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REAL News - January 2024Jan 01

January 1, 2024 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – January 2024

January 2024 Free Weights vs Machines: Is There a Difference? Ever since Nautilus gym equipment hit the market in the 1970s, the burning question among fitness specialists and researchers was, Can you get as strong and/or as hypertrophied on machine resistance (MR) devices as you can using free weights (FW) like dumbbells and barbells? WhenRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: ACL, free weights, Joint Replacement, machine weights, prehab, rehab, resistance training

Part 1: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: The New, Improved, and Not-Fully-Understood Weight Loss DrugsOct 31

October 31, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – November 2023

November 2023 Exercise Dermatology for Aging Skin Aerobic exercise (AE) is a proven modality for cardiovascular, metabolic, orthopedic, and psychological health. Resistance, or strength, exercise (RE) is a proven modality for improving strength, power, function, and even many of the above-mentioned systems benefited by AE. But skin? Come on now! However, one study has shownRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: ACL, dermatology, neuromuscular deficiencies, obesity, skin, sports psychology, TV watching

REAL-News --July-2022Oct 01

October 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – October 2022

October 2022 Why Do Females Incur More ACL Injuries – Act 31 For over 30 years, it’s been frustratingly known in the sports orthopedic community that female athletes have a greater risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears of the knee. Early thoughts were that there were skeletal structural differences in males’ and females’ knees;Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: ACL, ACL injuries, artificial sweeteners, energy balance, female ACL injuries, mediterranean diet, sleep, weight management

REAL News - January 20221Nov 26

November 26, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

Exercise of the Month: November 2017

Nordic Hamstring Curl The Nordic Hamstring Curl, made famous in the Rocky IV movie where he fought the Soviet boxer, Drago, gets its common name from studies that have demonstrated protective benefits to athletes. In addition to reducing your risk of hamstring tears, and maybe even helping to repair torn hamstrings, it has been shownRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: ACL, hamstrings, pre-hab, rehab

Mar 18, 2015

March 18, 2015 By Irv Rubenstein

On ACL Injuries in Women and the Clam Shell Exercise

www.exerciseetc.com) would attest, and an avid reader of the art and science of exercise and training. So when he blogs (http://marinosbodyshop.com/page/blog.html), it’s worth taking note. One of his blogs – Can Serious ACL Injuries In Young Female Athletes Be Prevented? (http://marinosbodyshop.com/posts/1150/ ) – goes through a fairly detailed analysis of the epidemiology of anterior cruciateRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: ACL, clam shell exercise, gluteus medius, injuries, knee injury

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