This Saturday (January 28th), Athletic Lab is hosting our first Olympic Weightlifting competition. As a result, all Saturday classes will be cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you are interested in watching the competition admission is free. To make up for the lost classes, we will be holding a CF / Performance Fitness class on Sunday at 2pm. No reservation is required.
[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Sarah Gilmore, an Exercise Science student from UNC]
Stretching: It’s not a new concept and the majority of exercisers could list at least a few simple stretches without any trouble. Despite the pervasive knowledge of what stretching is there still exist many questions about its effects. Does stretching reduce post-exercise muscle soreness? Does it prevent injuries? Does stretching improve performance? Does it actually do anything at all?...
read more...[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Drake Webster, an Exercise Science student from ECU]
How many kids today do you know that their favorite sport is track? Or how about kids that actually run track in the first place? Me either. Youth sports are dominated by football, soccer, basketball, baseball and more of the traditionally major sports. The problem with this is that most people stick with a sport they are good at or have played for awhile. So speed development gets pushed...
read more...[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Matthew Jessee, an Exercise Science student from Appalachian State University]
According to the Center for Disease Control 1 out of every 3 Americans suffers from hypertension. Healthy blood pressure levels are less than 120mmHg systolic/ 80mmHg diastolic. Hypertension is a chronic elevated blood pressure in the arteries. Arteries are important because they supply blood from the heart to different areas of the body so it can maintain vital...
read more...[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Stephanie Shaw, an Exercise Science student from ECU]
You have been recruited to play at the collegiate level. The National Letter of Intent is signed or going to be signed within the next month. Your technical skills for the sport are worthy so now you are ready to play in college, right?
What many athletes, especially females, forget about when coming into college is the strength and conditioning aspect of the sport. The competition in...
read more...[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, John Grace]
Most likely, all of you “gym rats” at one time have heard of creatine and all the magical powers that come along with it. Well some of these “magical powers” are legitimate and have science to back them up. Creatine, simply put, increases muscle energy availability. Our cells store their energy as adenosine triphosphate or ATP. The amount of ATP in our cells directly relates to the amount of work our muscles can...
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