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Core Training – Good Core Training Takes More Than Ab Exercises
Core conditioning and abdominal conditioning have become synonymous in recent years but the abdominal muscles alone are over-rated when it comes to real core strength or conditioning. In reality, the abdominal muscles have very limited and specific action. The “core” actually consists of many different muscles that stabilize the spine and pelvis and run the [...]
Cross Training Improves Fitness and Reduces Injury
You consider yourself to be in better than average shape. You run several times a week for health and fitness and maybe do an occasional fun run on the weekend. Some friends come into town for the holidays and you decide to go skiing. No problem, you’re in great shape, right? Wrong. After a day [...]
Operator Challenge Workout
Below is a smoker of a work out submitted in by our CERT Fitness Team. Take the CERT Operator Fitness Workout Challenge. Set #1) – 100 crunches / 25-40 pushups (regular) Set #2) – 50 regular crunches / 50 reverse crunches / 25-40 pushups Set #3) – 50 Left crunches / 50 Right crunches / [...]
Operator Nutrition
CAN YOU GET TOO MUCH PROTEIN? — PART I No, this isn’t a “Things a Bodybuilder Would Never Say” list. Instead, it’s a serious look at whether mainstream nutritionists have a reason to tell us what to put on our plates Can you get too much protein? Good question. With M&F and your gym buddies [...]
