Rob Riches: 15 Minute HIIT Circuit | 5 Exercises for Full Body Conditioning
Within this video, Rob shows how High Intensity Interval Training across 3 rounds, affects his heart rate and calories burned in just 15 minutes using his Whoop tracker. Rob Riches is a UK-born ...
Active Life: Understanding How to Use PCS Workouts for Yourself and Your Clients
Stress + recovery = adaptation.Without the recovery phase of training, we will continue to break down without allowing our body the chance to heal.Performance Care Segments are a great tool to stim...
Active Life: What Exercises Should a Runner Do Coming Back from an Injury?
The hip thrust, bird dog row and side plank clamshell.These are three of our favorite exercises to use for a runner returning from an injury.They check a lot of boxes and allow for the progressive ...
Active Life: Do You Know How to "Ease Back Into It"?
Returning back to sport following an injury is never easy.Most athletes will receive the advice to just “ease back into it” without ever truly understanding what that means or how to go about it. A...
Active Life: How Assessments Can Help Improve Runner Form
“Does the athlete have the potential to get into that position?”This is oftentimes the first question we assess movement.Through an assessment, we can identify if an athlete possesses the prerequis...
Active Life: How Changes in Gait Mechanics Can Lead to Pain-Free Running
Modify training before you eliminate training.We hear this kind of advice all the time: “If it hurts, don’t do it.”At Active Life, we couldn’t disagree more. Instead of just stopping, let’s identif...
Active Life: How Assessments can Help Runners and Coaches Identify Problems
Assess, don’t guess. "At Active Life, we've had the privilege of working with over 10,000 clients throughout the world who are suffering from pain and injury.The first step in helping every one of ...
Active Life: A Runner's Body Must Absorb & Produce Force
If we break down running into a very simple concept, it comes down to having the ability to absorb and produce force.Without these abilities, we’ll either be risking pain or injury by not being abl...
Active Life: Is Foot Strike the Source of Running Injuries?
Be conscious of where your foot lands in relation to your body. Film yourself on a treadmill. Is your foot way out in front of you? Is your lower leg far from being perpendicular to the ground? Is ...
Active Life: Strength Balance Exercises for Runners
All athletes need strength and balance, but especially in the running population.If we break down running, it’s essentially a series of single-leg hopping from one side to the other. Add this up, o...
Active Life: Three Assessments Every Runner and Coach Needs to Know
Prone heel to butt test:Does the runner have the ability to extend through the hip while bending at the knee? That’s what this test is allowing us to see. As a runner drives through the hip in the ...
Active Life: What is Running Economy?
At Active Life, they believe there are certain prerequisites a runner must possess in order to run safely and efficiently. The body demands of a running athlete include: Enough mobility to run un-...