. A recent study from the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine tested the immediate effects of ‘Kinesio-Taping'(KT) on maximal strength in the quadricep muscle. . Findings indicated no significant effect in the maximal quadriceps strength immediately after the application of inhibition, facili...
. Use imagery to correct valgus in female athletes. . Valgus is that “knock-kneed” motion that can happen in female athletes, usually due to quadricep dominance. Valgus presents a risk of extreme knee damage due to the fact that the hamstrings cannot prevent the knee from literally teari...
. Healthy living actually does help you live longer. . A study from Sweden published in the British Medical Journal says healthy living can add up to 6 years to your life. This is the first study to show a difference in longevity with modifiable lifestyle factors( such as leisure activity, lifesty...
. STOP THE PRESSES! . . Stanford University is working on a form of temperature-regulation with huge sport performance implications. Researchers acheive gains better than steroids by removing body heat from our “built in radiators” on one hand. This refrigeration glove is being improved...
. Good morning west coast! . Here’s some good news for those like me who like a good coffee fix in the morning or pre-workout. Researchers at RMIT university in Melbourn Australia have conducted a study on aerobic interval training blood platel… et function and caffein. They wanted to ge...
. A 2011 study by the Journal of Strength and Conditioning tried to measure the effect of foam rollers on 1- sport performance and 2- post exercise recovery. The study tried to determine weather the use of myofascial rollers had an effect upon sport performance. Here it i...
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. It was my understanding that the full range back squat is a contraindicated movement due to iliosacral instability. I have always been taught by my exercise therapists of many medical backgrounds that the kind of squat that touches the hamstring to the calf is unsafe. Recently on a s...
. So it’s time to take a break. Five days off from the gym and the bench, and into “active rest”. Which near as I can figure is a bullshit fitness word made up to sound official… like the word “functional”… While in Mexico it seems that my strength c...
. continued from: The Quest: for the 405lb Bench . “FATIGUE IS NOT ADVANTAGIOUS WHEN TRYING TO INCREASE STRENGTH.” quest (kwst) n. 1. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search. 2. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in ord...
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