In this episode of the Active Ingredients Podcast, Donny and I share our thoughts and research on whether crawling can help increase your performance as an athlete. Listen to our podcast below: *Here's the information on horse gait and gait in general that I found to be helpful. The Big Takeaway Crawling itself has not been extensively studied in regards to performance and training. The one study we found that examined bear crawling found that alternating stepping with hands

In this episode of the Active Ingredients Podcast, Donny and I discuss the efficacy of cryotherapy to help people recover from strenuous exercise. Donny talks about his experience with cryotherapy as an athlete and we discuss what we learned from a dozen a half articles that investigated the effect of cryotherapy in mostly two forms: cold water immersion and nitrogen cooled air in a standing chamber. Don't worry, you don't need to go to this far! The Big Takeaway The body of

In this episode of the Active Ingredients Podcast, Donny, Zach, and I discuss self-myofascial release with foam rollers and roller massagers after our literature round-up. There still isn’t an abundant amount of research out there on foam rolling, but there appears to be enough to support their regular use. We find that foam rollers or roller massagers can be an excellent and low-cost way to help you prepare for or recover from exercise or sports by increasing mobility, reduc

Donny, Zach, and I share our thoughts and sentiments about stretching on our first episode of the Active Ingredients Podcast after our literature round up. We think the jury is still out about what happens with stretching, but it appears that researchers are leaning towards a modification of our sensory perception more than a physical change in regards to increasing range of motion. Stretching is a variable tool with pros and cons as to what it can do for injury prevention, p