Alex Redshaw, Functional Fitness Coordinator at the Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS), leverages Volt’s firefighter-specific training program to reduce gym injuries by 26% and enhance overall fitness among operational and non-operational members.
Read MoreYou’ve heard that regular exercise is important for your physical health, but what about the effects that it can have on your *mental* health? Maybe you’ve heard about the correlation between the two, but never understood the ‘why’ of it all. Regular physical activity has been shown to have a profoundly positive effect on anxiety, depression, and ADHD.
Read MoreAs sport coaches or athletic department administrators, you're constantly seeking ways to enhance performance and create a winning culture for your teams. In a recent interview with Coach Stephanie Mock, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance at the University of Pittsburgh, Volt Performance Coach and Podcast Host, Tom Smalley delved into the strategies behind merging sports performance and sports science to elevate athlete development and success.
Read MoreYou’ve heard that regular exercise is important for your physical health, but what about the effects that it can have on your *mental* health? Maybe you’ve heard about the correlation between the two, but never understood the ‘why’ of it all. Regular physical activity has been shown to have a profoundly positive effect on anxiety, depression, and ADHD.
Read MoreAthletes and fitness gurus are always looking for ways to improve their performance and achieve their goals. This is why knowing what to eat before and after a workout is so important. Consuming nutrients before exercising will not only help maximize your performance and minimize muscle damage, but it will also give you the energy and strength that you need to perform.
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 MoreWelcome to the Volt Employee Spotlight Blog Series! We talk a lot about Volt HQ, and we thought this series would be a great way to get to know our amazing and talented team that brings Volt to life. Volt is a special organization, and that is largely due to the team that works on it everyday.
For our first entry into this blog post series, please meet Kit! 👋 Kit joined our company as a Data Scientist about three years ago, but recently transitioned to our engineering team.
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.
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