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Doing Dynamic Stretches? Great…But You’re Not Stretching

September 19, 2012 1 Comment

Ask ten healthcare professionals about the benefit of stretching and you’ll get at least twelve different opinions. Earlier this summer I attended the American College of Sports Medicine conference in San Francisco where I heard a couple of my colleagues, Ian Shrier, MD, PhD (McGill University) and Malachy McHugh, PhD (National Institute Sports Medicine and […]
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What Muscles Really Do–and Why You Should Take Note

January 17, 2012 0 Comments

At the risk of contradicting weight room dogma, I’m going to boldly assert that not a single muscle is there to make us look better at the beach. While that may be the motivation to exercise for a lot of people, cosmetic workouts don’t, on their own, get you very far functionally and can even […]
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