Duties & Responsibilities of a Personal Trainer
Personal trainers perform fitness assessments, design training programs, demonstrate exercise technique and provide motivation.
Read more →Fitness Mastery: Hypertrophy, HIIT & Running Optimization
Comprehensive fitness involves a mix of strength training for hypertrophy, HIIT for metabolic health, and corrective exercises for postural alignment.
Gait Exercises
Gait exercises help develop or maintain a functional walking pattern. According to a May 2003 “Clinical Rehabilitation” study led by Hiroyuki Shimada, M.D., of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, performing gait exercises improved walking patterns in elderly individuals within 12 weeks.
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Bodybuilding & Pectoral Injuries
You lift heavy weight during bodybuilding workouts to build muscle mass. Orthopedia.com reports that the most traumatic pectoral tears occur in weight lifters or bodybuilders between ages 20 and 40 from doing eccentric pectoral contraction exercises like the bench press.
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Your Skeletal System's Response to Exercise
Your skeletal system has 206 bones that work with your muscles to allow movement. This system gives your body its shape and form. Physically active people generally have higher bone density than inactive people. Your skeletal system responds to exercise like your muscles.
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Burning Sensation in the Shoulder Muscles After Lifting Weights
A burning sensation in your shoulder muscles after lifting weights may be a sign of shoulder tendonitis. You may develop shoulder tendonitis in your rotator cuff or where your bicep tendon meets the shoulder.
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Fatigue & Lightheadedness While Exercising
Fatigue and lightheadedness while exercising are contraindications to exercise. The effort you put into your exercise session may not pay off when you experience these symptoms. They may indicate overexertion or injury. Fatigue and lightheadedness may also be signs of serious or life threatening health conditions.
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Effects of Exercise on Endocrine System
Your endocrine system consists of glands that release hormones that control physiological functions in your body. Exercise boosts the number of hormones circulating in your body and strengthens receptor sites on target organ cells.
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What Are Some Different Types of Exercise?
Different types of exercise emphasize different elements of physical fitness. Well-balanced workout regimens include different types of exercise to help you avoid injury and develop or maintain overall physical fitness. You may perform different types of exercise in varying proportions, depending on your goals.
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What Vitamins Should I Take to Work Out?
Vitamins may help your body adapt to the demands of your workout session more effectively. If you have a vitamin deficiency, it may suppress your workout results and cause more body system impairments than improvements.
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What Is Considered Buff in Bodybuilding?
You may be considered buff if you have more than 2 lbs. of body weight per inch of your height, but champion bodybuilders tend to weigh more than 3 lbs. per inch, according to a February 2007 article by Ellington Darden, Ph.D. The circumference of your individual muscle groups helps determine how buff you are.
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7 Basic Bodybuilding Poses
The seven basic bodybuilding poses are also known as compulsory poses, because competition rules usually require that you perform them. You perform the seven basic poses for the judges panel in early competition rounds. Women may not need to perform the front or back lat spread poses.
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Carbs Before a Workout & Protein After
Ingesting carbs before a workout and extra protein afterward provides the basic materials that your body needs for adapting to the demands of your chosen activity. Pre workout carbohydrates help ensure that your body has what it needs for rising to the challenge, and making the most of your workout.
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