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May 2020 Low Back Rehab: How Hard Should It Go? Intensity of exercise is a potent factor in the rate and extent of progress one makes in general fitness and in some injury recoveries. But this has not been thoroughly tested in chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP.) THis is a topic we’ve coveredRead More
April 2020 Non-Functional Overreaching vs Overtraining Syndrome Athletes who train and compete hard and long can work themselves to ‘death’, to where they actually stop improving and may start backsliding. Non-functional overreaching (NFO) is considered a short-term reduction in work capacity (reduced strength, power, speed, endurance) lasting a few weeks or months. Overtraining syndromeRead More
Spring 2020 The Year of the Coronavirus It is hard to understate the impact of a pandemic on the personal, professional, economic and political lives of a society, especially one that includes everyone across the globe. The sudden spread and fearful consequences of a what’s called ‘novel’ coronavirus – Covid-19 – has sequestered students atRead More
March 2020 Multi-Dimensional Balance Training Beats Strength Alone Preventing falls among older adults is a health-care crisis of economic, quality of life (QoL) and morbidity dimensions. With nearly 60% of those over 65 reporting limited mobility and the high rates of falling in this group, exercise researchers are attempting to discern what type ofRead More
February 2020 What Would Tiger Do? Preventing golf injuries and improving performance are the main reasons golfers would even consider stretching. A literature review aimed to determine (1) what are golfers’ current warm-up routines; (2) if there’s an association between these and injury risk; and, (3) whether warm-ups help golf performance. The study designRead More
February 2021 Elder Resistance Training: Two vs Three Days/Week? The national and international guidelines for health and fitness recommend at least 2 days of week of resistance training (RT.) For the aging among us, studies clearly show that maintaining muscle mass prevents many health-related issues including frailty and susceptibility to falling. Few studies have investigatedRead More
January 2020 What’s the BEST Way for Mobility-Impaired Adults to Exercise? Preventing falls among older adults is a health-care crisis of economic, quality of life (QoL) and morbidity dimensions. With nearly 60% of those over 65 reporting limited mobility and the high rates of falling in this group, exercise researchers are attempting to discernRead More
Winter – or 30th Anniversary – 2019 Pillar 1: The Winter of Our Discontent In the summer of 1986, my colleague, Kathy Alexander, and I wondered what we would do once we finished our dissertations in exercise science at Vandy. At the time, there were very few options in that field: academia, hospital-based wellness andRead More
December 2019 Please help us celebrate 30 years helping Nashville’s finest stay healthy and fit. December 14 from 6-8 p.m. at STEPS Cardio Intensity, Brain Blood Flow and Age (in men) Among the many other insults of age, include reduced blood flow to the brain. This was linked to decreased cognitive function and, in extremeRead More
November 2019 Running Economy and How You Run MaxVO2 is your body’s maximal oxygen uptake and use capacity. But this only tells how fit you are while your running economy (RE) tells how much energy you use relative to the distance you run. And it’s a better predictor of your racing skills. A study fromRead More
