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Dumbbells May Burn But They Don’t Bite

Nov 1, 2024

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By Shania Rayford

Scary Things in the Gym!

Oct 30, 2024

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By: Aram Kumar, BA Exercise Science, CSCS

October Opportunities: Yoga as Recovery

Oct 27, 2024

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Are you looking for a recovery program for just about any sport, any lift, any training plan? Why not try yoga? It addresses full ROM for every joint, helps to relax the muscles and then stretch them, can get into the deeper connective tissue where soreness often lives and moves the spine in all six directions. If you are looking for sport specific yoga, set up a consult with me on your dashboard! In the meantime, give this short yoga practice a try!

October Opportunities: Foam Rolling

Oct 25, 2024

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by Johnny Martin, CPT Foam rollers are a great thing to incorporate into your daily stretch routine. Foam rollers help alleviate any myofascial adhesions that can cause inflexibility and muscle imbalance throughout the body. In other words, it is used to loosen and release any knots that might be lurking within your muscles. Meaning it can improve soreness, tightness, or inflammation that occurs from working out.

October Opportunities: New Exercises!

Oct 23, 2024

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By Dalton Harris, CPT

October: Overhead Exercise

Oct 20, 2024

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By Cameron Horsfall, MS, CSCS Overhead exercises are a staple in any well-structured exercise program. Axial skeleton loading (spine and trunk) is important in maintaining bone mineral density as we age. When we consider loading the axial skeleton, we want to make sure that specific actions are taken into consideration when exercising. Standing Over Head Press (OH Press) with a barbell is a great option for those that have good core stability and OH mobility.

October-Overhead exercise

Oct 16, 2024

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by Aram Kumar, CSCS

October Opposites: Yoga push/pull

Oct 13, 2024

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The concepts of push/pull and balanced exercise holds true for most exercise modalities. Take a look at this short video below for a how to on incorporating push/pull concepts into yoga. Reach out to your MoveWell staff more ideas and exercises!

October Opposites: Push/Pull

Oct 11, 2024

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By Johnny Martin, CPT Push-pull training focuses on targeting specific muscles that are involved in push and pulling motions. This type of training can allow you to optimize recovery time between exercises or workout routines. You can focus on upper or lower body muscles that perform pushing muscles one day, and then pushing movements the next day. It is great for beginners who are looking to increase muscle size and overall strength. Push muscles are as follows, chest, shoulders, triceps, quadriceps, calves. Pull muscles include biceps, back, and hamstrings.

October Opposites: Superset

Oct 9, 2024

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By Dalton Harris, CPT Superset Supersets are a great way to maximize your time in the gym, if you are on a time crunch. Sometimes, it becomes difficult to hit multiple muscle groups in a short time period, but an easy way to do this is by utilizing a superset. What is a Superset?

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