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Are You Sabotaging Your Workout?

On February 22, 2012   /   Sports Medicine, Strength and Conditioning, Triathlon   /   Leave a comment
Are You Sabotaging Your Workout?

Q: Would you go to the gym and train one muscle over and over again every day? A: NOOOOOO!!!! Q: Would you repeatedly do only bench presses every day? A: NOOOOOO!!! So why do runners only run?  This is mind-boggling to those in the rehabilitation industry.  We meet patients every day with injuries directly related to overtraining a specific area.  When you do any activity, you use certain groups of muscles to perform the motion.  Now think of running as doing the same activity 100-1,000 times per day, and now complicate that by doing it each day of the week.  Can you imagine how fast your biceps would break if you went to the gym and did 2,000 bicep

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What a Bummer!!

On February 11, 2012   /   Chiropractic Care, Sports Medicine, Strength and Conditioning   /   1 Comment
What a Bummer!!

Now that you are working on losing some weight, it’s important to keep motivated. Getting injured can really get in the way of developing a solid workout routine.  Many people allow an injury to interrupt their exercise routine for long enough to prevent them from reaching their goals.  When setting your goals and making your exercise plan, be sure to incorporate time for preventing road blocks. There are many things you can do to prevent road blocks from getting in your way. Your risk of injury is best predicted in two ways: First, do you have a previous injury. Tissues in your body that have been injured before are much more likely to break down a second time. If you have

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