Changing Course: Carleen Matthews’ Wild Ride
They slowly started to trickle in that fateful night in mid-May, hesitant, anxious and unsure. There was more than a dozen, perhaps as many as…
Tag Archives: recovery
Blood Flow Restriction Training: Is it for You?
My right leg is on fire. Not a injured feeling, but the kind of screaming and aching that usually accompanies the end of a Hero…
Stop taking NSAIDs (And Get Out of Pain)
If doing a competition or having a heavy training day means you’re digging in to a bottle of ibuprofen, you need to seriously re-think your…
Life Hacks: 6 Routines that are Ruining You
You’ve heard it a million times before: sleep is a vital part of recovery. And whether you’re trying (or not) to get in and give…
Less is Best: Why Putting Yourself First is Critical
Last year, I had a very successful friend quit her job in the financial world and move to an island to help her mother’s travel…
Why Shoulder Surgery is Much Worse than Open Heart Surgery
[DJ Forsyth competed at the 2012 and 2013 CrossFit South Central Regionals. The 43-year-old is the owner of CrossFit PRx in The Woodlands, TX. ]…
The Easiest Thing You Can Do to Get Better
You spend money on good food, protein powders, the newest shoes, equipment and anything else we think may give us the edge in our…
Injured? How to Continue Training and Still Improve
Being injured sucks. Anyone who trains hard and trains often is going to deal with injury at some point in their lives, regardless of whether…
The Big Hole in Your Diet and Recovery
Do you have low energy? Muscle fatigue? Joint pain? Trouble sleeping or recovering? As many as 85 percent of Americans are deficient in magnesium, depending…
10 Ways to Improve Your Nutrition (and PR at the Gym)
Nutrition can be confusing, stressful and overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. Below are 10 simple ways to get your eating habits on track.…
