Exercise
Written by Bob Bovee
As strength training continues to grow in popularity, especially among women, it is important to note that particular subgroups require special care and consideration when developing strength-training programs. The older woman, the adolescent woman, the pregnant woman and the postpartum woman need some adjustment in their strength program to ensure both safety and effectiveness.
Written by NFPT Staff Writer
While we are all familiar with aerobic activity, defined in the early 1970s by Dr. Kenneth Cooper as activity during which the cardiorespiratory system provides enough oxygen for muscular effort, most of us associate anaerobic activity with that very hard effort we do during intervals. The fact is that each non-sequential muscular effort, such as turning your head, entails some measure of energy production in the absence of oxygen, qualifying it as anaerobic.
Written by Phil Fink
As the fitness industry grows in popularity and importance, it is of the utmost importance that we as fitness professionals continue to develop a growing knowledge of the exercise sciences to communicate effectively with the established health professions and sciences on "common ground". The following article, while at times technical, provides an integral part of that knowledge base necessary to facilitate such communication.
Written by Bob Bovee
Researchers over the past years have been gathering evidence about the long term benefits of both aerobic and resistance training among women. The old saying "use it or lose it", says it all. An inactive or sedentary individual actually is accelerating their biological aging.
Written by Jeff Mendoza
As every trainer should, I incorporate flexibility training into every workout. However, I must say that many of my clients simply hate it. Although they all agree that it is important, they are quite happy to skip it and have a rough time doing it on their own. I thought I’d share some of the reasons stretching play an important role in helping you work towards your fitness goals.
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