MLHF: The Best Workout For You. Just the facts! YOUR strength training utilizing MedX & Nautilus resistance equipment is the MOST IMPORTANT component of your overall health & conditioning program. Why? Because, properly performed strength training stimulates response/results in all components of functional ability- strength (muscle & bone), cardiovascular ability & flexibility ALL IN THE [...]
The only assumption in this “how to,” article is that the reader is choosing to join a gym in order to get RESULTS. Results, in this definition, are stimulating improvement in good health and thus overall appearance. If the reader, however, is seeking to join a gym for purely social reasons, those justifications lay OUTSIDE [...]
by Roger Schwab Flip through the pages of any fitness magazine, men or women’s, and the obvious overtone quickly rises from the glossy pages. Usually in bold print, the words scream out with the “latest and greatest” new workout for optimum results. Strong words with catchy titles -”Tae Bo,” “Power Yoga,” “Sergeant’s Program,” “Pilates,” and [...]
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 [...]
Body Language More about lifting’s hazards to the heart An expert applauds Roger Schwab’s ideas for lessening cardiovascular stress. By Art Carey, Inquirer Columnist Photo: RON TARVER / Inquirer Roger Schwab, observing John Parr’s workout at his Main Line gym, suggests safeguarding the aorta by tiring smaller muscles before working larger ones. Earlier this year, [...]
Thus, I am proud to conduct this interview with this “treasure of the Main Line!” “I’ve known Roger for over 20 years he’s without a doubt one of the finest fitness experts in the country. He was there in the earliest of times. I think what Roger brings to us is a medically based knowledge [...]
by Jared Shelly As a 19-year-old at Penn State University, Roger Schwab could bench press 360 pounds, even though that was double his body weight. He eventually put his strength on display at a weight-lifting competition; his performance drew members of the football team who wanted to know how to add muscle and size to [...]
MainLine Today – Issue Date: View November 2006, Posted On: 10/18/2006 FRONTLINE: 60 Seconds By Dawn E. Warden Main Line Health & Fitness Founder Roger Schwab Thanksgiving marks the 30th anniversary of Main Line Health & Fitness, a success story written and performed by founder Roger Schwab. Since opening Main Line Nautilus in 1976, Schwab [...]
Brian Freedman, Special to the Main Line Times “Drink,” Roger Schwab said, pointing to the water fountain. It was one of the nicest things, I thought at that moment, that anyone had ever said to me, right up there with “I love you,” “You’ve been accepted to college,” and “I do.” I was halfway through [...]