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- Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What makes a set of planks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8286
Re: What makes a set of planks
I've tried using plates without a partner, but it's hard for me to stack 'em. If I want to add more weight, I'll use a smith rack. The one we've got doesn't go near enough to the ground, so I'll set up a pair of benches to get a bit of extra height.
- Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Balance issues- Please help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7815
I don't remember the reference offhand (let me know if you really want me to dig it up), but bosu ball training and other unstable balance training doesn't improve single leg balance (and in fact impairs it). However, training single leg balance with your eyes closed does improve "normal" single leg...
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Vision training in elite sports -- add Dallas Cowboys
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3540
Are there any studies that have shown this to be effective? There was a summary of a decade of research that came up negative [1], but that's two years old, and I've been hearing a lot of hype about vision training the past couple of years. [1] Wile, A. L., Doan, B. K., Brothers, M. D., & Zupan, M. ...
- Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:05 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: About shoes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6109
- Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: take this abs! ka pow pow pow!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5289
Ab rollouts are great! I prefer doing them on rings vs. on an actual ab roller though, because it's easy to adjust the difficulty: all you have to do is change where you position your feet. With an ab roller, if you can't do full extensions, you have to go from your knees (which is probably way too ...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:21 pm
- Forum: ExRx lounge
- Topic: Protein shaker stinks - how do you sort it
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19755
- Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:49 pm
- Forum: Book Recommendations
- Topic: How we Decide - Jonah Lehrer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13731
If you liked that book, you'll probably like The Art of Choosing. It covers the same subject, but it's more recent, so it has more recent research. It focuses more on the research, and less on telling stories, i.e., it's less Malcolm Gladwell-ish than How We Decide.
- Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Women and Resistance Exercise
- Replies: 61
- Views: 28133
I'm a grad student (until the end of the month), so I'm involved in research, but it's machine learning/statistical design stuff, so I don't have any particular expertise in health/kinesiology/epidemiology issues. I just happen to have been reading a lot about, umm, geriatric health recently because...
- Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:11 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Women and Resistance Exercise
- Replies: 61
- Views: 28133
Peter's blog is awesome! I don't have a copy of the book, so I don't know which studies Biomarkers refers to, but here's a list of recent research from Tufts on aging and muscle mass (all of which is too recent to have made it into Biomarkers). Just from skimming the abstracts of those studies, and ...
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:01 pm
- Forum: Exercise Science
- Topic: %BF by Waist Circumference
- Replies: 65
- Views: 64881
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:59 pm
- Forum: Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: How Many Eggs??????
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13963
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:50 pm
- Forum: Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: How Many Eggs??????
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13963
there is no link between dietary cholestrol and blood cholestrol and the link between blood cholestrol and heart disease is suspect. I completely agree that the link between blood cholesterol and heart disease is suspect, but you can find a link between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol in ...
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:28 pm
- Forum: Exercise Science
- Topic: %BF by Waist Circumference
- Replies: 65
- Views: 64881
Uh wow how you'd get below 4% without even knowing it? I need to get on your routine. Hah! My routine is pretty lame, compared to most people on this board. I always do some sort of row, some sort of press, some sort of squat, deadlift, plus miscellaneous shoulder stability and core exercises that ...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:57 pm
- Forum: Exercise Science
- Topic: %BF by Waist Circumference
- Replies: 65
- Views: 64881
I asked the question earlier, and maybe it just sounded like I was being my usual sarcastic self, and didn't sound like a serious question. I really don't understand the utility of BF measurement. What difference does it make? Sorry for reviving a dead thread, but finding out my BF% was useful for ...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:13 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Let's talk about the captain's chair exercise
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12470