Exercise Sciences

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?

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!

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.

Bulgarian Split Squat (BSS) is a static movement while the “lunge” is generally considered to be dynamic – unless of course the lunge is “static” as we often term it thus in India. The BSS is also termed as “rear foot elevated split squat”.

Dr. Akshat Pandey is GAYO’s Hon. Head of Faculty – Exercise & Sports Kinesiology & Biomechanics & Sports Injury Management. He is also a member of Academy’s Internal Quality Assurance Committee.
He is a sports physio with deep national and international experience.