Exploring the Benefits of Retro-Walking for Lower Back and Knee Pain Relief
By Dr. Chris Myers, CSCS on September 12, 2024
Retro-walking (RW), or walking backward, is a therapeutic exercise used in resistance training and physical therapy to alleviate knee and lower back pain, particularly in conditions like osteoarthritis. By engaging muscles differently from forward walking, RW can improve balance, coordination, and functional abilities, making it an effective non-pharmacological treatment for chronic pain and rehabilitation.
What is Retro-Walking (RW)?
As someone who owns exactly one suit, this topic may seem significantly outside of my wheelhouse. And it is. However, my interest in learning about the most random things I come across led me to notice a point of comparison between the world of custom-made suits and my experience programming in the Tactical sector.
Read MoreAs a strength coach and physiologist, I often get asked about tapering and how it fits into a training program. Simply put, tapering is the final step in a training plan to ensure athletes are at their best for a competition.
Read MoreA Preparatory Training Approach To Improve Rucking and Loaded Movements
By Brian Sklenar on July 22, 2024
Rucking and load support in full kit is an activity that many Tactical Human Performance teams will help soldiers prepare for as part of their normal responsibilities. The need for this may be due to preparation for selection, school, exercise, or deployment.
Read MoreStrength Training Beyond Maximal Strength: Enhancing Endurance and Work Capacity
By Nicholas Goode, MS, CSCS on May 28, 2024
When strength and conditioning coaches enter the weight room, the main goal is to develop the primary physical capacities that are most related to the athlete’s sport. The most common objectives of strength training are increasing maximal strength and power output. However, as a part of most periodized training programs, strength coaches often include high volume/repetition training phases with the goal of increasing muscle size, and additionally work capacity and metabolic alterations which can support greater strength adaptations down the road.
Read MoreBridgeAthletic Raises Strategic Growth Capital and Acquires Game Plan
By BridgeAthletic on May 14, 2024
Today we are very excited to announce the closing of a strategic growth capital investment and the acquisition of Game Plan, the leading learning management system built to serve athletic organizations and teams. The combination of BridgeAthletic and Game Plan offers the industry's first integrated athlete development solution trusted by every major professional sports league and more than 10,000 sports teams and tactical groups globally.
Read MoreLeaning into a Bottom-Up Framework in Tactical Human Performance Optimization
By JD Mata MS, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, RSCC on April 04, 2024
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Read MoreConditioning Protocols for Law Enforcement Officers
By Brandon Holder, BS, CSCS, USAW on March 05, 2024
Strength and conditioning programs designed for law enforcement officers can overexert the conditioning in a workout. These men and women often carry a strong and “more is better” mindset that we love as coaches and is a requirement for their work, but it can be detrimental to their long-term training progress. If not programmed appropriately, the conditioning workload will catch up and lead to exercise burnout, potential injury, or, at a minimum, a lack of improvement.
Read MoreA Police Academy's Strength and Conditioning Program
By Brandon Holder, BS, CSCS, USAW on February 21, 2024
At a minimum, a police recruit's time during the academy will feel overwhelming. These future officers are spending several months just trying to keep their heads above water with the goal of graduation.
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