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Spotlight Trainer
of the Month
Bernie Munoz
My passion and interest for strength and conditioning was sparked my sophomore off-season year of high school. I was a part of the varsity football team and partaking in the off-season program. Coach Ron Butler was our strength coach who would literally whoop our tails day in and day out. What intrigued me was the manner in which he would develop our training programs and instruct us on proper technique in every exercise. Since then, I have been on a quest to learn and absorb all the knowledge that I can attain pertaining to fitness, health, and athletic performance.
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What Makes a Corporate Wellness Program Effective?
- Greg Justice
Article #8 of Corporate Wellness Series
All successful, effective corporate wellness programs have some common features. At a minimum, an effective program requires: management commitment, solid research and planning, and employee buy-in and participation. To have the best chance of success and a meaningful return on investment, a program should also have: collaborative team support, expert vendor support, measurable goals, periodic evaluation, and necessary updates.
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Team Wolverine at Nationals
- Coach Ryan Hale
On June 5th, 2010, Team Wolverine Powerlifting traveled to Omaha, NE to compete in the 100% RAW American Challenge. What set the American Challenge apart from your typical national championship meet was that instead of many lifters traveling to a certain location, there would be 8 locations across the U.S.A. lifting over a two-week period. A lifter would not only compete against other lifters in his region but also against all the other lifters in the different regions. 100% RAW president, Paul Bossi, thought this would be a better way to get more lifters involved with the nationals. He was right, and there were over 350 lifters that made this event.
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Slow Down, Stretch, and Breathe
- Christine Del Boccio
“Slow down or you are going to get a speeding ticket!” I joke sometimes with patients at a Vestibular Physical Therapy Clinic I work at and say this to them. We both laugh, and yet, there is something to be said about slowing down. Speed limits were originally set to help people be safe. As trainers, we too want our clients to be safe and prevent injury. This month, the focus is on slowing down, stretching, and breathing.
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| The Connection Between Stress and Cravings |
- Claire Dorotik
On a primitive level, stress is helpful. It prepares us to run. It prepares us to fight off attackers. The heart rate increases, sending more oxygen rich blood to the muscles, the endocrine system shunts epinephrine and adrenaline into the system, decreasing our reaction time and increasing our mental alertness, and the muscles tense, ready to propel us in whatever direction we need to go. However, biologically, this situation was meant to be resolved.
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| Ladies: Banish Those Fears of Big and Bulky… Weight Training Is the Way! |
- Lindsay Jones
I am always amazed at the fact that when I enter into any sort of fitness or industry related discussion with women, their prolific and never-ending search for that “runners high” or the proud moment of walking out of the hour long cardio kickboxing class glistening with sweat—the proof of their accomplishment—seems to be not only the foundation of their workout session, but the four walls that surround it...
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| Carb Your Enthusiasm |
- Cameron Baker
One word, one food, one macronutrient has seemingly caused more conversation and controversy in the past few years than any of the other dietary substances combined. This staple of the modern American diet is either being vastly overeaten, under-eaten, or completely abandoned all across the country, and I think that it’s time we found out the truth about the infamous carbohydrate.
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