Blog - Melissa Traynor

14Jan

Prevention and Treatment of Powerlifting’s Secondary Injury: Obesity

Powerlifting is a sport that requires brute strength, perseverance, and high pain tolerance but does not require a lot of athleticism. The latter is one of the reasons that high mass and body fat [...]

01Jan

#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 85

Happy Healthy New Year to You! I have never been a person to really add a lot of weight to one particular date, at least not without having an on-going plan. This is why resolutions aren’t [...]

21Dec

The Best Winter Activities to Keep You Fit

Whether you’re an avid gym attendee or you enjoy outdoor running, winter often brings a need for switching up your workout routine. Not only does trying new activities keep it interesting, but [...]

11Dec

Kiss Your Exercise Excuses Goodbye

11Dec

Before you start reading the article below and think that you should start downing high sodium foods… Stress. No one wants it, but we all experience it from time to time. Higher [...]

04Dec

Hormetic Exercise Promotes Human Health and Resilience

Hormetic Exercise Promotes Human Health and Resilience Introduction Resilience and health have become two interchangeable words with adaptation to environments being at the root of both. Physical [...]

02Dec

#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 84

I hope you are all still hanging in strong and healthy. If you are struggling, remember you can reach out to me here info@melissatraynor.com and we can get you moving with whatever you’ve [...]

22Nov

Tensile Strength in MMA

Increasing Tensile Strength in MMA Introduction Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a brutal sport that tests every system of the human body and is one of the most demanding feats of mind-over-matter. [...]

13Nov

Utilizing Creatine for Concussion Management in Boxing

Introduction Depending on your source, one could surmise that boxing is either on an upward trend (Ringside, 2020) or that it is facing a downturn (Silverman, 2017). What is less arguable is that [...]

01Nov

#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 83

With gyms shut down again, or in some places having never even reopened, I thought I’d offer up a double whammy and give you twice as much motivational music for this month’s [...]