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I’m too weak to benefit from exercise
Read more: I’m too weak to benefit from exercise“I’m too weak to benefit from exercise“ In all the different physical activity spheres I have worked in, whether it be commercial gyms, community centers, rehab centers, virtual, or at home I hear this statement, or reiterations of it, frequently. It always reminds me of a line in a sermon I once heard, “I will…
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Understanding What It Means to Be Full of the Spirit
Read more: Understanding What It Means to Be Full of the SpiritI am listening to a sermon series through Acts currently and throughout the scriptures you get the verbiage, “full of the Holy Spirit.” At first read you can start to think that we are vessels full of sin, then we accept Christ and are somehow emptied of that stuff and the poured “full” of the…
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Volume Cycling for Hypertrophy: Brief Practice Case
Read more: Volume Cycling for Hypertrophy: Brief Practice CaseHere is a glimpse into a training program for an advanced trainee with concurrent goals: increasing chest and arm size and maintaining his aerobic capacity. Over the past 9 months he has put in lots of work and increased his circumference measures (a crude measure but data nonetheless) significantly. It has been great seeing his…
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What Does the Bible Say about Exercise?
Read more: What Does the Bible Say about Exercise?A physiologist’s perspective I find that people tend to look through their scholastic lens when they are first met with a topic. I find this is true for myself. I first look through a biological or anatomical lens or use theories and principles like the repeated bout effect or SAID principle to describe my perspective…
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Sustainable Weight Loss: Key Strategies for Long-Term Success
Read more: Sustainable Weight Loss: Key Strategies for Long-Term SuccessThe above picture is a great testimony, not to my ability, but to the hard work of a previous client of mine who had great weight loss success. Topics around weight loss, as a trainer, coach, and medical professional, are extremely common. “What will help me lose weight” is one of the most common statements…
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Sciatica – my experience as a clinician.
Read more: Sciatica – my experience as a clinician.What is Sciatica? Sciatica is poorly defined but could be loosely defined by pain originating around your lower back area and traveling down (radiating) into your lower leg. As with most pain, everyone’s experience is different. For example, some people have herniated discs, spinal stenosis, or osteoarthritis and don’t have any pain, while other people…
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Training Considerations for Basketball Athletes.
Read more: Training Considerations for Basketball Athletes.I have trained many athletes of various sports and basketball is among the top 3 most prevalent. My hope here to is to offer a resource to players and material to coaches that will be thought provoking, leading to improved player performance. To cover all the intricacies related to different players, their positions, injuries, multi-sport…
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How Motivational interviewing can help us change!
Read more: How Motivational interviewing can help us change!This post will be a repost of a research paper by myself and a graduate professor of mine. My research was on motivational interviewing, goal setting, and problem-solving interventions with patients in a rehabilitation center. Even though the study was in a “Special population” the conclusions can be applied to many people’s seeking to change…
