In my toolbox article last month, I introduced the concept of using your Heart Rate Variability (HRV) – the difference in timing between subsequent heartbeats – to provide insight into how you are ...

I know that you do longer workouts in the summer and shorter workouts in the winter by following a bell-curve, cross-training periodization program throughout the year. What do you think of the ...

Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program. Have you ever wondered why elite runners can log over 50 miles per week without developing an injury? Do you struggle with a nagging injury that ...

When training for a single performance or even several competitive events, such as games or matches during a sport season, you should plan carefully to reach peak performance at the right time and to ...

What started out as a mysterious training idea from the other side of the Iron Curtain has become mainstream training philosophy. But periodization is so much more than simply peaking for a particular ...

Fitness has a different definition for people, while for someone it may mean being an ideal weight, for others it may be gaining muscle. And all of these have different types of exercises, diets and ...

Late last year, I was languishing on a terrible fitness plateau. Although I had increased my overall amount of exercise, my strength and endurance remained stubbornly below average, and I hadn’t ...