The floor press has two main advantages. The first is that it is pretty user friendly for the shoulder. Thanks to the floor, your elbow cannot travel lower than your back. As long as you are maintaining the proper retraction, this will prevent the front of your shoulder from being
Boxing is a popular form of exercise and can be a very challenging cardiovascular and muscular endurance activity. Unfortunately, it is sometimes simply thrown into a routine for fun, without being connected to an overall program. What we want, is to take a couple of fundamental principles from boxing that
This is part 2 of Fitness and Sustainability. Check out Part 1. Our economy is based on growth. The idea is that prosperity rises as the economy expands, producing more jobs, creating more products, and supporting a base of consumers with the resources to partake in the system. Historically, the
Calf stretching is pretty common out there. Runners in particular love to do a little stretch off the fence before they hit the road. Something I have noticed is that there does not seem to be much awareness about the fact that there are two calf muscles. Depending on how
This is a collaborative post with Marissa Joseph, CSCS, PN1 – www.workinglines.org Dancers and weight lifters should sit down and compare notes. Though they may think there is not much to talk about, they would be surprised at what they find. Each athlete excels in certain atheltic traits and their