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The Performance Life
Mark Verstegen and a team of experts and writers provide useful strategies to perform great, while talking about their own goals and challenges as they practice the Core Performance tenets in their daily lives.
The Performance Life
21 Workout Songs to Download Right Now
Michael McNamara
Give your workout a boost with a new playlist. We polled the coaches and staff at Athletes' Performance to find out which songs top athletes are listening to during their workouts to get going and stay motivated. This list includes hot new tracks, plus some perennial favorites. What’s in your workout playlist? Let us know in the comments below.
The Performance Life
Mark Verstegen Discusses Barefoot Training in National Post Interview
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Core Performance founder and adiPure Trainer collaborator Mark Verstegen recently sat down with the National Post to share his thoughts on adidas' new barefoot training shoe. Read the excerpt below, or click here for the full interview from NationalPost.com.
The Performance Life
5 Ways to Use Technology to Hit Your Fitness Goals
Ready to make 2012 an outstanding year? Here are some simple ways to use the technology at your fingertips to reach your health and fitness goals:
1. Put your goals where you can see them.
New Year’s resolutions have a tendency to disappear a few days into January, so put your goals where you can see them. We recommend putting “I WILL…” and your resolution on the homepage of your computer, your mobile device, and your monitor at work so that your goals are in your face every time you power up your machine, make a phone call, or check your email.
The Performance Life
adiPure Training Tips from Mark Verstegen
Our friends at STACK Media just uploaded a bunch of new videos featuring Core Performance founder Mark Verstegen discussing the advantages of training with the adidas adiPure trainer.
The Performance Life
Core Training on the Water
Brody Welte often is asked if stand-up paddleboarding is a workout routine or just a fun way to spend a day on the water. Welte, who has introduced thousands of people to the sport, believes it’s both. His new book Paddle Fit, written with Core Performance co-author Pete Williams, is both a how-to “SUP” manual and also a workout program featuring two routines, one of which is done on the board in the water and the other on land.
The Performance Life
Improve Your Posture for a Better Workout
Dave Cruz
Q: What's the most common technique flaw you see in the gym?
A: Most people struggle to hold the appropriate posture, or what we refer to as pillar strength. Pillar strength is the complete integration of the shoulders, torso, and hips, which when held with great stability—that is, when you focus on sitting and standing tall from your hips through the top of your head—allows you to create better mobility and recruitment of every muscle in your body. It’s the one thing that makes everything else better and more efficient.
Learn more about pillar strength >
The Performance Life
The Best Exercises and Technique Tips for Stand-Up Paddling
Dave Kalama showing off his paddle techinque.
The fast-growing sport of stand-up paddle boarding is a phenomenal core workout that’s also a fun way to spend time on the water. The hip and shoulder rotation required to plant the paddle vertically and uncoil the hips, and thus move the board forward, is no different than the movement used to swing a golf club, tennis racket, or baseball bat. The difference, of course, is that the paddler is operating on an unstable surface—the water—in effect making the board a giant BOSU ball.
The Performance Life
3 Life Lessons Learned from Running
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Martin Dugard is best known for immersing himself into cultures to produce best-selling books such as Into Africa and The Last Voyage of Columbus, collaborating with Mark Burnett on Survivor-related books, and chronicling his adventures in top magazines. His endurance sports ventures have included books on Lance Armstrong (Chasing Lance) and numerous magazine articles that have appeared in Runner’s World, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire. Somehow he finds the time to coach high school cross country in Southern California. In his new book To Be a Runner, Dugard, who turns 50 this month, weaves a lifetime of running experiences into interesting life lessons. Here, a few life lessons he’s learned as a runner.
The Performance Life
Mark Verstegen's Fenway Park Workout
Mark Verstegen and the team at Athletes’ Performance have trained many Red Sox stars over the years, such as Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, and Carl Crawford. Last week Verstegen visited Fenway Park, not to work with the pros this time, but to lead a group of wellness clients and business executives through a Core Performance workout on the Fenway Park warning track. He also delivered a wellness kickoff talk at the Red Sox Town Hall meeting, distributing a “Game Day Survival Kit” to help employees prepare, fuel, train, and rest for the season. (Read The Boston Globe’s coverage of the event here.) Click on the slideshow above to check out photos from the day.
The Performance Life
The Record-Setting Resistance Band Workout
Keep your training fresh and set your own fitness records with nothing but a resistance band. Bands are versatile and packable—and since they’re underutilized, you can usually find them lying around the gym or at home.
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21 Workout Songs to Download Right Now
We rounded up the hottest new tunes (plus a few oldies but goodies) to help you get motivated in the gym.
