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Dr.-Irv-Rubenstein-contributes-to-journal-article-on-lungesFeb 07

February 7, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

Dr. Irv Rubenstein contributes to journal article on lunges

PRESS RELEASE   Dr. Irv Rubenstein, co-founder and president of STEPS Fitness, Nashville’s first personal training center (circa 1989), has been a leader in personal fitness training and science since opening STEPS. He has spent years providing educational training for fitness professionals in a variety of capacities, as a presenter for Exercise ETC and anRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog, General News Tagged With: exercise science, lunge, side lunge

REAL-News--March-20221Dec 22

December 22, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Exercise and Depression: A 2-Way Street

When I started graduate school at Peabody College, which was not yet a part of Vanderbilt University, to study exercise science – which was technically not a major field of study but was the area of health and physical education in which I was interested – I had to take some ‘soft’ courses. That is,Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, depression, exercise addiction, exercise and mood, field of health or exercise science

Part-1:-The-Diet-Obesity-Debates-ContinueJul 24

July 24, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Part 1: The Diet-Obesity Debates Continue

There are two crises – other than political and covid-19  – that America, and maybe the modern, Westernized world in general, though also the rest of the world everywhere, must face that will destroy humankind: obesity and diet. And the fitness community, especially us professionals, has to accept our roles as potential solutions and causes.Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: burn off excess weight, childhood obesity, diet, field of health or exercise science, obesity, personal trainers, professsional fitness trainers, weight bias, weight loss

How-Hard-Do-You-REALLY-Have-to-Work?Apr 10

April 10, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Coronavirus Tips: How to Live Through Covid

If I were an expert on anything, it would be somewhere in the category of fitness but not in medicine. What is fitness, anyway? This question has been asked by health, exercise, wellness, medical and fitness experts for over 50 years, pretty much since Dr Ken Cooper researched and wrote on, and developed the veryRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, coronavirus, covid, diet, Exercise, fitness, physical activity

Apr 10, 2020

April 10, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #5

Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workouts, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, fitness, musculoskeletal improvements, physical activity

Apr 09, 2020

April 9, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #4

Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workout, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, fitness, resistance training

Apr 08, 2020

April 8, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #3

Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workout, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training

Apr 07, 2020

April 7, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #2

Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workouts, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, fitness, musculoskeletal improvements, physical activity

Apr 06, 2020

April 6, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #1

Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, coronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Exercise, musculoskeletal improvements, quarantine

Feet:-From-the-Ground-UpMar 13

March 13, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Feet: From the Ground Up

For a few years, while she was establishing herself as a neuromuscular expert on feet, Dr. Emily Splichal, a NYC podiatrist, was a source of highly technical yet superbly functional webinars (this is but one link on youtube) on the foot. I would strongly recommend them to anyone who works with athletes prone to footRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: barefoot, barefoot running, big toe, field of health or exercise science, reduce your risk of falling, short foot exercise, strength training, toe yoga

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