Category: Fitness Fact verse Fiction
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The RICE Method: How This Popular Method Of Treating Injuries Actually Slows Recovery
So why – in the face of expert advice against the practice – do people still turn to ice to treat an injury or swelling? Usually, the goal when using ice is to numb the immediate pain, but this method will only relieve the pain for a moment and will not treat or take away…
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Honest Health and Fitness Advice in the Age of “Get-Fit-Quick” Schemes
Here is a pill that some may find hard to swallow: exercise is not supposed to be fun. It’s not supposed to be easy or comfortable. Real results don’t happen overnight. If you put in the work and go down the right path, you will sweat. On occasion, you might puke. You will drop a…
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Ozempic: The Truth About The Latest “Diet Drug”
Like anything in our society, people want a quick and easy solution and Ozempic is that solution for weight loss; or at least it appears to be. One of the problems our society faces is that the majority of people have been convinced that there is an easy solution to every problem, we don’t have…
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Avoiding Workout Fatigue: Why Boring Workouts are the Best Workouts
A few things are going on but lets start with the most important factor; consistency. To see good results with a training program, you need to be consistent. Of course, maintaining good nutrition and giving your body time to adapt to the training program is important but if you are not consistent in your workouts,…
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Is There Really A Hockey Off-season?
In the past few years, I have noticed that the typical off-ice rest period that occurs during the spring and summer off season is being replaced by spring and summer leagues or tournaments, prospect games, and players starting back up skating programs three to four times each week. Essentially, there is a much shorter, or…
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The Truth About Creatine: Good or Bad?
Creatine, this supplement has become the most researched supplement in the history of sports supplements and deemed as one of the safest to use. I am always getting asked if creatine works, or if it is good for you; doesn’t it just retain water in your body?
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20/20 Vision: The Benefits of Sports Vision Therapy
Many athletes believe they have perfect vision because they see 20/20. A standard eye exam measures your visual acuity while looking at a stationary chart, however, the concept of vision is much more complex than that.
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Honest Health and Fitness Advice in the Age of “Get-Fit-Quick” Schemes
All these fitness trends have one thing in common; they offer an easy and struggle free path to fitness but in the end, leave those who try them without results and questioning if they will ever achieve their fitness goals.