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More IFAST Athlete Updates

Here’s yet another IFAST athlete update.  This time around, check out our boy Luke as he shakes and bakes his defender to squeeze off the game winner.
Congrats Luke!

MR

IFAST Athlete Updates

We got word that Purdue Softball stand-out and Maia Monchek recently went 6-12 with 7 RBI’s over a 4 game swing.  How’s that for a freshman!
In the gym:
Vertical jump testing this week showed some big gains.  Bryson Platt put another 3″ on his vertical jump since October to hit 30.5″.  Brett Simmons put himself at [...]

Indianapolis Speed Skater Prepping for Future Olympics

A huge congratulations to IFAST member Anton Pedersen for his performance at the recent Land of Lincoln Speed Skating Championships.
Anton Placed 1st in the 777m, 1000m, 1500m, 500m, 333m, and second in the 3000m team pursuit.
Below is a link to an inteview that Anton did regarding his training and his skating coach who has coached [...]

How to Stretch Effectively

At IFAST, we’re big on a holistic style of programming.
In other words, every program is going to have some element of soft-tissue work, stretching, strength training, cardiovascular or energy system training, etc.
One of the hot topics of today is stretching.  We all know that stretching is “good,” but a key ingredient to a stretching program [...]

Cardio for Cardio? Or Fat Loss?

One of the questions we always get at IFAST is, “what do you do for cardio?”
It’s a great question, and it really depends on what the goals of the client are.
If your goal is to lose body fat, long duration, low-intensity cardio may not be the best option.  It can be used at certain times [...]