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THE BENEFITS OF BREATH CONTROL
Most athletes have no idea how breath control effects health, endurance, and performance. Learn how breath control can lead to better health, endurance, and athletic performance.
PERFORMANCE VS. HEALTH: DO WE EVEN NEED TO WARM UP?
Chances are, if you’re a coach, you spend a good chunk of time helping your clients warm up before their training session. Sometimes, the warm-up even takes longer than the workout, right?
LONGEVITY AND HEALTH VS. PERFORMANCE
James, a proponent of individual design, highlights that the main difference is autonomy. Individual design gives clients programs created specifically for them with the goal of long term health “our goal is to create a gym that our clients can use forever” added James. Group fitness focuses on delivering the cortisol hit clients are looking for and adds to the already short half-life of that methodology.
ELITE CROSSFIT ATHLETES - 8 MUST-HAVE CHARACTERISTICS
Here are eight key performance indicators (KPIs) for competitive functional fitness coaches and athletes, pulled straight from James FitzGerald’s latest course Mixed Modal. Understand these KPIs and take your athlete’s performance to the next level.