by jill123lewis | Dec 6, 2021 | Nutrition, Podcast, Recovery, Training, Uncategorized
In this episode we discuss why recovery matters so much, how to set up your nutrition for good recovery, how to monitor your recovery, and how to make nutrition changes when you see a decline in recovery. Need some guidance? Apply to work with Kristin and her team on...
by jill123lewis | Nov 22, 2021 | Gym, Healthy Lifestyle, Podcast, Recovery, Training
In this episode we are joined by coaches Mike Tuchscherer and John Garafano of Reactive Training Systems. Mike is credited with bringing RPE to the lifting community so when we wanted to do an episode on what RPE is all about, we knew they were our guys. We discuss...
by jill123lewis | Sep 13, 2021 | Healthy Lifestyle, Podcast, Recovery, Training, Uncategorized
Today we covered a listener’s requested topic: how to prevent and treat burnout as an athlete. We go over what it is, what symptoms you might experience, how to modify life and training to help, and steps you can take to make sure you don’t get to that place...
by Female Strength Academy | Sep 10, 2019 | blog, Recovery, Training
Sleep is one of the most important and underrated aspects of strength training recovery. Sleep is widely overlooked in the strength world, and only in recent years has caught the attention of lifters across the globe.Great, but what is sleep anyway, and how does it...
by Mary Morton | May 22, 2019 | blog, Nutrition, Recovery
The big question: Does supplementing with caffeine and/or creatine help improve performance in skill-related tasks after an athlete has been deprived of a full night’s rest (7-9hrs)? Or better yet, can creatine and/or caffeine increase brain function in sleep deprived...
by Kristin Lander | Apr 2, 2019 | blog, Recovery
In this study, the use of the sauna for recovery in athletes was investigated. Heat shock proteins (HSP) have gotten a bit of attention in the strength world recently. These are a family of proteins that are produced by cells in response to exposure to stressful...
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