Posts Tagged ‘speed strength’

Why Do Older Adults Fall Down?

By James Lanza; Northridge, CA Personal Training. I wrote an article a while back about balance. How we lose it as we get older. Because of the loss of muscle tissue we pretty much spend our adult life as if we were living inside of a pinball machine. We bang into the furniture, we bump [...]

Muscle Power Training for Older Adults

By Brian Danley Cupertino, California Personal Trainer Contact Brian at Personal Trainer Central Optimizing The Functional Abilities Of Older Adults By Power Training Traditionally, resistance training, consisting of several sets of heavier loads to maintain strength and reduce sarcopenia, has been the standard means to improve the performance of the activities of daily living (ADL) [...]

How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 3 of 3

By Sean Flower New Jersey Personal Trainer Contact Sean at Personal Trainer Central Read How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 1 of 3 here. Read How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 2 of 3 here. How to Write Your Own Personal Fitness Accountability Contract Now, the third [...]

How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 2 of 3

By Sean Flower New Jersey Personal Trainer Contact Sean at Personal Trainer Central To read How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 1 of 3 go here. Setting Goals The goal or goals you choose need to be specific and have a reasonable deadline. Remember, a goal without a deadline is not [...]

How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 1 of 3

By Sean Flower New Jersey Personal Trainer Contact Sean at Personal Trainer Central When I was invited to contribute an article, I was initially excited about the opportunity.  However, as I started to decide about what topic I should focus on, I simply couldn’t decide.  There are just so many aspects to health and fitness; [...]

How to Stay Fast, Quick, Explosive and Strong All Year

By Daimond Dixon Personal Trainer in Grand Rapids, Michigan Sports Performance Specialist Contact Daimond To become a better athlete and to constantly improve means that you have to keep your skills sharp. Even if you are a multiple sport athlete who plays a different sport from one season to the next, you can still take [...]

How to Combine Box Jumps With Sprints

by Daimond Dixon Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Contact Daimond: Personal Trainer Central Combining the use of box jumps and sprints provides athletes with a perfect way to increase athletic speed and explosive reaction, at the same time. Plyometric training is very useful for training muscle fibers to react explosively with power.  Plyometric box jumps are [...]

Strength Defined

by Nathan Mosher, PT, DPT Personal Trainer: Rensselaer, NY 12144 Contact Nathan: Personal Trainer Central What is strength? How do you know that someone is “strong” when watching him/her in a sport or compared to someone else? What criteria as you thinking about when you think of a strong person?  A football player, perhaps?  Or maybe [...]