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What works besides work?
I’m pleased to add my Low Back Pain Reduction Program to the body of information available to treat low back pain. As I suffered through increasing back problems over the years, I was shocked by the lack of good, actionable information about how to solve low back pain, especially considering it’s so common. After my…
Perfect Form
Over the last week, I’ve been pondering ways to increase the readership of this blog. Today, as I stared into a grocery store’s magazine rack, the idea hit me. If established fitness periodicals can use this gimmick to boost circulation, so can I. Flex magazine put on its cover a young Arnold Schwarzenegger. I’ve often…
Emergency Bailout
Several years ago, a friend and I were driving at night down the main strip that cuts through Charlottesville, VA. A severe electrical storm suddenly killed the power to much of the city, including the traffic lights at some busy crossroads. As we slowed near one major intersection, we were relieved to see that a…
Don’t Look Up
My 17-year-old daughter has started going to the gym on a regular basis. I’m proud of her and try not to overwhelm her with details about proper mechanics. She’s been complaining to me recently about guys—men really— approaching her at the gym. They try to start up a conversation with her using a bunch of…
Seductively Simple
I’m not kidding when I say that folks struggling with good form should focus first on doing just one clean, quality rep. I can think of a number of bodyweight exercises where this rule applies: crunches, dips and certainly unassisted pull-ups. Today at the gym, however, I saw another kind of one rep exercise that…
Game recognizes game
I used to work at a public relations firm where the leaders of each specialty (social media, crisis communications, etc.) had offices along the same hallway. You could open any door along this strip and find a communications pro able to pass along incredible insights in his or her area of expertise. For a mid-level…