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BRIDGING THE GAP

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  1. Improving Sprint Start Speed
  2. Exercise reduces depression in postmenopausal women
  3. Preventing Overuse Injuries in Children
  4. Interval versus Continuous Training and Neuromuscular Fatigue
  5. Train smart, recover smarter
  6. Toning Your Muscles
  7. What makes you sore after lifting weights? Or any intense workout?
  8. Finding Balance Through Strength Training
  9. How to Optimize Endurance Using the Taper Method
  10. How to Optimize Endurance Performance Using the Taper Method
  11. How exercise cures non-insulin dependent diabetes
  12. Why is it helpful to get a senior moving, even a little bit, if they have difficulty walking?
  13. So you want to get in shape? BEWARE of infomercial exercise equipment
  14. Sedentary Death Syndrome (SEDS) is on the rise due to inactivity
  15. Can exercise truly be called the “fountain of youth”?
  16. Drop some fat and gain independence
  17. Fitness is gained after workouts not during them
  18. Stretching during warm-up versus flexibility training
  19. Motivational stories
  20. Indoor workouts ARE more controlled
  21. The adaptations from and benefits of interval training
  22. Aerobic classes - an excellent idea
  23. Laying a proper foundation is essential for long-term success
  24. The purpose of duration days
  25. Recovery from traveling
  26. How high can your HR go?
  27. 10,000 steps is twice the national average
  28. Exercise during menstruation
  29. Sizing your stability ball
  30. Enjoyable workouts
  31. Inches and body weight don't tell the whole picture
  32. Coming back from an injury
  33. Shifting workouts - shifting rhythms
  34. Measuring exercise overload
  35. Stretch last - but do stretch
  36. Specificity of training and functional versus age-predicted maximal heart rate
  37. What to do if you skip or miss a workout
  38. Try increasing pace rather than grade
  39. Do all intensity efforts within same workout
  40. Pedometer Accuracy
  41. Abs should be trained like any other muscle group
  42. Two good weight lifting references
  43. Weight loss frustrations
  44. Exercise proves to be a valuable tool for reducing pain as we age
  45. You get fitter between workouts - not during them
  46. Resistance training improves bone density even into your eighties
  47. Stretch after your exercise, not before
  48. Weight training can be considered moderate intensity exercise in elderly subjects
  49. Heart rate is used to indicate aerobic intensity levels
  50. Exercise IS a stress
  51. The number of days you workout per week depends on you
  52. Beat your genetics
  53. Give yourself permission to fail
  54. Tendonitis
  55. Benefits of massage
  56. Your waking heart rate indicates the stress in your life - good and bad
  57. Improve balance and reduce the risk of falling with Tai Chi
  58. Counting your steps towards better health one step at a time
  59. Is arthritis pain holding you back? Maybe you need to top your joints off with cream.
  60. The dreaded cold: exercise or rest?
  61. Exercise & diet does more than just keeping your weight down, they improve your survivability from prostate cancer.
  62. Exercise increases Nitric Oxide which decreases hypertension, clotting, stroke and heart disease.
  63. Active recovery - experiment with other options
  64. Pedometer Benefits
  65. Are you allergic to exercise?
  66. Subconscious self-sabotage
  67. Resistance training helps to maintain muscle mass seen with aging or dieting
  68. ACSM exercise guidelines
  69. Weight training for improved performance is different than for improved appearance
  70. Repetition maximum (RM) versus sub-max lifting
  71. Monitoring your workout