Although Omega-3's have been the nutrients touted as being the most helpful in the prevention and reduction of concussion severity, they are not the only ones. Read this brief article on the neuroprotective benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) and help protect yourself.

How and why to use "SuperStarch" to achieve a leaner body or to fuel athletic performance.

Learn how to use Phosphatidic Acid to improve your muscle's response to strength training.

While nothing replaces quality sleep as the number one energy-provider, a little bit of the right pre-activity concoction can help give athletes an edge over their competition. Here is one that has gained in popularity over the last little while for its convenience, flavour, and surprising results - with an added twist from yours truly.

In this portion of the interview with Michael Loreto, M.Sc - he and I talk about the different types of stress faced by athletes - including mental stress, and why this should breed more compassion despite that they are compensated fairly.

In this portion of the interview with Michael Loreto, M.Sc - the product designer for Hekate, a company which produces functional mushroom blends for health and performance - we talk about the evolving, complicated science of gut health, and I give my take on the three products that I have found most helpful with improving digestion in athletes and other high-stress people. Put it on in the background and take a listen.

As a strength coach, here are the reasons why I think micronutrient supplements (particularly greens powders) are important for athletes to consider, and which ones I think provide the most benefit.

This instalment of The Bey Blog looks at Red Light Therapy and talks about why and how it should be included as part of your regular recovery program.

Force Couples occur where two different muscles perform the same action on a joint. This post examines two examples of Force Couples in the body that can make athletes prone to pain and injury, and provides solutions for each.

How to perform the Straight-Leg Raise assessment and what it can teach you about your movement.

Next up on this blog series about useful recovery modalities is the sauna: a tool that can produce aerobic adaptations as well as increases in muscle mass. Here’s how.

How can including sessions focused solely on jumping and throwing help your health & performance?

As the science continues to evolve around the benefits of various grounding/earthing technologies, this product might just stand above the rest as a cutting-edge recovery tool.

What are the three forms of stress most pertinent to athletes, and how should athletes recover from them?

For physical therapists, here is the strength & conditioning perspective on helping your athletes recover from injury. For athletes, follow this simplified formula during the rehabilitation process for a successful return to sport.

Here is the final post to the Philosophy of Progression series. It investigates the Triple and Quadruple Progression methods, and when and why one might use them.

Hard water or soft water? What type of water should athletes be drinking, and when?

The reverse leg press was one of the strength exercises revered by sprint coach Charlie Francis and his famous sprinter, Ben Johnson. Here's how we can use sled work to duplicate some of the adaptations brought about by this seldom appreciated exercise.

Many believe Sport-Specific Training (SST) to be related to how much a program or exercise mimics the actions performed in a given sport. But is SST misunderstood? Read to find out.

So you've had an Achilles tear? Follow these principles to get yourself back to action efficiently.

Learn how to use the Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT) to improve your aerobic fitness and monitor your recovery.

Tracking your morning and evening heart rate can be a game-changer for sports performance. Read to find out why.

This edition of self-assessments looks at programming to improve lateral power and the good things that come with that- such as more strength when pushing & dragging; and better direction-changing and lateral shuffling.

Building on Part 3, this post looks at when and how to implement a Double Progression method in your training.

How to assess your ankle range-of-motion and reduce your chance of injury at the Achilles tendon, knees, and lower back.

If supplementation with creatine monohydrate reduces Total Antioxidant Status, should we reconsider how we recommend its use to team sport athletes?

When it comes to helping young athletes gain weight, we have had success when taking these considerations into our programming.

This series will present some ways that athletes who are training on their own can identify the qualities of movement and athletic performance that need the most work; and will provide some strategies to go about improving them. First one up: assessing the toes and feet.

In this post we will explore the use of the Single progression method in your training program for the purpose of building muscle mass.

After discussing the first three methods of progression in Part 1, this is a short post about the fourth and fifth methods.

My hope with this blog post is to simplify Strength Training Theory for athletes who are training on their own; and to introduce coaches to the work of Anthony Ditillo who's book, "The Development of Physical Strength," is quoted by the late great Charles Poliquin as being, "the best ever written."

What affect can scars from surgical repair or previous injury have on athletic performance?

The role of asymmetry in "sport-specific" training.

Try these proven supplemental approaches to optimize the health of your tissues. Remember, athletes who stay injury free get more play time and ultimately, make more money.

Is it a waste of time to perform throwing work for athletes who mainly jump or sprint?