Exercise
Written by NFPT Staff Writer
When you eat can be just as important as what you eat. The timing of carbohydrate intake can play a key role in keeping the body ready when it's time for the next workout.
Written by Chris Gellert, PT, MPT, CSCS, CPT
The human body is a dynamic machine. Every movement, simple or complex, is electronically choreographed synergistically between the nervous and musculoskeletal system. By understanding how these systems interact with one another, this will provide you with the vital knowledge on how human movement occurs scientifically enabling you to work with any client.
Written by Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT
We like to think of ourselves as inhabiting a civilized world, living in a time and place where extending such courtesies to those around us would be a natural course of action. However, as any of us who have ventured past our own front steps can attest, such behaviors are sorely lacking in many realms, including, sadly, the gym.
Written by Jeanne Murdock
In the first part of this article, I discussed a number of contraindicated exercises -- outdated movements that can be unsafe and unproductive -- along with modifications for improving their safety and effectiveness. Here are the top 5 such exercises, as I seem them.
Written by Jeanne Murdock
One of the many benefits of research is that we learn to fine tune exercises, so that they are not only effective, but also safe. Unfortunately, many exercise instructors do not update their knowledge; they continue to teach outdated movements that are known as contraindicated exercises.
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