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Library : April 2008 Benefits of T’ai Chi According to T’ai Chi fans, T'ai Chi Ch’uan practice improves muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. But so does almost every other form of exercise. So what exactly is different about T'ai Chi? There are five important ways T'ai Chi is unique and beneficial. Apr 1, 2008, 12:36 Designing Speed Programs - Part 2 In Designing Speed Programs - Part 1, I talked about identifying the demands of your sport in order to effectively design a training plan that will help your athletes achieve those goals. As far as the demands of a speed training program, I think it is important to first look at your sport and determine where the focus is during the pre and regular season. This can be broken down into two categories: team sports and 'individual' sports. Apr 1, 2008, 12:16 Letter from the Publisher Welcome to the April, 2008, issue of Personal Trainer Today! If you own a television, you definitely know that it’s an election year! These days, you’ll hear politicians giving negative campaign speeches concerning our already slowed economy that has scared everyone from Wall Street to Main Street into stuffing cash into there respective mattresses! Apr 1, 2008, 18:02 Energy and Health Our clients expect us to help them achieve optimal health and well being. They demand to grow younger, stronger and to have more energy and vitality. In delivering their wishes, we have evolved our methodologies over the years from utilizing fixed single plane machines, steady state cardiovascular activities and food pyramids to using multi-planar functional resistance movements, mobilization techniques and organic foods. Apr 1, 2008, 12:47

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