Author Archives: Michael Bento

Determined to lose a layer of winter fat before the hot weather hits?  Make sure you include strength training to get the best results… Read More »

This entry strays from my past informational posts, but something I saw on TV a couple of months ago really bothered me I need to speak out.  I promise it will be a minor rant…thanks for indulging me!

This past February, the TV program Chronicle ran a show that focused, in part, on a NY Times article entitled, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” a piece that created a tempest of negative reaction from many yoga teachers and practitioners alike.  At one point in the segment, the featured instructor talked about yoga related injuries and uttered the following, “…most students will get injured.”  At first, I wasn’t sure I heard her correctly, so I rewound my trusty DVR and watched it again.  Much to my disbelief, I had heard it right the first time.  To be fair, she did say that not everyone should do every pose in a yoga class, but I was still blown away by the matter-of-fact nature of her original statement.

The essential purpose of exercise is to improve physical condition and it’s commonly used to prevent injury!  As with anything in life, there is risk of injury but responsible exercise instructors strive to minimize it rather than accept it as an inevitable, albeit unfortunate, circumstance.

Basically, I want to say that you SHOULD NOT expect to sustain an injury when exercising.  Follow a responsible exercise program and you SHOULD expect to get stronger, more flexible and into better cardiovascular condition.  A great way to make sure you’re doing everything you can to keep injury at bay is to consult with a qualified trainer. Have a movement assessment done to tease out what your individual risk factors are and how to fix them so you stay injury free, healthy and fit.

Have you ever felt like you were hit by a bus a couple of days after a tough workout?  If so, you’ve had a case of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), and you’re not alone. DOMS is a condition that’s affected scores of exercisers.  Did you know that debilitating soreness doesn’t have to accompany progress?  In fact, it may hinder progress!  You can get stronger, leaner and healthier without having to walk like Frankenstein’s monster for two days after every workout.   Read more »

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Getting stuck in a workout rut is a drag.  If you can’t seem to squeeze any more progress out of your strength training, try these tactics to rev up your progress… Read More »