Competitive Edge

While many exercisers are quick to turn to free weights for mass building, resistance bands are often overlooked. These elastic bands can be used to work your muscles through a full-range of motion that you don’t regularly get with free weight curls and extensions. Unlike free weights, resistance bands also provide constant tension on the […]READ MORE

What is organic food? Food that is labeled “organic” has been grown or raised without chemical fertilizers, pest killers (pesticides), weed killers, or drugs. This means that farmers and ranchers who grow organic food use only natural pest killers and fertilizers, feed their animals only organic food, don’t give their animals antibiotics or hormones, and […]READ MORE

What is organic food? Food that is labeled “organic” has been grown or raised without chemical fertilizers, pest killers (pesticides), weed killers, or drugs. This means that farmers and ranchers who grow organic food use only natural pest killers and fertilizers, feed their animals only organic food, don’t give their animals antibiotics or hormones, and […]READ MORE

Plyometrics help build power, strength, and speed, and also help you practice landing skills. When you practice these skills, a sports performance specialist can give you specific instructions and watch to be sure you are landing correctly. Jump and spin. On the same spot, bend your knees and jump into the air. Spin one-quarter turn […]READ MORE

Still looking for the perfect training camp this summer? Want to focus on improving your athletic performance in time for the Fall season? Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance is now offering three separate months of summer speed and agility camps!READ MORE

Weight training is a form of resistance exercise. A good fitness program includes resistance exercise 2 days each week or more, and includes 8 to 10 exercises that work all the major muscle groups. It’s best to allow at least one day of rest between these exercises. But when it comes to weight training, it’s […]READ MORE

Spring sports season is here, folks! And with it comes outdoor practice, the thrill of competition, and all the locker room team bonding you’ve been waiting for all winter. Unfortunately, it’s also the season for a ripe affliction known as athlete’s foot. Athlete’s foot is easily spread fungus that you can get by touching the […]READ MORE

Spring sports season is here, folks! And with it comes outdoor practice, the thrill of competition, and all the locker room team bonding you’ve been waiting for all winter. Unfortunately, it’s also the season for a ripe affliction known as athlete’s foot. Athlete’s foot is easily spread fungus that you can get by touching the […]READ MORE

As athletic trainers, parents and coaches have become more aware about the dangers of sports-related concussions, physicians are recommending that concussed athletes take care not to simply “walk off” potential brain trauma. Especially when recent studies have shown just how damaging concussions can be to an athlete’s brain. Anyone who has a head injury during […]READ MORE

A vitamin and mineral supplement, often called a multivitamin,  provides a variety of nutrients that are also found in food. They come in the form of pills, chewable tablets, powders, and liquids. A standard multivitamin usually contains three different kinds of supplemental minerals and vitamins: water-soluble vitamins (like vitamin C, vitamin B, folic acid, and […]READ MORE