Woman To Woman: Strength Training For A Better Body And Mind
A woman’s perspective on strength training for improved confidence, health, and body.
Details
The Strength-Speed Continuum and Force-Velocity Curve For Sports Performance
Understand how to improve sports performance by using the force-velocity curve and strength-speed continuum to your advantage.
Details
Why Strength And Conditioning Is Important For Youth Athletes
Why Strength And Conditioning Is Important For Youth Athletes One of the major concerns we get here at Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training (THIRST) is regarding health and safety of athletes training and lifting weights. Luckily, we’ve already written an article about this on our website, which you can read here. At the…
Details
The Truth About Kids and Lifting Weights
The Truth About Kids and Lifting Weights Here at Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training (THIRST) our primary audience and clientele is working with youth athletics in the sports performance realm. It’s not uncommon that we get various questions from parents and members about how safe lifting is for children, what kind of approach…
Details
NEWS: Lauren Kirchner Commits To Butler University
Recently, Sports Performance Athlete, Lauren Kirchner, committed to continue her education and swimming career at Butler University. Lauren is currently a senior at Terre Haute South Vigo High School, and swims short distance, primarily 50-100 meter races for the Braves. In 2020, she will continue her talents with the prestigious Dawgs of Butler. We’re incredibly…
Details
NEWS: THIRST Gym Featured On Elitefts
Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training was recently featured on Elitefts as a featured gym. You can read the article on THIRST, here. We at THIRST are incredibly honored to be on Elitefts. Co-owner Brandon Smitley has been a supporter of Elitefts for nearly a decade. He is currently a sponsored athlete, and has…
Details
CrossFit For Sports Performance?
CrossFit For Sports Performance? When it comes to improving athletic performance, there isn’t exactly a perfect way to do. Sit ten strength coaches down in a room, and you’ll get ten different training programs for one specific athlete. That’s one of the great things about sports performance training…that so many options are available. However, we…
Details
NEWS: THIRST Gym Raises $700 For Breast Cancer
On October 5th, 2019, THIRST gym hosted their annual Bench For Boobs fundraiser. This fundraiser is a friendly, local bench press competition held in Terre Haute, Indiana where all the proceeds go to a local charity, PINK of Terre Haute. The competition had 14 competitors from various places across Indiana, and was sponsored by Elitefts,…
Details
RPS Braggin’ Rights Powerlifting Meet
We’re happy to announce that registration for THIRST’s annual powerlifting meet with Iron Mafia/Four Brothers Gym is now live! This powerlifting meet is sanctioned through the RPS, and offers full power, bench only, deadlift only, bench and deadlift, and various options of equipment and entries. The competition is being held on January 25, 2020 at…
Details
Bench For Boobs Registration Is Now LIVE!
We’re happy to announce that we will be hosting our second Bench For Boobs event this October! If you’re unfamiliar with this event, this is a friendly, non-sanctioned bench press competition at THIRST where all proceeds and donated to PINK of Terre Haute, IN which benefits local breast cancer patients (from treatment assistance, payments, medicine,…
Details