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Is Body Movement Training The Next Big Thing? What is Body Movement Training? Body movement training can be summed up to pretty much any type of body movement done efficiently: running, walking,  jumping, bounding, rolling, cartwheels. These movements are already found in some fitness programs, but are they being done properly? And are they being…

High Protein No Lettuce Salad in a Cup! Looking for a change up to the regular lettuce salad that is still easy to make? Why not go no lettuce! Try this no lettuce high protein salad that will keep you full for hours. Ingredients: Veggies are adjustable to whatever you like 🙂 Directions: Fancy way…

Recipe of the Week: Low Carb Healthy Pumpkin Muffins Pumpkin flavored recipes are everywhere right now! Unfortunately most of the recipes are not health friendly, but here’s a pumpkin recipe that you can enjoy and not feel guilty about! Ingredients Makes 10 muffins total!! Directions: Written By: Robert Jost NSCA-CPT, ACE-CPT Suggested Article: Recipe of…

Top 5 Performance Exercises to Utilize Your New Ankle Mobility Now that we have mobilized the ankle to its optimal movement, it’s time to perform! If you missed any of the previous articles on ankle mobility here they are Ankle Performance and you (Part 1), Signs of a need to improve ankle mobility (Part 2),…

The goal creates the puzzle our habits create the pieces New years resolutions are right around the corner. Goal setting becomes a focus until the first obstacle comes up and then the excuses start. “I’ll try again next year”… “things are too hectic right now”, ” my goal wasn’t realistic.”. The goal isn’t unrealistic because…

Recipe of The Week: Fresh Fruit Ice pops! It’s getting colder outside. That’s ok, everyone can use a healthy, crunchy, sweet alternative for a dessert. We found this recipe by Debbie. Check out her page. She gives more details of the process. However, we made a small adjustment in the recipe. The point of the…

Tell us your story … Tell us your goal Share your  Health, fitness, sports performance story! Use the Hashtag: TAstories in an Instagram post. Get creative. The best story will be picked by the Training Aspects team plus 3 outside people and … The Instagram people. #TAstories step 1. Make a video or picture(s) for…

Corrective Ways to Improve Ankle Mobility There are many techniques that may help improve your ankle mobility. Manual muscle release, self myofascial release, stretching, mobilizations, muscle activations and integrations to name a few. Let’s break down techniques and how to implement them to get the most effective results. Myofascial Muscle Release What’s a Release? When…

Signs You Need to Improve Ankle Mobility On a run, feeling great, out of no where there’s a weird pain in your ankle/knee. The usual response “oh it will work itself out,”  just push through it .  After the run calves are tight or maybe the dull pain comes back. You can barely walk the…

Function and mobility of the ankle The ankle, one of the smaller joints but bears a huge load.  1.5 times yourweight is being applied when you are walking or standing, and eight times your weight when running. The ankle is a hinge joint The three bones, the tibia the fibula and the talus come together…

Top 3 Things to Make Your Sports Season a Success Athletes want to get compete on the highest level, get stronger and dominant their sport, doing whatever it takes. Great mentality to have for the  majority of the year. During the offseason, training can be at it’s highest intensity, your body will be able to…

3 Tips to succeed on a “Diet” If it isn’t the new fitness craze it’s usually a new diet that cures all and is the ultimate weight loss, toner. The various diets marketed: Atkins, intermittent fasting, carb cycling, weight watchers, keto, southbeach and the numerous others that hit the main stream. There are some that…