Strength training

cross-country to volleyball, these injuries are often sparked by blunt trauma in a joint, which leads to painful and even debilitating strains and sprains. Thankfully, chiropractic care has long been a trusted treatment for these injuries, helping strength and balance in the joints vital to the healing process. What’s…

Unilateral exercise seems to be more beneficial in comparing with bilateral exercise. However, according to Fleck and Kraemer (2004), both training need to be use to allow the diversity effect to take place in a training program that being designed to facilitates athletes to have a variety of different stimuli after they begin to have an adaptation towards a training and progress to the next…

Tracking my physical activity this semester has impacted how I look at physical activity. Before this class I never planned my workouts I just worked out. During this process of tracking my physical activity I have learned to be detail oriented when planning my workout session. I also learned that being detail oriented helps me understand what I’m capable of doing physically and what I can work on. The data helped me understand how I progressed during the process of tracking. I noticed that as…

Workout Plan For bodybuilding, you will need some equipment to be able to go through with the exercises properly. Weights or resistance training are best for bodybuilding. For beginners, it is best to start with a weekly workout plan that has cardiovascular training before the other more intensive bodybuilding exercises. Others may incorporate cardiovascular training in between days of bodybuilding. This can also be done depending on your…

HGH and Sports HGH means Human Growth Hormone. HGH is a hormone that the body already produces. “It is a hormone secreted by our pituitary gland, which is near the base of the brain, and it helps with cell reproduction and promotes physical growth” (Peterson). HGH was made in 1981 to help people who did not produce enough HGH naturally (Peterson). Doctors also use HGH to help children who are smaller than normal (HGH). Depending on what you are using it for, HGH can be good or bad for the body…

Why You Should Stretch Stretching has numerous other benefits. It should be a foundation in your fitness routine. It reduces the amount of lactic acid and inflammation in your muscle tissue, while preventing muscle cramps. Most importantly, because stretching reduces your body's automatic need to protect itself against overextension, it improves your flexibility. The more flexible you are, the easier your muscles are able to move through the full range of motion. This increases your performance…

Aerobic Fitness Laboratory Report Ethan C. Bagwell University of Arkansas Introduction The problem addressed in this laboratory report is aerobic fitness and its association with cardiovascular disease and all cause mortality. Aerobic fitness is related to the ability to perform large muscle, dynamic, moderate to vigorous intensity exercise for prolonged periods of time (Thompson, Gordon, & Pescatello, 2014). Aerobic fitness has been considered a health-related part of physical fitness due to…

The muscles worked are the deltoids, triceps, biceps, hamstrings, and hips. Equipment: yoga mat Sets: 1, Reps: 20 Start out in a push up position. Start by lifting your right foot off of the ground and bring it as close as you can to your chest. Then bring it back down to starting position as you do the same thing with your left foot. The muscles worked are hips and abdominals. Equipment: yoga mat Sets: 2, Reps: 10 Start by laying down on your back with your legs in a V position. While…

have met the PA Guidelines. Mainly because I am a track athlete and I am used to my weeks being filled with intense workouts for two to three hours a day. Since college has started, plus getting a job, I have found it difficult to keep to the same training schedule as I had in high school. I was beginning to question whether my exercising habits were unhealthy…

The article I chose, Gym Workouts: Simple Cardio and Weight-Lifting Plans. The opening statement sure hit the nail on the head. Its incredible how often I have gone to the gym only to walk away and move on due to people’s lack of consideration for others when waiting for the cardio equipment. The article states several times, if the equipment’s busy don’t waste time, go back later. While doing cardio, listen to music with a fast beat, 130-170 beats per minute will help maintain a fast pace.…