Main Line Health and Fitness introduced a specific lymphedema protocol over 30 years ago, which focuses on stimulating a stronger, well-toned and more flexible limb without exacerbating lymphedema symptoms. For trainees who have undergone treatment for breast cancer, we have empirical evidence that medically sound exercise will stimulate a physiological response, safely. For trainees who [...]
This past Saturday, after a morning’s work at Main Line Health and Fitness, I was invited to visit the newly completed fitness center of a nearby university. The facility looked to be about 15,000 square feet of workout space, similar to the third floor of MLH&F, and was filled with equipment. Upon entering, directly to [...]
On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, I completed, what I considered, a very interesting echo stress test. The test, non-invasively, examines the function of the heart at rest through a series of ultra-sound tests conducted by a cardiac technician. This includes examining the cardiac output, valve function and heart wall thickness. This is followed by a [...]
by Roger Schwab This is an article that should never have had to be written. With the fitness, craze hitting gargantuan proportions I guess we should have expected outrage in some quarters. Unfortunately, this subject has gone too far, too fast, and is threatening the entire “guts” of the fitness movement for women. Somehow, along [...]
May 1971, on the pages of this magazine, a passionate teacher spoke the following: “And lo, a single wise man raises his head in the East. Long, much too long have I awaited his coming. Thirty years to be exact. It’s a hard and lonely path when your ideas are not accepted…Yes, a wise man [...]
by Roger Schwab 1) KEEP YOUR REPETITIONS SLOW You can never move a weight too slowly, but you can easily move it too fast. If you are ever in doubt about your speed of movement, slow down. Fast movement may subject muscles, connective tissue and bones to high levels of impact forces. When force exceeds [...]
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dallas-based physician Dr. Kenneth Cooper pioneered the premise that aerobic training improves the functioning of the heart and lungs, and in so doing creates a more vibrant individual. There is truth in that. Aerobic exercise elevates the heart rate to X level for Y period of time with [...]