Recently, I went rock climbing for the first time. I knew rock climbing was difficult, but I was still blown away by how challenging it really is. I can handle my own bodyweight pretty well, so I was expecting most of the challenge to be in the technique. I was not counting on feeling muscle ...
A weak grip can hold you back from doing your best deadlifts. Your legs may be strong, lower back strong, shoulders strong, but doggone it, a weak grip will interfere and force you to set the barbell down even though you have a few more good reps in you. I’m a certified personal trainer. To ...
Children grow so fast that they are constantly outgrowing things. Determining the right shoe or clothes size for your child is usually not a big mystery. However, when your child looks doubled over every time he/she rides a bike down the street, knees hitting the handlebars with each pedal, how do you choose the right ...
Each year, millions of dollars are spent on the medical treatment of pain associated with wrist injuries. While many adults are diagnosed with wrist sprain and strains, some are diagnosed with repetitive trauma injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. For some adults, however, the associated wrist pain may be the result of a fracture in ...
There are many athletes who could benefit from increased grip strength. Many sports require a strong grip to be successful such as wrestling, football, baseball, weightlifting, and judo. Although many athletes value the importance of grip strength, many are confused about the proper training techniques to increase grip strength and prevent injury. Many times I ...
The gyro force ball forearm workout is a unique way to work out and develop your forearms. The gyro force ball works without using any weights or elastic bands by creating two separate forces that your forearm must fight against to keep the force going. The gyro force ball is a little ball that you ...
The New Year brings with it all sorts of Resolutions, one of many being to finally exorcise away bad habits. Everyone in the world has a bad habit that they are not willing to admit to. Some habits like smoking or excessive drinking are wildly popular-so popular that even though all the ramifications have been ...
Twitching muscles can have some people fearing they have ALS, that incurable fatal disease that causes muscles to waste away. A classic symptom of ALS is muscle weakness. People with twitching muscles who think they have ALS are prone to relentlessly performing muscle strength tests. People with muscle twitching are often never satisfied, however, if ...
The hand is the weakest part of the arm with almost as many nerve endings as the rest of the body. The human hand is very complex in that it can manipulate very delicate maneuvers and strong squeezing action. There are 21 separate muscles in the forearm and seven muscles in the hand, they all ...
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