by Kyle | Jul 4, 2017 | NCAA, Student-Athletes
Preparing your body for optimum race day performance is an art in the sporting world. As an important competition draws near, having your training sessions specifically build up in intensity is referred to as peaking. Tapering, on the other hand, is the recovery...
by Kyle | Jun 27, 2017 | NCAA, Student-Athletes
To those looking at it from the outside of the athletic community, the lifestyle of a NCAA student-athlete may seem like a lavish one. Student-athletes seem to get whatever they want, whenever they want. Free massages, tutoring, travel to competitions, textbooks, and...
by Kyle | Jun 20, 2017 | NCAA, Student-Athletes
In the world of competitive distance running and endurance, sport athletes are always trying to find a quicker and easier way to improve their results. Professional distance runners who are constantly under the pressure to maximize performance to achieve successful...
by Kyle | Jun 13, 2017 | Health and Wellness, NCAA, Student-Athletes
A common question I received when I was competing was: What is the fastest way to improve running times? Not surprising, there is no simple answer. Long distance running is a unique sport. It is the purest test of fitness and stamina. With long distance running, most...
by Kyle | Jun 6, 2017 | NCAA, Student-Athletes, Study tips
Being a student-athlete in the NCAA has its perks. You get to travel to a different state every weekend competing in the sport you love. You get treated like a professional athlete, with free access to training rooms, weight rooms, and doctors. You also get decked out...
by Kyle | May 30, 2017 | Careers, Student-Athletes
Up until graduation at the University of Tulsa, athletics was all I knew. Athletics had consumed my life for over a decade, but now I was given the chance to be professional at something that was not athletics. Nerves, anticipation, excitement, and uncertainty –...
