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Nowadays, running has been one hell of a hot craze among fitness enthusiasts and fluff-to-fit dreamers starting out. Just over the past weekend, the ULAH TBR Dream Marathon Batch 2014 was held at Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna with over 674 finishers! Congratulations to all of them especially my friends and patients who joined the race! You guys killed it! I am dedicating this post to you guys. Make sure to read through and store it in your memory bank. As I have said in a previous post, running is one of the easiest and effective ways to get fit as well as it being cost-effective. This is why I encourage people to put it in their bucket list: To Run A Marathon (if not a marathon, perhaps a fun run). Having second thoughts? Try reading Wicked Workout of the Week: Fun Runs to Running A Mean Marathon. It will give you an introduction about running, inspire you and get you started.
After reading the post or if you are already a running aficionado, then the slide presentation below will further help you to train smart not to train hard. Dr. Mike Young distinguishes the facts and myths of running. He presents what does not work, what works and what REALLY WORKS. All the basics are found right here. Now all you have to do is CLICK, LEARN, and MOVE. We are now at a high time where fitness is booming. Almost every month (or every week), there are various running races being held around the metro and other places. If you go to this kind of events, you’ll see different kinds of people: kids, teens, athletes, couch potatoes want to start shedding a few pounds, even nuns/priests and the elderly. Gone are those days when we use to think that athleticism is only for men. Nowadays, more and more women are joining fun runs. Most of the marathoners are slowly being dominated by women. In short, all walks of life are welcome to engage in running. Why has it gotten so popular? The answer is simple. The easiest, effective and inexpensive way to stay fit is to run. It is a great exercise that improves your endurance, helps you lose weight, increases your metabolism and increases your self-confidence. A step higher than walking, running is a high-impact workout – wherein three to six times of your bodyweight is being absorbed from your feet. Unlike in walking that one foot is always in contact with the ground, both feet leave the ground when running for greater forward propulsion.
Dynamic Concept Series 3: Strength Essentials for Lower Back Problems Almost 80% of the world's population suffers from low back problems. At some point in your life, I'll guess that you've experienced it as well. Back pains sometimes persist due to improper diagnosis or inappropriate exercise rehabilitation plan. Tim Keeley, who is the director of Physio Fitness, gives pointers on the essential corrective exercises and rehab principles for hyperlordotic posture, disc problems, sacroiliac joint pain and the 'flat back and no glutes' syndrome. Learn the right muscles to strengthen, what to stretch, the right time to do it and what not to do in the gym!
The holiday season is the time of the year where you relax and take time off your busy schedule to be with family and friends. It is also the break period to stop going to the gym and take a step back from your workout sessions..NOT!!!
Who wants to be the person that gets fat after the holidays? When the new year comes and you go back to work or school, you do not want to be THAT person being told of "Musta bakasyon? Parang tumaba ka." ("How was your vacation? Looks like you gained weight.") Do you want to be THAT person who just bought new amazing skinny jeans/hot dress for a Christmas party and after the holiday season is over can't even fit into them? Will you want to be THAT person who suddenly binges when January comes and starve yourself to death? Nothing positive ever comes out of not working out. No time to go to the gym? Don't have any gym equipment? Bored with the same workout routine of biceps curls, bench press, lat pull downs and running on the treadmill? No need to make all those excuses. Simple bodyweight exercises can help you lose weight, boost up your endurance and provide strength gains.
That being said, you can see that it can get pretty tiring working as a PT. PTs not only have to take care of the health of their patients, but also of their own health. We must then be able to listen to our own bodies and pay attention to any changes that we experience in order to keep ourselves in tip-top shape. Sometimes we forget to do just that and we start experiencing that occasional back spasm, neck discomfort or general fatigue. Here are five tips that can help you beat back weariness, body pain, and stress and add that extra “spring” to your step during your working hours at the clinic, hospital, gym, etc. Most likely these tips aren’t new to you, but hopefully this list reminds you of the things that you can to do to be better every day.
What is the plank craze all about? Is it just a hype? Let's breakdown why this exercise has been one of the most recommended workouts of strength trainers and fitness coaches.
The plank, also called hover or abdominal bridge, is an isometric exercise for core strengthening wherein you have to hold a certain position for an extended period of time. The front plank as seen in the picture below is the most common plank variation we see at our local gyms. There are actually 25 types of plank variations or even more. Here are some examples: side plank, two-point plank, side plank with a twist, table top plank… The list goes on and on. |