by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | May 29, 2017 | Performance, Vertical Jump
Article Review: Oral Adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP) Administration Increases Postexercise ATP Levels, Muscle Excitability, and Athletic Performance Following a Repeated Sprint Bout. (see below for full citation) Introduction: Adenosine-5’ -triphosphate (ATP) is best...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Apr 14, 2017 | Performance
A ketogenic diet has been rapidly gaining traction as a diet which generates significant fat loss. Until recently, it has been thought that ketogenic diets, while great for fat loss, significantly reduced the capacity for performance. Dr. Jacob Wilson has more...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Mar 25, 2017 | Performance
Study [1]: The authors took 20 healthy men with at least a year of resistance training and were between the ages of 18-30 and randomly allocated them into two groups: one group receiving whey protein and another receiving a placebo. They both participated in...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Mar 24, 2017 | Performance
This is one of my favorite recent publications. In March’s issue of JSCR, a study was published examining the unique benefits provided by vertically oriented plyometric exercises and directly compared them to horizontally oriented plyometrics in elite handball...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Mar 20, 2017 | baseball, Performance
This study investigated the relationship between upper body strength and bat speed in high school players [1]. Study: The authors set out to examine the relationship between measures of upper body strength and bat speed. They took 30 high school players and split...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Mar 15, 2017 | baseball, Performance
Studies: 2 studies identified attempted to find the answer to this question [1,2], both utilized populations of untrained individuals. Study 1: Examined medicine ball exercises to a 12 week resistance training program. Medicine ball exercises were performed 3 times...
