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Backache?  Sitting or standing?
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Backache? Sitting or standing?

By Dr. Davide Marciano In general, members of gyms with back problems are advised to sit down during the exercises because they are considered safer. Do we know how to give a motivation to this advice that is too common? Boooooooo ... or "it's just like that". It is precisely due to the occurrence of such situations that we should speak only for acquired science and not by hearsay or to follow the maxim: "Così fan tutti".

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Anthropometric history

Edited by Dr. Francesca Fanolla Clavicular and trapezoidal biotype How many times, in the weight room, do we see the classic line of boys waiting on the flat bench? How many boys have we seen stubbornly pushing that barbell that is increasingly loaded with discs and maybe after months, without having had a paltry half centimeter of muscle growth in the pectorals
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Mentality and approach to training with kettlebells

By Dr. Ceria Luca As a lover of functional training, I couldn't help but get close to this fantastic tool, that if you don't grab it and start "throwing it" you can't understand what muscular and emotional sensations the kettlebell can really give you. This article was created to offer lovers of the "MOVEMENT" sector a valid means to approach the rediscovery of physical / mental conditioning in its entirety and in its entirety, without discounts, aid and comfort
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The benefits of weight training

Edited by: Fabrizio Butti The term Body Building literally means "body building". It is clearly an anaerobic individual sport. Nowadays, one of the most common mistakes linked to tradition is to identify this sport as a way to enhance one's body. Clearly all gym-goers have goals to achieve and a type of physique to want to achieve but not for this must be misunderstood with a narcissistic type association
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Fitness: training shoes

By Dr. Stefano Casali The role of the equipment It is certainly true that, if the pursuit of performance is the primary objective that athletes and technicians pursue, technological research in the field of sports equipment has also focused on the development of tools and garments that minimize the possibility of injuries to the musculoskeletal system; hence the importance for the coach to know the characteristics of the tools to be able to direct the athlete towards the choice that best suits his specific needs
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BOOT CAMP: the new frontier of fitness

Edited by Roberto Rillo - Book Author: Calisthenics BodyBuilding He was born in Australia in 1991 and from there it spread throughout the world, the marines style training, as we saw it in the movies, has now also arrived in Italy. Presented recently at the fitness festival in Rimini he immediately imposed himself with great enthusiasm and satisfaction of the many participants
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The Possibilities of the Bodyweight

Edited by Massimiliano Zorzi Have you ever thought that you could increase your muscle mass and your strength without touching either a weight or a barbell? It may seem strange but I am not the first to tell you such a thing. The late Chalet Atlas made his fortune thanks to an innovative advertisement in which a skinny boy was humiliated and lost his girlfriend, to then recover his incredibly muscular revenge thanks to Atlas's training program
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Calculation of the maximal force

Edited by Antonio Sellaroli The maximal force, by definition, is "the highest force that the neuromuscular system is able to express with voluntary muscle contraction". This will be the only literary definition of the article, as my intent is not to talk about the already well-argued theme of muscular strength, but to give an overview of some of the tests most used to measure maximal strength
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Interview with Massimo Rugolo

Edited by Massimo Rugolo 2) How often should the training card be changed, for those who train 3 times a week? Training is like living, everyone has his method, everyone has his own structure and each of us is really a unique individual and only in his species. Whether you train 3-4-5 times a week, it doesn't matter, everyone has to find satisfaction in what they do
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Importance of scheduling workloads in the fitness room

Edited by: Gian Paolo Tascio Training means and methods, intensity and density of loads, can be programmed and articulated in order to offer a service of greater technical depth and effectiveness. It is commonly used by the most scrupulous operators in the sector to plan the workload. Limit the organization and the activity of the fitness room, taking care only and exclusively of the choreographic aspect both in the short (single lesson) and in the medium / long term (masters, intermediate or end of the year), as well as demotivating for that slice of neophyte customers who appear in our clubs
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CELLNESS®: the Theory of Healthy Cells

By Dr. Cristiano Verducci The health of the immune system and physical wellbeing start from what we like to call the Healthy Cell Theory, or "the Healthy Cell Concept" Developed by Al Carter, the Theory of Healthy Cells has been known worldwide for 14 years, during which it was studied, followed, recommended by doctors and health experts, and by customers of all types and sizes
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