Youth Strength Band Training – Part 1
By Christina Chapan
Part 1
This is a series about using strength bands in your workout. When working with children, bands and balls are a great alternative to weight workouts. Strength bands are ine ..
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Functional Core Training – Part 2
The Concepts of Core Stabilization
The core can be defined as the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex: there are 29 muscles that have attachments within this area. The importance of the core is to maintain the ..
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Functional Core Training – Part 1
The aims of the following 3 part series on functional core training is to allow for the fitness professional to design safe and effective integrated core training programmes that will allow for the cl ..
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Deadlift: The Forgotten Exercise
Disa Hatfield, B.S.
The Deadlift is an integral, yet often missing component of a strength building program. That’s not to say that everyone should be performing this movement or one of its variati ..
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What Does it Take to Get the Edge?
In the never- ending quest for glory, athletes are often willing to try anything to improve their performance. Bodybuilders of all levels are always on the prowl for anything will give them that addit ..
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You Are What You Eat
By Rosemary Vernon, Editor of Dolfzine Online Fitness Inc.
Introduction and Background Congratulations! If you're reading this, then it's obvious that you want to take your life in a positive direc ..
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Protein Supplements Vs. Protein Foods!
Many aspiring bodybuilders are hoping that this is the year that their bodies will transform into the bodies of their dreams. Unfortunately, bodybuilders love for protein puts them at the mercy of pro ..
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Training Tips: The Pectoralis Major
The pectoralis major is without question one of the most frequently trained muscles in fitness and sport. Despite it's popularity, few people know much about the anatomy and kinesiology of this import ..
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Rest periods Between Sets: Everything you ever needed to know!
Rest periods between sets is an integral and often overlooked contributor to the success of any strength training program. Chances are, you are not optimizing this crucial variable. So what is the tri ..
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Spotlight Trainer – Richard LaRocca
Becoming an International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) member has changed my life. This is an opportunity I would have never thought possible only two years prior. At this time, I was managing a ..
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