If you want to live a healthy lifestyle and train, I think it’s really important to have a general understanding of how muscles work. I don’t mean memorizing textbooks of muscle names and functions – I mean, how do muscles work in general? What is a muscle made of, and when I contract it, what […]
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Block Periodization is becoming more popular in programming for endurance athletes. It refers to the sequencing of specialized blocks of mesocycles* directed at developing a particular aspect of fitness or performance. Macrocycle: refers to a full season of training, typically 1 year. Mesocycle: refers to blocks of training within the macrocycle, usually weeks of months.
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The Anatomical Snuffbox refers to a box-like indentation at the base of the thumb. It originally got its name from people using this area for the inhalation of powdered tobacco, aka snuff. Today, some have expanded into using their snuffboxes for other purposes. In my world, many people find this area to become a problem,
There is a clear relation between what you are thinking and what you are doing – your mental-self influences your physical-self and vice versa; your psyche influences your physiology and vice versa. Here’s a little story… You’re playing golf and you walk up to your ball to make a long put. You ask your friends
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Have you ever “pulled” a muscle? Often, I hear people pulling hamstrings, groins, backs and more. But what is a “pulled” muscle? What happens when you “pull” something? What is the best way to recover from a muscle “pull”? Let’s review some basics first. With regards to the musculoskeletal system, there are 2 basics types
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The “anterior compartment” of the lower leg includes the tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum long, and extensor hallucis longus. These muscles contribute to ankle dorsiflexion, but their unique locations and attachments produce variations in the movement. The tibialis anterior is the bulky, tubular muscle that lives right beside your prominent shin bone. As this muscle runs
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The knee is primarily a hinge joint, made up of the femur and tibia. Although it moves primarily through flexion and extension, it must also rotate! Twisting activities make up about 50% of routine daily activities, including normal walking. It is far more common in sports. More than 120,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries happen
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The Stats Chronic low back pain in American adults has consistently accounted for the largest number of years lived with disability in 1990 and 2010. Health expenditures for adults with spinal problems has been progressively increasing from the 1990s to 2000s and were estimated at roughly $6,000 per person with chronic low back pain in
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The rotator cuff is a confluence of 4 muscles: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor. Despite being called the “rotator” cuff, these muscles aren’t major rotators. Their primary function is to keep the head of the humerus depressed and centered into the glenoid fossa. This isn’t to stabilize or limit motion – its to allow
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One major thing that sets humans apart from other animals and organisms on this planet is our ability to walk on two feet. We weren’t always this special. At one time, millions of years ago, we were 4-legged mammals designed for climbing and short-distance travel. Our species slowly evolved to become upright, bipedal endurance machines.
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