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Here is another muscle group prone to common injury in physical activity, exercise and sports: rotator cuff muscles. These are injuries to the muscles or tendons that attach to bones in shoulder. Contractile units comprising muscles, tendons and

Dr Meenakshi presents her hamstring injuries in Part 5 of her Sports Injury Management Series.
Another muscle group prone to injury in physical activity, exercise and sports is the hamstring group.

Dr Meenakshi presents her hamstring injuries in Part 5 of her Sports Injury Management Series.
Another muscle group prone to injury in physical activity, exercise and sports is the hamstring group.

This is the sixth in a series of blogs in which we analyse some significant weight training exercises that generally miss the attention of fitness buffs. The exercises are challenging but they look simple – so why do them? But then, the very objective of exercise is to CHALLENGE yourself. Do you not want to increase intensity through exercise variations?

This is the fifth in a series of blogs in which we analyse some significant weight training exercises that somehow miss the attention of exercisers! The exercises are challenging – but then, the very objective of exercise is to CHALLENGE yourself. Do you not want to increase intensity through execution of exercise variations?

In one of our earlier blogs, “Sell Yourself in the Interview!” we detailed the preps the fitness professional must do before the interview. The questions that may be asked in the interview are hard to predict but not very easy to anticipate!

The traditional Standing Good Morning is a hip hinge movement with an external weight carried across the back of the shoulders. It is said, the Good Morning was so named because it looks like a stretch you tend to perform as soon as you rise out of bed!

One of the most common knee injuries is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) sprain or tear. Those who participate in high demand sports like soccer, football, tennis, badminton, squash and basketball have higher risk of injury to their ACLs.

Dr Meenakshi (P. T.) explains how we can help the Achilles tendon – also referred to as the calcaneal tendon – to safely and swiftly recover from injury so that we minimize the risk of its reoccurrence. She breaks down her explanation in terms of

Dr Meenakshi (P. T.) with a Master’s Degree in Sports Physiotherapy is Gāyo Fitness Academy’s Hon. Senior National Faculty and Assessor in Sports Medicine, Sports Medical Rehabilitation and Exercise Therapy.

This is the third in a series of blogs in which we analyse some significant weight training exercises that somehow miss the attention of exercisers!
We look at the Negative Sit Up (NSU) – “negative” means against gravity or, if you want a techno label, “Retro-Gravity Lie-DOWN” (RGLD!

This is the second in a series of blogs in which we analyse some significant weight training exercises that somehow miss the attention of exercisers!
We look at the Cuban Press.