It is important for blood pressure to increase during exercise – Part I

With these (2 part) short articles, I’m attempting to explain to you about the increase in blood pressure during exercise.…

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When people use the term “lean” body, what are they commonly referring to?

When people use the term “lean” body, they commonly refer to the superficial look of a thin individual. However, some…

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Healthy Aging: Use Muscle Protein Synthesis To Cease Muscle And Bone Loss

Here’s a photograph of a meal sent to me by my 61-year-old trainee/client. My nervous system had three spontaneous responses…

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Pain & Exercise: Rehabilitating Muscular Imbalances

Do not make the mistake of over-emphasizing the diagnosis and correction of minute muscular imbalances (MMI) for lifting efficiency or…

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Writing Strength Training Program For My Trainees: A Brief Review

An effective strength training program prioritizes the musculoskeletal capacity and its limitations, and the manner in which it functions and interacts with other organ systems: physiology.

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Squatting 0 to 100 Kilograms in 100 Days

Here’s my trainee Anoop squatting 100 kilograms x 5 repetitions. He’s gone from 0 to 100 kilograms in 100 days.

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Barbell Squats – The Treatment for Lower Back Pain

Here’s me (Macedonio) squatting 374 lbs (170 kilos) x 7 Repetitions WITHOUT A LIFTING BELT. This is not only an…

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Squat Technique: Setting Correct Joint Angles

Here’s a video of my trainee Neha squatting 110 lbs (50 kgs) x 5 Repetition Maximum with optimum technique. Neha didn’t…

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Strength Training: The Process

Here’s my trainee Ebrahim squatting 220 lbs (100 kilograms) x 5 Repetition Maximum. At our first meeting Ebrahim and I discussed…

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