People commonly attempt or desire weight loss because they want to “be healthy”. Athletes might pursue weight loss to “get faster”, “jump higher”, or “perform better”. However, many efforts to lose weight consist of practices and behaviors that are harmful to health and can work against optimal performance. Why do we think “weight loss” is the answer in the first place?
Read MoreFor some, facilities have been completely shut down, whilst others are limited by time or minimal equipment. These scenarios make it difficult for coaches to provide resources that still allow for physical development and preparation. Fortunately, this is a problem that Volt is helping thousands of coaches solve!
In this article, I’m going to show you how the #VoltFamily gets it done.
Read MoreWe're excited to offer our first educational mini-course on Periodization for Athletic Performance. If you're interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how a periodized strength and conditioning program (such as is provided by Volt) helps to develop athletic ability, this course is for you!
Read MoreCarbs have been demonized and labeled as “the enemy,” “fattening,” and “inflammatory,” among others. With the aid of fear mongering media reports and articles directing people to avoid carbs, we have become a society in fear of bread, grains, and even fruit and certain vegetables.
The truth, as supported by the vast majority of the professional nutrition and dietetics community, is that carbohydrates are an essential component of a balanced, healthy diet.
So, before you kick carbs to the curb, let’s take a look at why they are important to health, performance, and well-being.
Read MoreWhen we get physically injured, most of us think about the recovery process as RICE (rest, ice compression and elevation). While this is still vital to healing, what a lot of us miss out on is the chance to actually recover through our own NUTRITION. I’m not talking about simply cleaning up your diet to fuel your body, albeit a great idea, but eating foods that will help the specific stage of healing that your body is in at the time, and in turn, speeding up the recovery process!
Read MoreWhile it may seem reasonable to prepare for the ACFT by continuously performing the six events, successful preparation also requires assessing strengths and opportunities for improvement in your physical qualities, capabilities, and skills required to optimally perform essential tasks required for service.
So regardless of whether you have access to a fully-loaded training facility or a small training space where you live, here are some strategies and workouts you can perform to enhance mobility, strength, power, and mindset using three essential modalities.
Read MoreWhen it comes to picking the right exercises for testing, it is extremely important to understand how each exercise relates to the specific task of becoming a better baseball player. I can provide you with some suggestions, but ultimately, you must decide which is best for yourself or your athletes (if you are a coach). In this article, we’ll dive into potential movements to test baseball players on.
Read MoreAt Volt, we are dedicated to enabling everyone to reach their health, fitness, and performance goals. We wanted to take that knowledge and showcase it in a way that highlights our best-in-class training experience, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading, in-house expertise.
Our goal for the new website was to provide our users with an easy way to learn about Volt’s services and surface our educational content in an intuitive way. From our newly designed About Page, brand new Resources Page, and educational Groups Pages, users can now find a ton of information on our products and content such as webinars, case studies, videos and more.
Read MoreLike the human body, Volt is also adaptable.
In response to the changing landscape of life as we know it in the past year, we developed and released Circuit Workouts.
Personally, I have implemented circuit training into my physical activity plan and training schedule. Why? Like many Americans, I’m time-starved. But importantly, I also understand the importance of exercise and physical fitness, and specifically that the added benefits of doing both aerobic endurance exercise and strength training, as opposed to either of the two alone, may be the most effective exercise strategy to reduce risk of chronic disease and premature mortality as reported in a study of >500,000 adults.
Read Moreone thing that has puzzled me for quite some time is why is it that young athletes (or namely, the coaches) strength train in the off- or pre-season to accomplish the goals described above, and then it gets abandoned in-season? Coaches will push for their kids to attend summer workouts, yet dismiss in-season training.
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