The official U.S. Olympic training facility is located in Colorado Springs, a small town in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. But they didn’t build it there for the views, the middle-of-America location, or even the excellent Mexican food. It’s there for one reason. Colorado Springs sits an elevation of 6,035 feet—more than a Read More »

Can pumping iron pump up your heart health? Yes, according to 2019 research published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Researchers followed 12,591 people for more than five years and found those who did strength-training exercises at least once per week reduced their risk of a major cardiovascular event or death up to Read More »

Not only can we identify the most frequent running injuries, we also know which running injuries are more prevalent depending on a runner’s gender, including in the most frequent running injury site: the knee. While we now have this answer, there is actually still plenty we don’t know about it, like why it happens. Luckily, we do Read More »