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
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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
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
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
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