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Q: I was curious if there are any known reasons to avoid strenuous exercising that creates a ‘maximum-heart rate’ scenario? When I ride my bicycle on steep hills or mountains, I can easily max out my HR but it doesn’t seem to be a problem. I’m curious [...]

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You have overcome many challenges in your life thus far in learning to adapt to your environment with physical limitations. Fortunately, having C5 tetraplegia still allows you to have good biceps and shoulder function, which can be utilized in a strength training workout. Because these are the [...]

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The shoulder flexion exercise is a beneficial exercise to work your deltiods, your neck muscles and part of your pectorals or chest muscles. Since your injury, you have mastered the use of shoulder flexion to perform transfers and to complete your activities of daily living. Therefore, keeping [...]

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Since your spinal cord injury, you have learned how to use your shoulders in ways your never thought possible. I cannot over express how important it is for you to keep your shoulders strong and healthy, as they are used to propel your wheelchair, transfer and complete [...]

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Your biceps muscles serve a larger purpose in your life than they ever have. Now you have learned how to use your biceps muscles to perform transfers and complete your activities of daily living. Because this muscle group is instrumental in helping you to take care of [...]

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Minimalist exercise is the answer to getting in shape and staying in shape over the long-term. Let’s face it. For most of us, exercise is hard to fit into our busy schedules, and may not be the most exciting activity that we can do with the little [...]

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At some time in our lives, we have all been at a point were we are searching for answers. Searching for peace. Whether we want to admit it to ourselves or not, a carefree life in which we are content with where we are and with what [...]

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A home exercise program must be included into your treatment plan for knee arthritis, recommends The Arthritis Foundation. The fact that including leg workouts into your weekly routine will improve your function and help your pain is no new concept. The cause and effect relationship is as [...]

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I’m happy to be able to offer my first fitness eBook, The Exercise Blueprint: Building the Foundation of Fitness — it’s a series of my best fitness articles on making your workouts simpler, efficient and more effective in building muscle and improving cardiovascular endurance. I wrote this [...]

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Few things are more frustrating than trying to lose weight or be fit when the results do not come when you want them to. You have sacrificed portions of good food and scheduled 20 – 30 minutes into your day to exercise, but your beach body has [...]

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