I applaud your desire to make healthy lifestyle choices which includes participation in physical activities to help reach your goals such as improved daily energy levels, reducing bodyweight, and improving overall fitness ability. However, beginning a structured exercise routine can seem daunting, overwhelming, or unappealing. Questions like, “How can I even run or cycle or lift weights when its already embarrassing the level of exertion it takes me to climb a flight of stair

Research Article:   Lopes, L. R., Machado, D. E., Goes, R. A., Amaral, M. V. G., Dias, F., Tavares, V., Medeiros, R., & Perini, J. A. (2025). Implications of tendinopathy on the sports career: Epidemiological and clinical profile of high-performance athletes. Physical Therapy in Sport , 72 , 59–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2025.02.003 Application   With 10-50% of elite athletes having a chronic tendinopathy, what can be done to identify and manage risk factors? The nota

Endurance sports have a risk of the athletes developing intentionally or unintentionally LEA (low energy availability) which has higher prevalence in females, but should we be monitoring males, especially youth males for relative energy deficiency in sport (aka RED-S). An interesting study examined the special energy analysis of youth cyclists in season which occurs during hotter weather for possibility of LEA. By definition LEA is when daily consumption of <30kcal/ kg fat-fr

Recommended 4 Week Resistance Training Intervention for College Female Basketball Players During Pre-Season.   Rationale :             Female basketball players require a diverse set of fitness abilities to both excel in the sport and prevent injury. Basic requirements to be a proficient player consist of aerobic endurance, jumping ability, agility, strength, balance, coordination, and higher lactate thresholds. Regarding injury risk, a major concern in basketball are lower b