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Should Personal Trainers/Fitness Professionals Be Required to Take College Level Classes?
A new movement in the fitness field is to make all fitness professionals take college level classes. This is an interesting topic of discussion. There are many national certifying agencies for personal trainers but the question can be raised as … Continue reading
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Do You Know How To Squat? Do You Know What You Are Squatting For?
Many of us in the gym squat. Be it front squats, high bar squats, low bar squats, or whatever other concoction someone comes up with, the motion of the squat is essentially the same: we put weight up on our … Continue reading
Rock Climbing…Acyclic Combined Activity…How Tiring!!
After steep hiking/rock climbing Red Rock Canyon State Park in Nevada for over 3.5 hours, I was interested in knowing just how many calories I had burned and why I was feeling so tired. For those who have never been … Continue reading
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Cross Crawl Patterning and Tonic Labyrinthine Reflexes…A Novel Approach
I was fortunate enough to have met and learned a good amount of information in the short period of time I spent with Dr. David Walther many years ago while attending an Applied Kinesiology seminar. Dr. Walther was a very … Continue reading
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Are You Paying Your Trainer For A 60 Minute Session And Only Getting 25 Minutes of Training?
One way we evaluate a personal trainer is by means of establishing how much work the trainer is making the client do. Simply put, is the trainer spending more time talking with the client, or is the client working out … Continue reading
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Stability, Where to Start?
All too often, we see fitness professionals in the gym starting deconditioned clients out on stability exercises that are simply too high of a level. For example, a trainer takes a class on how to use a BOSU ball or … Continue reading
Leg Lifts/Sit-ups…What You Think You Are Doing And What You Are Actually Doing…
A common exercise performed in the gym that really concerns us is the supine or hanging leg lift. In fact, you can throw sit-ups into this equation as well. It never ceases to amaze us how many people in the … Continue reading
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Wow! Do You See What I See? All These New Exercises!
My gym has been closed for a few weeks for ‘renovations’ so I have been forced to use one of the other area affiliated gyms. While there, I couldn’t help but notice all the new and interesting exercises. In fact, … Continue reading
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Why You Do Not Want To Do Shoulder Lateral Raises and Upright Rows
Shoulder biomechanics is a good topic to start our blog with as there are so many exercises done improperly that lead to significant injury. I’ll discuss two here. Before I begin, I’ll address some basic biomechanics. The shoulder is a … Continue reading
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Smart Training Matters Blog by Drs. Manison and Antico
Welcome to Pro Form Instruction, LLC’s blog site, ‘Smart Training Matters.’ This blog has been created to discuss biomechanics and fitness matters. Some topics might be more controversial than others, but, a lot can be learned from a good discussion. … Continue reading
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