Medicine-Exercise Interaction

During exercise, several complex biochemical reactions occur in our body, and we are incapable to alter the whole process to…

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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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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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Deterioration Plan – Our Beginning and The End

Nature has laid down a deterioration plan for all of us. The functional pattern of our physiological systems are formed…

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The Sole Purpose of Physical Training

Our physiological system (body) responds to appropriate stimuli (stress). Repeated adequate stress to the body accompanied by adequate recovery leads…

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Footballer’s Potential

By Macedonio Fernandes, CSC Whether practice on the football field, agility drills, or weight/strength training sessions in the gym, every footballer’s…

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