by Dan Williams | Apr 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance
The best exercise to build a bigger deadlift… is the deadlift. The Law of Specificity tells us so. But that doesn’t mean it’s the only way to build a bigger deadlift. And there’s a small group of exercises that have a huge amount of science...
by Dan Williams | Apr 14, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
There’s no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way the world exercises. We’ve been dealt a whole hand of challenges. And while each of these can be overcome, we have to be smart about how we adapt. Perhaps the biggest change has been to the...
by Dan Williams | Apr 7, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance
The are a few key rules that the human body plays by when building strength. Physiology textbooks give these names like ‘progressive overload’, ‘specificity’, ‘diminished returns’, reversibility’, ‘specific adaptation to imposed demands’, ‘general adaptation syndrome’...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
At Range of Motion, we use a battery of four tests to test absolute strength. We define absolute strength as the ability to lift an external weight (that is, not your body weight). Having more strength has a raft of health and fitness benefits for the general...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
At Range of Motion, we use a battery of four tests to test relative strength and stamina. We define relative strength as the strength you have to lift your own bodyweight (this may require assistance, or you may be able to add extra load), or how strong you are...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
At Range of Motion, we use a battery of four tests to test power. We define power as the amount of work that can be done in a certain time – it is a product of both strength and speed. When measuring power, we’re measuring the individual’s ability to move...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
At Range of Motion, we use a battery of four tests to test work capacity. We define work capacity as the ability of our body to produce the energy needed to fuel movements at different intensities and for different amounts of time. Having high work capacity has a raft...
by Dan Williams | Feb 14, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Older Persons, Weight Loss
Are you lifting weights? You should be. Aside from making you stronger, there are some vital health benefits of resistance training that you just can’t get from any other form of exercise. Resistance training (using your muscles to lift heavy weights, either...
by Dan Williams | Nov 8, 2019 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Do you ‘work out’? Do you ‘exercise’? Or do you train? At Range of Motion, we train, and there’s an important distinction. You may ask,’What’s the difference?’ or ‘does it really matter what we call it’?...
by Dan Williams | Aug 11, 2019 | Blogs, Business, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Weight Loss
As with most things in life, the benefits of exercise adhere to the 80/20 rule – the Pareto Principle. 20% of your customers take up 80% of your time. 80% of a business’ income comes from 20% of a business’ products. 80% of a country’s wealth is in the hands of...
