Training and development

Before performing the tricep kickbacks, stand next to a bench (recommend starting on your right side first) while holding onto the hand weight with your left hand. Palms should be facing your torso. Place your left leg and right hand on the bench. Backs should be straight while knees are slightly bent and hips should lean forward. Make sure that your upper arm is close to your torso and is parallel to the floor (bend your elbow if you need to make adjustments). Also, forearms should be pointed…

An athletic trainer is a health professional that specializes in injuries occurring from physical activities (sports). They are trained in preventing, recognizing, rehabilitating, and managing injuries that occur in athletes. Athletic trainers can help avoid unnecessary medical treatment. Athletic trainers are not limited to sports teams or schools, they can work in schools, physician clinics, hospitals and manufacturing plants. For example, an injured high school or college athlete can see…

into detail in his book, “Brain Rules” about how an individual cannot skimp on things like rest, proper nutrition, exercise and sleep if one wants his/her mind to function at its peak performance. He explains how the brain is malleable and the development of each brain is based not only on the physical environment…

After learning of the benefits associated with physical activity, my goal is to make a point of getting more vigorous-intensity aerobic activity each week. My goals to achieve optimal fitness are to begin running regularly again, incorporate strength training occasionally, and try to decrease the amount of time I spend sitting during the day. By making these changes, I could increase my strength and endurance in addition to feeling better about…

fuel to itself through the respiratory and circulatory systems allowing you to function under strenuous activity. Cardiorespiratory endurance is any activity that elevates your heart rate, which occurs in cardio workouts, high intensity interval training, sports, cycling, hill sprints, swimming, etc. Folsom Lake College, conducted a study, and found that there are two parts to cardiorespiratory endurance. One being how efficient your heart and lungs are delivering oxygen to your body, and the…

beginning an unfamiliar workout. Some of the fears they may have include the limitation of resistance to only what they themselves weigh. For those looking to build muscle mass, some may figure Calisthenics to be more for strength training. For example, in weight training more weight can be added to cause a person’s muscles to fatigue quicker than with calisthenics where the set weight is a person’s body (Foot, 2012). Another concern is that the weather can be a factor by restricting a person…

The multi-billion dollar industry of nutritional supplements is like a wagon that is continually fueled by apocryphal advertising, fallacious claims by its manufacturers and distributors, along with a little dose of pseudoscience passed around in the gymnasiums without much foothold on factual scientific evidence. This has given rise to a lot of misinformation surrounding several nutritional supplements chiefly associated with weight loss, weight gain, athletic performance, sexual performance,…

2014). Previous literature suggests carbohydrate (CHO) intake to assist performance of aerobic exercise, which involves prolonged effort of energy (e.g., long distance running) (Kerksick et al., 2008). In contrast, anaerobic exercise (e.g., strength training) involves high-powered effort and shorter bursts of energy (Tipton, et al., 2001). Can it be assumed that CHO supplementation is also beneficial to performance in this type of exercise? Research observing CHO and resistance-exercise,…

Some people really dread going to the gym, who really wants to get super sweaty? That feeling after the workout and the “fit-bod” are two examples of why the fitness community has developed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Crossfit is always perceived as crazy fit people that workout way to hard. To outsiders, crossfit is thought to cause more injuries than any other form of exercise. In all honesty, working out alone can lead to the same injuries, such as pulled muscles or broken bones.…

Inspiration Originally I set out to make some sort of online game. Then I realized that kids already spend too much time with their faces buried in iPads and iPhones. I decided that I wanted to create something that encouraged some sort of physical activity. The goal is to find something that can cut down on childhood obesity, an epidemic in The United States of America. As I was folding laundry and watching basketball the idea hit me, dirty clothes basketball. The idea is very simple, put a…