by Dan Williams | Apr 7, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance
The Ultimate Seven Strategy Guide to Getting Strong Without Equipment 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’,...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Range of Motion Absolute Strength Testing 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...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Range of Motion Relative Strength and Stamina Testing 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...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Range of Motion Power Testing 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...
by Dan Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Range of Motion Work Capacity Testing 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...
by Dan Williams | Mar 13, 2020 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Exercise Modifications for No / Limited Equipment Unable to access equipment but still want to follow your usual programming? This resource will allow you to modify your training to ensure you’re still benefitting from your normal program as much as possible....
by Dan Williams | Feb 14, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Older Persons, Weight Loss
Why You Need to Lift Weights For Your Health 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...
by Dan Williams | Dec 13, 2019 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology, Weight Loss
The Surprising Benefits of Exercising on a Hot Day There’s nothing like a hot day to empty a gym. As the heat rises, exercise levels drop. And when people DO manage to stick with their exercise habits, it’s done so with the invariable complaints about the...
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 | Oct 12, 2019 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, For Fitness Professionals, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
It’s all about getting stronger.And finding the most effective training methods to do just that.One of the most widely used methodologies of building strength and muscle size is ‘tempo’ training, where you control the speed of various phases of a...
