Fitness Library
We will continue to add links to interesting fitness studies, medical studies about fitness, interesting fitness facts and relevant articles.
Fitness Facts
We subsribe to a lot of Stuart McGill's teachings. For those who are unfamiliar with Dr. McGill, he is one of the top spinal biomechanists in the world and has been published over 140 times. His contribution to the field of spinal biomechanics is significant and his teachings help healthcare providers and trainers alike to be cognizant of core stabilization and how it relates to sports/activities/and life.
Fitness Studies
A great study for review is the article written by Patrick Pearce in 2008 for the ACSM. The article is a great introduction to exercise and its importance. It discusses cardiovascular disease (CVD), risk factors for CVD, exercise, nutrition, and more. Its discussion as to why medical doctors tend to prescribe medicine over exercise is quite revelaling. Although the article is well written, please note the section about training the core. Can you figure out what is wrong with this section? Do the recommendations really train the core? Click on the link below and enjoy.
There is a continual debate about the value of stretching. At Pro Form, we appreciate flexibility as it relates to the athlete's individual needs. However, excessive flexibility tends to be detrimental to both health and sport. Below are a couple of studies that discuss reasons why you do NOT want to stretch, especially before an athletic event...there are plenty more studies that show the deliterious effects of stretching.
Effects of Static Stretching in Warm-up on Repeated Sprint Performance
Efffects_of_Stretching_on_Maximal_Anaerobic_Power - The Roles of Active and Passive Warm-ups
The_Impact_of_Different_Warm-Up_Protocols on Vertical Jump
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