How to Get a Great At-Home Workout with Volt

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How to Get a Great At-Home Workout with Volt

Let’s be real: it’s a strange, scary time in our world right now. And while a workout routine can seem like the least of our worries, if you’re like me, physical activity is an important method for staying healthy and managing anxiety, especially in uncertain times. If you can’t get to the gym (or if your living room has become your gym for the foreseeable future), here are 3 quick tips on how to modify your Volt workouts to fit your equipment—even if your only equipment is your own bodyweight.

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#WHYITRAIN: The Big 5-0. Reflections on LTAD, Aging and a Healthy Lifestyle

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I remember hearing in the early days of my academic career “it’s interesting to see how researchers turn their attention to the effects of aging on the cardiovascular system, strength, etc. when they get older.” I’m not here to tell you that I am shifting my focus from pediatric exercise science and youth athletic development to aging. It just happens that I’m a bit more interested personally in aging as I turn the Big 5-0, and get to experience all of age’s great effects!

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Training Editor 2.0: Volt’s Most Flexible Programming and Periodization

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Training Editor 2.0: Volt’s Most Flexible Programming and Periodization

Drumroll, please… After a lot of hard work by our team at Volt HQ and countless conversations with #VoltFamily members, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Training Editor 2.0! Our newest release includes more flexibility, capabilities and control when it comes to managing your training. With these powerful tools, coaches are now able to tailor their team’s training like never before. The #VoltFamily has been asking for more flexibility in the Volt Training Editor, and today, we’re thrilled to be delivering on that request. 

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Why Everyone–Not Just Athletes–Needs Resistance Training

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Strength Training—it’s all about biceps, barbells, dumbbells, and meatheads, right? Well, that’s simply wrong! 

Strength training is a form of physical activity and exercise that should be part of everyone’s pursuit of health and fitness. Youth. Teens. 20-somethings. Adults. Grandmas and Grandpas. Aunts and Uncles. Athletes. Recreational athletes. Powerlifters. Gym rats. Firefighters. Military. Teachers. Lawyers. Diabetics. Cancer survivors. Small business owners. Software engineers. Everyone!

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Big Updates, Thanks to You!

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Big Updates, Thanks to You!

🚨 New feature alert! 🚨 As Head of Training Experience here at Volt HQ, a big part of my job is to listen to our users and help turn your feedback into improvements to your experience using the Volt app. In our latest release, we’ve redesigned some existing experiences and introduced some new features that are a direct result of the awesome feedback we’ve gotten from you. Read more about what you’ll see in this release, and be sure to update your app to experience it for yourself!

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The Nature-Nurture Debate in Sports: Are Athletes Born or Built?

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 What does it take to be a great athlete? Some say that “DNA is destiny” or “it’s all in the genes.”

Other people will vehemently answer this question with “it just takes a big heart: (figuratively, not literally) or “hard work, just good old-fashioned hard work.” This latter response falls in line with the thinking of the “10,000 hour rule”—which was misconstrued in Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers. This thinking also aligns with Daniel Coyle’s book The Talent Code about how greatness isn’t born, it’s a matter of how it’s nurtured.

This, of course, brings us to the age-old nature-nurture debate. Despite articles and opinions on both sides, I’m here to tell you that it is not a debate—because, athleticism requires both nature and nurture. 

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Tactical Athletes Need Specific Training Programs. Period.

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Tactical athletes are in need of specialized programming considerations to ensure their training is fitted for long-term success. While a majority of the needs of tactical athletes and sport athletes are similar, tactical athletes have intrinsic differences and circumstances that make their training needs incredibly distinct. Therefore, they deserve the attention and dedication through programs that are designed with those factors taken into consideration.

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The Foundation of Great Athletes—and People—Grit, Patience, and Consistency

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One of the biggest benefits of strength training is hard to measure and cannot always be seen—character development. Grit, patience, and consistency are valuable truths that can be instilled through training. Those qualities will resonate with you throughout your career as an athlete, but more importantly, as a betterment to your character throughout different chapters of your life.

If you haven’t seen the benefits of strength training yet, just wait, they will come. And they will be worth it.

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Introducing the New Training Editor

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Introducing the New Training Editor

We’re always looking for ways to provide the Volt Family with more opportunities to optimize your training for your unique environment. We understand that sometimes you might need to shorten a training session, to make it work for your team’s schedule. Or maybe you’d like to add an additional mobility-focused session at the end of the training week, to help facilitate active recovery. We hear you—and our new training editor is here to help you make Volt your own like never before.

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