Working on that six pack is a very popular goal. Every fitness magazine out there has a new routine on the cover of each issue. What is always lacking is a better understanding of what the core is actually supposed to be doing and how it contributes to strength.
I just read a New York Times article about personal training. The author’s message is “What therapists were to the more cerebral New York of yesteryear, trainers are to the more superficial here and now: designated agents of self-actualization, florid expressions of self-indulgence, must -have accessories, must-cite authorities.” I feel that deserves
I just read an article on T-Nation in which the author expressed his opinion that corrective exercises are a load of bull. People’s problems are that they are weak, period. I have to say I agree, however, I think correctives have a place, it just depends on how you think about
This is a guest post from Dianna Scotece, BS Athletic Training, CSCS, NASM. She has 20 years experience in the business. Over 55? You should be training like an athlete, even if you have little to no athletic experience. Not only do athletes take their wokouts seriously, but their entire
In the actions of all men, and especially of princes, where there is no court to appeal to, one looks to the end. – Machiavelli, the Prince. That is as close as Machiavelli gets to actually writing “the ends justify the means” and that is the concept for which he is best
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