Category: Performance

A Parent’s Blueprint for Holistic Living

A Parent’s Blueprint for Holistic Living In a world where childhood obesity statistics are on the rise, parents emerge as the crucial architects of their children’s well-being. This blog post invites you to reflect on the profound impact we, as parents, have in crafting a foundation for our children’s holistic lifestyle—focusing on nutrition, physical activity, […]

Fueling Your Performance

Fueling Your Performance  Practical Guide to Nutrition for Athletes                                                   By Eugenia Bradshaw As a mom of 5 student-athletes, high school track and field coach, and trainer in the  health/fitness and performance field for over 30 years it has become obvious to me that athletes need help in the nutrition area. Last week I traveled to […]

5 Guiding Principles Training Speed as a High School Track Coach

5 Guiding Principles   Training Speed as a High School Track Coach                                                   By Eugenia Bradshaw I’ve been coaching high school track and field for 16 years. One of the most important things I’ve learned over the years  is that I want to train my sprinters in a way that gets them faster but also keeps them healthy—the path […]

The Growing Crisis of Chronic Disease

What is Chronic disease? It is a condition that lasts for 1 year or more, generally incurable, is usually a long term behavioral problem, requires ongoing medical attention and limits a person’s ability for normal daily activities. Heart disease. high blood pressure, asthma, cancer and diabetes are often preventable and manageable with early detection, exercise, […]

High School Track & Field: Field Events Pt.1

It is very challenging and unpredictable being a high school track and field coach AND to deal with Northeast weather. We have found a pretty successful method considering the circumstances of the new world, minimal weight room time, environmental factors such as training and OUTDOOR meets in the WINTER (new due to pandemic.) Alas we […]

Importance Of A Coach

We as human beings are enduring some challenging times currently. This pandemic has changed all too much, including how people live their daily lives. Which can directly affect their health. What is also concerning is the lack of activity in our youth today. Studies have shown minimal activity and a toxic lifestyle = chronic illness […]

A Look On Back Pain

Most people will experience low back pain at some point in their life. As health and fitness professionals when a client or athlete comes to us with symptoms, the first thing we should do is listen to what they have to say. We need to make a detailed history of their symptoms, lifestyle, activity level […]

LLS Virtual Training Fundraiser

Bradshaw Persona Fitness has partnered up with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help raise money to beat cancer! What better way than to help out one another to be healthy, build community and have a fun time.  Join us for a FREE Total Body Training September 24th from 5:15pm-6:15pm. You must register to join the […]

Speed and Agility

Here we have two football players, one an offensive player the other a defensive player. One collegiate, the other semi-pro (and coach here at Bradshaw Personal Fitness). Both position have elements of cutting, deceleration, change of direction and sprints, all of which happening on a single leg motion. We must be strong and stable doing […]