Training in the Summer Heat

Summer is here!  With extreme temperatures and humidity, it is important to take a minute and recognize what this means to the body during training. Extreme temperatures, hot or cold, have absolute influences on the body, especially during training of elevated intensity levels. "During exercise in the heat, skin competes with the active muscles for more of the limited cardiac output. A well-orchestrated series of cardiovascular adjustments takes place to shunt blood away from nonessential regions to the skin to aid in heat dissipation" (Wilmore, Costill, & Kenney, 2008, p. 263). The physiology behind body temperature regulation is quite extensive. The extreme temperatures of summer...(to read more please subscribe here if you are not a subscriber or go to this link if you are!)

Prevent Injury/Train Properly

Let’s go back in time about 2500 years or so.  In battles, Spartans could not afford to be injured.  Their lives depended on it.  If a Spartan was injured during a battle, he probably did not survive to see the end of it.  Even a minor injury such as a twisted ankle or a dislocated shoulder (well those are not that minor) could prove devastating.  Thankfully, we have... Click here to Subscribe or here to Log In if you are already a member of the site...

The 10 Tenets of Spartan Nutrition

For those who need to lose weight or to be more exact, body fat, the process may end up being more of a challenge than expected. What follows are the 10 Tenets of Spartan Nutrition, placed from most important to least important... Click here to Subscribe or here to Log In if you are already a member of the site...