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The Benefits of Warming Up Before Exercise

By Elliot Fisher MS, ATC, CSCS, PES Warm ups are the start of most workout routines.  It is proposed that warming up will increase performance and decrease injury risk.  In this blog post, we will take a look at the benefits of warming up and how to do it. Passive Warm Up One objective of […]

Considerations on Concurrent Resistance and Endurance Training

By Elliot Fisher MS, ATC, CSCS, PES To be more physically fit, it is important to become bigger, faster, and stronger.  This is important for general health, as well as athletic performance.  To do this, both resistance training and endurance training are used.  There is evidence that concurrently training with both resistance and endurance exercise […]

Ensuring Progress

By Elliot Fisher MS, ATC, CSCS, PES It takes a lot of work to get better at something.  As you get better, it becomes more and more difficult to keep improving.  The same is true with exercise.  When trying to improve fitness, progressive overload must occur in order to continue making adaptations.  Progressive overload refers […]

Exercise Selection and Variation

By Elliot Fisher MS, ATC, CSCS, PES Exercise variation is an important factor when designing an exercise program.  There are many benefits to changing exercises every so often.  Some of these benefits include increases in performance and decreased injury risk.  However, it is important to apply variation correctly to maximize results.  In this blog, we […]

Protein Coffee

By Elliot Fisher MS, ATC, CSCS, PES Breakfast is an important meal.  With a busy schedule, it can be tough to get much more than a cup of coffee in for breakfast.  One thing I do to combat this is to make protein coffee.  In this blog, I will be sharing my simple recipe for […]