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Ken Belveal
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Strong Hips Help Eliminate Low Back Pain
How weak hips affect posture and pain? For this article I’m focusing on the hip abductors, the muscles that allow you to move your foot...
Ken Belveal
Dec 30, 20222 min read
A 5-step guide to setting fitness goals for the new year
It's that time of year again where New Year's resolutions often include exercise and losing weight. Whether building muscle, increasing...
Ken Belveal
Dec 26, 20222 min read
Critical Variables: Sets Per Muscle Group
This article discusses how many sets per muscle group per session is ideal and how many sets per week must be performed to see...
Ken Belveal
Dec 22, 20222 min read
12 Ways To Increase Physical Activity Even If You Don't Have Time
Working adults face many challenges to being physically active and exercising regularly. Being tired after a long day of work, caregiving...
Ken Belveal
Dec 17, 20223 min read
Beginner's Guide to Foam Rolling
What is foam rolling? Foam rolling comes from a technique known as myofascial release, a manual therapy technique that requires a...
Ken Belveal
Dec 13, 20222 min read
8 Commonly Held Assumptions About Health/Fitness
If you exercise you can look like Adonis. Even though exercise firms the body, it cannot transform everyone into the aesthetically...
Ken Belveal
Dec 8, 20222 min read
10 Things you may not know about laughter
What is it? - Laughter, or the response to humor, is a physical reaction consisting of rhythmical, often audible, contractions of the...
Ken Belveal
Dec 7, 20222 min read
10 Facts about the shoulder
A great design - The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus...
Ken Belveal
Dec 4, 20222 min read
How resistance exercise helps with osteoporosis
What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis translates as “porous bones”. It occurs when the holes in bone become bigger, making it liable to...
Ken Belveal
Sep 28, 20222 min read
How to get strong feet, ankles and calves
The strength of your feet effects how you stand and walk and in turn, effects your posture. Follow the six steps below to have stronger...
Ken Belveal
Sep 13, 20222 min read
Ankle or hand weights while you walk. Should you do it?
Walking is a great form of aerobic exercise. It's cheap, easy to perform and can be done almost anywhere. But should you use hand or...
Ken Belveal
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Raise your arms to help your posture
A tight latissimus dorsi muscles can affect your posture and cause low back and neck pain. Take the test to see if yours are tight and...
Ken Belveal
Sep 4, 20222 min read
Middle-back pain? Instant relief!
The middle trapezius and rhomboid muscles are to blame. Anatomy of a muscle The middle section of the trapezius is on the surface of the...
Ken Belveal
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Rotate your head with ease
Exercise and stretching play a vital roll in mobility, especially for the cervical spine. Muscle wasting Sarcopenia is defined as...
Ken Belveal
Aug 29, 20222 min read
5 ways to keep your spine safe while house cleaning
Here are some simple steps to take to make cleaning less stressful on your back and neck House cleaning may not be the most pleasant...
Ken Belveal
Aug 28, 20223 min read
Get a new back with these 4 stretches
If you sit all day, these stretches will help you Anatomy of a muscle The psoas and iliacus (hip flexors) are situated deep in the...
Ken Belveal
Aug 26, 20223 min read
3 reasons why walking for exercise is not enough
Walking is one of the best and certainly cheapest ways of exercising. But is it enough exercise especially as we age? Putting on a pair...
Ken Belveal
Jul 19, 20222 min read
4 movements to reverse forward head
Forward head is that position where your ears are in front of your shoulders while your eyes are level. Anatomically, forward head is...
Ken Belveal
Jul 17, 20223 min read
The impact of sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day.
Sitting for long periods of time can be hard on the musculoskeletal system leading to poor posture, tension headaches and neck and back...
Ken Belveal
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Strong hips equal happy life!
How weak hips affect posture and pain? For this article I’m focusing on the hip abductors, the muscles that allow you to move your foot...