Athletes and bodybuilders often isolate the muscle or muscle group in their workouts, emphasizing the target muscles main action. However, such a practice does not always lead to maximum development of the muscle because many major muscles also have an action at the other end. This means you must work the muscle to move the […]
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Visiting several gyms recently, I saw athletes doing various exercises incorrectly. The exercises in question were those that required good back positioning, such as in the good morning, deadlift, bent-over row, bent-over twist and squat. By doing these exercises incorrectly you can injure the back. The number of athletes who have been injured because of
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As more knowledge becomes available we are seeing greater progress in understanding the foundation and tenants of exercise science. But sports science seems to be absent when it comes to the training a football player. Instead of seeing new advances we see the same concepts and methodologies being perpetuated. Progress, if this is what it
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When you set up a training program do you think in terms of the most important (core) exercises that should be done? Do you take into consideration supplementary exercises that compliment or better support the core exercises| Understand that most exercises are closely related to other exercises. By doing one exercise you may place stress
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When you think of power you usually think of executing a skill with strength or more accurately, great speed. This means that you are able to execute the skill in the shortest amount of time. In essence, the greater the speed the greater the power generated. One factor often overlooked in executing the skill faster,