Balancing Coaching Career Goals and Personal Well-Being, with Tommy Stucky – Podcast
If you have recently been actively engaged with Life University Athletics, chances are you are well acquainted with Tommy Stucky, Director of Student Athlete Performance. Stucky has coached comprehensive strength and conditioning to athletes of many levels and countless sports, constantly adapting strategies to support students to play, feel and perform their best. Stucky gets real about the challenges of making a career as an athletic coach and how he has sought to strike a balance.
The Relationship Between Depression, Healthy Lifestyle & Social Media
A study was recently published surrounding the relationship between depression, healthy lifestyle behaviors and internet addiction in a university-aged student population. Titled “The relationship between depression, healthy lifestyle behaviors and internet addiction: a cross-sectional study of the athlete university students in Turkey”, this compelling study conducted by Frontiers in Psychology demonstrates interesting parallels related to athletic participation, depression and internet overuse.
Faces of LIFE: Amy Richmond
Education has been a top priority in Amy Richmond’s life, as she has completed a bachelor’s program, a master’s program, a doctoral program and now, professional degree program as a Doctor of Chiropractic student at Life University (Life U). Richmond worked in college sports medicine as an athletic trainer for almost a decade.
Campus Dietetics in Action with Cathy Tillery – Podcast
Figuring out the best ways to help Life University students and student athletes learn how to eat well is a full time job. Campus Dietitian Cathy Tillery explains the challenges that many students in the Life U community face as many of them are learning for the first time how to manage their own dietary needs.
Successful Wrestling Camp at Life University Draws Wrestlers from Across 10 States
July 20, 2023 – Marietta, Georgia – The recently concluded individual wrestling camp held at Life University (Life U) on July 14-15 saw an impressive turnout of young athletes from across the nation. With 163 eager participants from grades 3-12, this camp showcased a high level of talent and fostered a sense of camaraderie among wrestlers from diverse backgrounds.
LIFE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HEAD GAMES CONSULTING
July 18, 2023 – Marietta, Georgia – Life University Athletics has announced that, in partnership with Head Games Consulting, their student-athletes will now have access to mental skills training to provide support and enhance athletic and academic performance, as well as build tools to support their individual growth and development.
Rugby History at Life University and Beyond, With Coach Colton Cariaga -Podcast
Coach Colton Cariaga, Life U Men’s Rugby Coach, gives a crash course on the origins of Rugby as a whole, the origins of Rugby at Life U and a look at the future of the sport as a professional entity
Chiropractic Care Propelling Sports Performance
Competitive sports and chiropractic care go hand in hand. In fact, here at Life University, we commonly encounter students who originally developed an interest in chiropractic as a profession due to care received as high school or collegiate student-athletes. So it’s an interesting concept to consider that consistent chiropractic care might not only offer healing and recovery benefits, but also could contribute to improved sports performance.
Introduction to Rugby
Life University’s educational and clinical philosophy is based on Vitalism—our recognition that the Universe itself is self-conscious, and as such, creates itself as a dynamic system wherein living organisms are self-developing, self-maintaining and self-healing.
LIFE UNIVERSITY HONORS STUDENT-ATHLETES AT AWARDS BANQUET
Marietta, Georgia, May 21, 2021 – The Life University (LIFE) Athletics Department honored the University’s 2020-21 student-athletes, teams and coaches at its fourth annual awards banquet on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
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