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Learn the Physiology of Obesity
Dr. Sternlicht, through Brandman and Chapman University extended education, will be offering for the first time a course entitled: Obesity and Bodyweight Regulation. The course is part of the Food Science and Nutrition program (course number FSNU 335), and Nursing and Health Professions program, and is perfect for working health, wellness, and exercise professionals and has been approved for academic credit, CPE credit for Dietitians, and CEC credit for Nursing professionals.
Coaches have often debated about the best way to improve sprint start speed, which is defined as the product of stride frequency and stride length. In most cases, coaches look for ways to increase stride frequency, without reducing stride length. Two of the more common ways to improve sprint start speed by altering stride frequency is by resistant ground-based training and by inclined treadmill running.
In a 2007 study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Myer et. al. tested 31 female high school soccer players who were divided into one of two training groups: resistive ground-based training and inclined treadmill training. Prior to training, the groups were tested for sprint start times over 9.1m, as well as stride... (more)
With over 67 percent of American adults overweight or obese it is an ever growing epidemic in our society. Obesity among children has close to tripled in the past three decades. Presently 17.1 percent of our youth are overweight... (more)
