Posts Tagged ‘exercise’
My updated article on the downside of reducing inflammation after an injury or just an intense workout is at http://www.stadion.com/inflammation/
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Tags: exercise, ibuprofen, injury, NSAID, reducing inflammation, Thomas Kurz, workout
See a video showing an easy, mechanically sound way of achieving the side split. It is at https://www.stadion.com/an-easy-way-to-a-side-split/
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Tags: Box Split, Chinese Split, exercise, Flexibility, hip joint, martial arts, side splits, sports, sports training, straddle splits, stretching, Thomas Kurz
Running Technique
Running is the most commonly used form of movement for developing general aerobic endurance. It is a simple, natural movement, yet people can do it wrong. For a description of the correct running technique plus info on the influence of footwear on gait and posture, which affects athletic performance in every sport and martial art, […]
Filed under: Endurance Training for Sports and Martial Arts, Health Maintenance, Sports Injuries, Sports Technique | Leave a Comment
Tags: endurance training, exercise, gait, martial arts, posture, running technique, sports training, Thomas Kurz
Why? vs. What for?
It occurred to me that goal-oriented people should ask “what for?” (and then “how?”) rather than “why?” It happened like this: An acquaintance has rheumatoid arthritis. Her joints–fingers, wrists, and knees–are swollen, deformed, and painful. She complained about the ineffectiveness of various treatments she had undergone. (In case you didn’t know, rheumatoid arthritis is an […]
Filed under: Exercises and Workouts, Health Maintenance, Sports Nutrition | 7 Comments
Tags: chronic inflammation, diet, exercise, rheumatoid arthritis, Thomas Kurz
Article titled “Bench Press: What It Does and Doesn’t Do” is posted at http://www.stadion.com/bench-press-what-it-does-and-doesnt-do/ Here is an excerpt from the article: “People often ask me how to arrange their training programs, or simply in what order to do exercises for best results. As they ask these questions they list the exercises they do. As soon […]
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Tags: bench press, exercise, powerlifter, sports training, sports training programs, Thomas Kurz
Muscle Fatigue
Coaches and athletes need to know what fatigue is to understand all issues of the training process. The whole training process is predicated on fatigue and on recovery from it–the changes of training load, means of recovery, frequency and sequence of exercises and workouts, periodization, and nutrition. Without understanding fatigue it is not possible to […]
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Tags: exercise, muscle fatigue, physical fatigue, recovery, Thomas Kurz, training process, workout
Weight Loss, Part V: Experts
Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Should you listen to nutrition experts or rather look at them and those who follow them? Here are ways of evaluating nutrition experts: 1. Look at them. If they look pudgy, then you should know what their advice is worth. 2. Look at people who have followed their advice […]
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Tags: Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, exercise, high-calorie foods, insulin resistance, nutrition experts, Optimal Nutrition, physical activity, retired athletes, Thomas Kurz
Weight Loss, Part IV: Exercise
Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Popular advice for the thoughtless: Exercise to lose weight! My thoughts: Eat better to exercise better, so as to be stronger, to be faster, and to have greater endurance—don’t exercise to offset the effects of poor eating (while continuing to eat poorly). Besides, why would a sane person want […]
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Tags: cravings, Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, excess weight, exercise, food, high-calorie foods, low-calorie, Optimal Nutrition, physical activity, Thomas Kurz
In my previous post I answered a question on the use of resistance bands in improving kicks. However, the video example of a class practicing kicks with those bands showed such poor instruction standards that I gave my opinion about its instructor—quite typical for m.a. So today I have another example of a typical martial […]
Filed under: Sports Injuries, Teaching Movement Skills for Sports and Martial Arts | 6 Comments
Tags: exercise, Hu Zhengsheng, injury, martial arts instructor, Shaolin kung-fu, Thomas Kurz
It occurred to me that a majority of people suffer various afflictions because they disregard signs given to them by their bodies. First they don’t take hints that something doesn’t agree with them, then they pretend not to notice obvious signs, then take medicines to cover up the bothersome symptoms of dysfunction. Eventually they develop […]
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Tags: diet, disease, Don Matesz, exercise, J. Stanton, Paleo diet, sports nutrition, The Gnoll Credo, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
