Getting ready for the Best of the 757 Basketball Showcase on September 17? Check out these top 10 tips to get ready. 1. Maintaining joint flexibility as our skeletal system grows is critical to sports performance. Two of the most important areas in our body for great flexibility are the hips and thoracic spine. …
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Tidewater’s Promise + Under Armour Combine 360
Ruth Middleton, a Tidewater Performance Center personal and sports performance trainer, and Suzanne Culotta, the center’s director, are both certified Under Armour Combine 360 trainers. It’s an honor to hold the certification. But what does that mean? Big picture, it means the Tidewater Performance Center is on the cutting edge of sports performance. It’s the …
‘Competition. A Self Contest For Honor.’
Need some oomph to get you through your next workout, your next personal challenge? Read these inspirational and motivational words. Channel the energy. Take on your next challenge! Every day is an opportunity to improve. Hard work plus talent delivers greatness. -Under Armour’s Combine 360 In a positive environment of competition, athletes …
Everyone Is An Athlete. Yes. Even You.
Ever had someone refer to you as an athlete and your first reaction is to correct them? “I’m not an athlete. I just go to the gym so I can stay in shape and keep healthy,” you might say. That makes you an athlete! We say frequently that athletes need to be dynamic. There’s …
Running Tips From ‘Runner’s World’
Still have a copy of the May 2011 edition of Runner’s World magazine sitting around your house? It’s worth the time to turn to page 66 and spend a few minutes absorbing the list of tips for new – and perhaps, experienced – runners. The tips come courtesy of Kara Goucher – one of America’s elite long-distance …
Are you up for the Tidewater Challenge?
Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 24. Just go ahead and plan on getting up, grabbing a healthy breakfast and heading on in to the Tidewater Performance Center for our first ever – major – Tidewater Challenge Event! Your challenger? You! More details are coming out this week, but we wanted to give loyal Living Life Stronger …
Mike’s Movement: The Power of the Functional Movement Screen
Let’s start out with a definition. The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a seven movement pattern screen developed by Gray Cook, a physical therapist from Danville, Va. The FMS pinpoints areas where you’re limited in your movement, where you may be asymmetric (like one leg is stronger than the other) and where you may …
Principles of Agility Training
If you’re an athlete reading this, you probably know generally about agility and can relate to the term. If you’re a fitness enthusiast…don’t click away just yet! Agility training is very functional and translates into many areas of our lives! What is agility? Agility is the ability to change your body position efficiently. …
Principles of Speed Training
Whether you’re a soccer player rushing the ball or a mother training for your first marathon, the principles of speed remain the same. What is speed? Speed is, simply, how fast someone can move their body. Can you learn to run faster? The short answer is YES!! People tell me all the time that …
Sports Performance Training: swimmers jumping hurdles?
For the past several weeks, Tidewater Performance has had the great privilege of working with some of Tidewater, Virginia’s elite swimmers – the South Eastern Virginia Aquatics. Three times a week, we’ve led their dry-land training program. Go SEAHAWKS! Dry-land swimming? It might seem strange at first to see swimmers jumping over hurdles, throwing medicine balls …
