fitness strategy

10 Tests for Measuring Athletic and Functional Performance

“If you ain’t assessin’, you’re just guessin’!”   I cannot remember who I first heard this from, but I find it absolutely true. I’ve discovered that I’m a “fixer” by nature. Sometimes so much to a fault (just ask my wife!), I’m always re-evaluating things I come across daily to find ways to make them […]

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Improve your process with a Lean Approach to Removing Waste

Do you pursue mastery of the services you provide? As sports medicine and physical performance professionals, we are always told to “continue our learning” of practical knowledge. Our continuing education classes are typically geared toward learning or reviewing new exercises, treatment approaches, and assessment/evaluation skills. Ask yourself this: “When is the last time I reviewed

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Resistance Training Guidelines & Exercise Progression in Injury Rehabilitation

As rehab and fitness professionals, it is crucial that we know why we do what we do. Always be able to answer if someone asks “why?”. One of the awesome things about our profession is that, in rehabilitation and strength training, there are many successful approaches to obtaining great outcomes. Throughout my career I have

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Approaches to improving your training – Derek Arledge, CSCS

It’s time for another guest blog on cATalyzing ATs!  This time, we are dropping knowledge courtesy of my friend and former classmate Derek Arledge, CSCS.  D and I go back 19 years, as fellow alums of Penn State University Kinesiology.  Derek is a strength and conditioning coach who is the founder and owner of TEEM

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