/2024

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSCA.PersonalTrainersSIG/permalink/2801125686730138/

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09/13/2024

"If my son plays hockey, shouldn't he do strength and conditioning with all hockey players? Doesn't he need some super specific training?"

Not likely. He's getting hockey training at practice.

Your hockey player probably needs to get stronger and faster. So does the lacrosse midi, basketball forward and soccer defender he hangs out with at school.

In an ideal world...

Strength and conditioning training is designed to get you stronger, faster and more agile. (And to help you have a better chance at staying injury-free!)

Practice is designed to help you get better at your sport.

09/13/2024

IS YOUR TRAINING SESSION TOO EASY?

Do this ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

If you are attending a training session or practice and you are a rockstar athlete or feel like you are "above everyone else," the problem often isn't the workout, the players or the environment - it's probably you.

You're not always going to be in perfect environment with all the best tools and teachers. In fact, that rarely happens.

Next time something is too easy in the weight room or at practice, here are a few options:

1. Lift heavier.

2. Change your tempo.
Try a 3/1/1 tempo.

3. Play with your non dominant hand.

4. Keep moving during small-sided drills and games.
Look at this as an opportunity to build your gas tank.

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If you are an athlete and feel like you are too good for the basics, remember this quote from Michael Jordan.

"The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing."

If you are open-minded and always looking for different ways to improve, there's always an opportunity!

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08/23/2024

From Jeff Young of the NSCA's Special Populations SIG posted this today. Physical Therapy should be the starting point of rehabilitation. My thoughts exactly.

"To improve the health of neural, muscular, and skeletal tissue you have to train (progressively overload) them for everything they're capable of adapting to both from a physiological and biomotor standpoint (e.g., endurance [local muscle and cardiovascular], strength, power, hypertrophy, flexibility, balance, coordination, speed, agility).
From a physiological standpoint, you do this by training across the ~4 to 15 repetition spectrum in resistance training, dialing (up and down) volume, intensity, and rest in a structured, periodized fashion, and including both moderate and high-intensity aerobic training.
This is why strength & conditioning is the graduate-level form of physical therapy/rehab. Physical therapy is a start point. Lifelong strength & conditioning is necessary for optimal tissue health."

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07/29/2024

Maximizing our “Health Spans” is my driving passion for everything we do. Dr. Peter Attia is one of my favorite mentors when it comes to this topic.

07/16/2024

Your strength span helps determine your lifespan. Use it or lose it applies here too.

07/09/2024

https://mikereinold.com/one-step-back-take-two-steps-forward/

Taking a step back in your training or rehabilitation to take two steps forward doesn't have to be negative. It's still progress.

07/03/2024

IMPO, Andy is someone all Personal Trainers should learn from. He knows what he is talking about.

06/14/2024

Still believe in the “Lipid hypothesis “ after watching this?