Core training is the topic that never gets old. We love flat abs and we also recognize that it is good for our aching backs. What we don’t always understand is that flat abs don’t necessarily equate to strong cores, and by extension, flat abs don’t mean our backs do
Health and fitness loves a clear solution. Unfortunately, clear cut solutions are often impossibilities. Here are a couple of examples of common wisdom that would like to be rooted in fact, but simply aren’t.
Cycling, sometimes referred to as periodization, is the concept of structuring your training around different phases throughout an exercise program. Most recreational exercisers do not utilize this method although it can greatly increase gains as well as guard against injury.
I just read a New York Times article about personal training. The author’s message is “What therapists were to the more cerebral New York of yesteryear, trainers are to the more superficial here and now: designated agents of self-actualization, florid expressions of self-indulgence, must -have accessories, must-cite authorities.” I feel that deserves
I just read an article on T-Nation in which the author expressed his opinion that corrective exercises are a load of bull. People’s problems are that they are weak, period. I have to say I agree, however, I think correctives have a place, it just depends on how you think about