March 11, 2023

Coaching Athletes on Their Period: Normalizing the Conversation

March 11, 2023/ Volt HQ/ Victoria Druehl, MS, CSCS

If you’re reading this, chances are that you have women in your life that are important to you or you may coach female athletes at some point in your career. People often debate whether female athletes should be coached differently than male athletes. This article will talk about important physiological differences between females and males that coaches need to take into account when training female athletes.

May 04, 2022

Reasons Why Fitness and Mental Health Go Hand in Hand

May 04, 2022/ Volt HQ/ Chelsea Badger, CPT, CF-L1, Pn1

You’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.

April 07, 2022

Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition

April 07, 2022/ Volt HQ/ Chelsea Badger, CPT, CF-L1, Pn1, Jordan Krafka

Athletes 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.

November 15, 2021

Rethinking Weight Loss

November 15, 2021/ Volt HQ/ Ashley Bent, MS, RDN, CD

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?

August 31, 2021

How to Prepare for In-Person and Remote Training

August 31, 2021/ Volt HQ/ Bo Pearson, CSCS, TSAC-F

For 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.

August 18, 2021

New Course: Periodization for Athletic Performance

August 18, 2021/ Volt HQ/ Bo Pearson, CSCS, TSAC-F

We'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!

June 28, 2021

How Ditching Carbs Can Hurt You

June 28, 2021/ Ashley Bent, MS, RDN, CD

Carbs 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.

May 20, 2021

Nutrition For Injury Recovery

May 20, 2021/ Volt HQ/ Chelsea Badger, CPT, CF-L1, Pn1

When 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!

May 05, 2021

Prepare for the ACFT with These Three Essential At-home Training Tools

May 05, 2021/ Volt HQ/ Chris Frankel, PhD

While 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.

April 22, 2021

Strength Testing for Baseball Players

April 22, 2021/ Volt HQ/ Bo Pearson, CSCS, TSAC-F

When 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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