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7.17.2020

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Frontiers in Physiology published, “Resistance Exercise Training as a Primary Countermeasure to Age-Related Chronic Disease.” After a systematic review the researchers concluded “Rather than a secondary mode of exercise, a case can be made that for middle age and older adults, resistance training should be the primary mode of exercise and a major focus for public health.”

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11.24.2023

Manual Training Has Rules

In 1979 Manual Resistance was introduced at the National Strength and Conditioning Convention. Weight training’s ability to enhance athletic performance had become accepted and coaches were beginning to be hired by major sports programs. Facilities everywhere were extremely limited or...

11.16.2023

Powerful Hands

The hand is a complex anatomical system. This appendage is composed of twenty seven bones and fifteen joints. Having 30 degrees of rotational and translational freedom it’s able to grasp and apply force to objects of multivarious shapes and sizes....

11.9.2023

Getting Back To Normal

The health practitioner’s return-to-play protocol after a concussion, whiplash, nerve or muscle trauma must contain a measurable strength component to restore each muscle to normalcy, redressing this tendency to substitute by the injured athlete. The athlete, strength coach, and/or trainer...