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Is the Gut Your Body's 2nd Brain?

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IST is more than just about showing up and working out 2-3 days per week. There is so much more involved in the process of obtaining optimal health. As I have often said “train for health and looks will follow”. If you train primarily for aesthetics health benefits are typically compromised. It is a sad fact that more people have greater knowledge about how their smart phone functions versus how their body functions relative to good health and longevity. This is...

Mark your Calendars for May 7th!

Innovative Sports Training is presenting and hosting a Men's and Women's Health Summit:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o1PdqCdhq8zGQ3gLdptrzYQptxvR9hIJCbR7NFUPFVQ/edit?usp=sharing

For the past 35 years I have been training competitive athletes, recreation weekend athletes, youth league athletes, white collar workers, blue collar workers, stay at home moms, and the list goes on. The common denominator is that we all have some sort asymmetry/muscle imbalance due to work environment, sports environment, previous injuries, or direc...

Roberto Parker, MS, CSCS, FDN, MTA, USWA, CHEK2

The body is a 3 dimensional design that moves and functions in 3 planes of motion:

• Sagittal plane-linear motions
• Frontal plane-lateral sideway motions
• Transverse plane-rotational motions

What are the most popular lifts conducted in school weig...

By Roberto Parker, CSCS, MS, CHEK2,FMS,FDN,USAW,MTA

We have a dilemma in this country, it is called “Health Degeneration”. Ask yourself the following questions regarding Health issues:

Why are 2/3 of the USA overweight?

Why is obesity on the rise in this country among adults and children in spite of the fact that we spend billions of dollars on health and fitness products and services?

Why are there so many varying expert written opinions ...

Lipolysis (lioplytic) means your metabolizing fat for energy. Set a goal to become more lipolytic(fat burning). If you are female be advised losing too much body fat can disrupt hormonal balances. Women should have a body fat assessment prior to beginning a fat loss program.

Here are a some important steps to becoming a lipolytic “fat burning machine”.

1.Consume significant amounts of dietary fat (good fats) in your daily eating regimen. For some reason during the past...

You can eat all the right foods and intensely exercise 5 days per week, however if you do not allow the body to regenerate itself via proper sleep and rest you are taking 1 step forward and 2 steps backwards. Thinks back 5,000 years ago before humans had electrical lighting. What did humans do when the sun set? He and/or she went to sleep, and they slept until the sunrise. Physiologically we are not very far removed from primitive man who lived and survived in the wilderness, however, we have...

If you want to get the most “bang for your buck” I highly recommend “Free Weight” Strength Training to activate the body’s fat burning stores.

Notice I emphasized “free weight” training fo...

Mom was right...sit up straight and do not slouch! Very good instinctive advice.

What is posture?

1.) The position in which movement begins and ends.

2.) The position of the limbs or carriage of the body as a whole.

There are two types of postures:

static......position of the body at rest, sitting, standing, or lying.

dynamic......position of the body while moving.

Without good posture the muscles are working overtime to maintai...