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Using your own body as resistance? It could just be your best piece of equipment.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File train_your_body/1337tb2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mike Bracko, EdD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Mike Bracko, EdD, is the director of Dr. Bracko's Fitness and the Hockey Institute, and is a fitness educator, hockey skating coach, writer, and back injury prevention expert. Mike holds a doctoral degree in exercise science. He works with hockey players, industrial workers, and fitness professionals to improve performance and prevent injury. Mike is the author of 28 DVD's and CD's ranging in topics from Body Leverage Training, Ultimate Back Exercises, Lateral Training, Back Injury Prevention, and Safe Lifting.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
If you feel especially stiff in the morning, you might be suffering from a weak back. Strengthen it up with these easy exercises.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1337tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mike Bracko, EdD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Mike Bracko, EdD, is the director of Dr. Bracko's Fitness and the Hockey Institute, and is a fitness educator, hockey skating coach, writer, and back injury prevention expert. Mike holds a doctoral degree in exercise science. He works with hockey players, industrial workers, and fitness professionals to improve performance and prevent injury. Mike is the author of 28 DVD's and CD's ranging in topics from Body Leverage Training, Ultimate Back Exercises, Lateral Training, Back Injury Prevention, and Safe Lifting.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Playing while hurt conveys a warrior mentality to sports. But doing so could lead to a life-changing injury.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File train_your_body/1336tb2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mike Bergeron, PhD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Michael F. Bergeron, Ph.D., FACSM, is the Executive Director of the National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota at the Sanford USD Medical Center. He also has an appointment as a Senior Scientist in Sanford Children's Health Research Center. He is internationally recognized for his research and leadership in exercise heat stress and youth athletic health.
Dr. Bergeron is a Fellow and past Trustee of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and is currently a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the International Olympic Committee postgraduate Diploma Program in Sports Medicine. Dr. Bergeron serves as an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and Journal of Athletic Training. He also serves as a clinical and scientific consultant to the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) professional tour medical services.
Dr. Bergeron has worked with numerous youth, collegiate, and professional athletes on appropriately and safely enhancing athletic capacity and resilience by providing individualized and sport-specific training and nutrition/hydration guidance, with a particular emphasis on preparation, competition, and recovery strategies in the heat and helping athletes to avoid exertion-based heat illness and injury. Because of his recognized expertise and reputation among athletes, coaches and sport and sports medicine governing bodies, Dr. Bergeron has been regularly featured in myriad national television, radio, online and print media and publications. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Even if your child is focused on only one sport, there can be benefits of cross-training as well.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1336tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mike Bergeron, PhD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Michael F. Bergeron, Ph.D., FACSM, is the Executive Director of the National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota at the Sanford USD Medical Center. He also has an appointment as a Senior Scientist in Sanford Children's Health Research Center. He is internationally recognized for his research and leadership in exercise heat stress and youth athletic health.
Dr. Bergeron is a Fellow and past Trustee of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and is currently a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the International Olympic Committee postgraduate Diploma Program in Sports Medicine. Dr. Bergeron serves as an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and Journal of Athletic Training. He also serves as a clinical and scientific consultant to the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) professional tour medical services.
Dr. Bergeron has worked with numerous youth, collegiate, and professional athletes on appropriately and safely enhancing athletic capacity and resilience by providing individualized and sport-specific training and nutrition/hydration guidance, with a particular emphasis on preparation, competition, and recovery strategies in the heat and helping athletes to avoid exertion-based heat illness and injury. Because of his recognized expertise and reputation among athletes, coaches and sport and sports medicine governing bodies, Dr. Bergeron has been regularly featured in myriad national television, radio, online and print media and publications. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Coaching a youth sport can be a fun way to reconnect with your kids. Or is it?
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File train_your_body/1335tb2e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Andrew JM Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Andrew JM Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM, is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics & Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the Program Director, and the Vanderbilt Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship Team Physician, USA Volleyball, Nashville Sounds, Vanderbilt & Belmont Universities & Hillsboro High School.
Dr. Gregory completed his undergraduate training at Indiana University and his medical training at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He then finished a pediatric residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham before his fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute. He joined the Vanderbilt Faculty in August 2001 where he sees pediatric sports medicine patients in the Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center and the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
So many supplements claim to help you lose weight faster. Do they really work?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File train_your_body/1335tb2d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Andrew JM Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Andrew JM Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics & Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the Program Director, and the Vanderbilt Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship Team Physician, USA Volleyball, Nashville Sounds, Vanderbilt & Belmont Universities & Hillsboro High School.
Dr. Gregory completed his undergraduate training at Indiana University and his medical training at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He then finished a pediatric residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham before his fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute. He joined the Vanderbilt Faculty in August 2001 where he sees pediatric sports medicine patients in the Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center and the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Have you heard of Tabata Training? Could it be your perfect workout?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File train_your_body/1335tb2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Neal Pire, MA, FACSM
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Neal Pire is a nationally noted expert on fitness and personal training. He operates Inspire Training Systems, a business consulting and professional training business specializing in program development and staff education for the health club industry. Typical of Neal Pire's approach is INSPIRE BOOTCAMP, the most supportive fitness program in the New York Metro area.
Formerly, Neal served as vice president of a major fitness company. He is widely sought after as a consultant for athlete training programs, performance enhancement centers and fitness industry management. Neal Pire is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and serves on the executive committee of ACSM's credentialing arm, the Committee on Certification and Registry Boards. As a 30-year veteran with deep understanding of the subject matter, he is often asked for background, commentary or analysis by media covering fitness and personal training. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Have you tried every exercise you can think of to get the coveted six-pack? Get ready to feel those abs with these ultimate core exercises.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1335tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Neal Pire, MA, FACSM
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Neal Pire is a nationally noted expert on fitness and personal training. He operates Inspire Training Systems, a business consulting and professional training business specializing in program development and staff education for the health club industry. Typical of Neal Pire's approach is INSPIRE BOOTCAMP, the most supportive fitness program in the New York Metro area.
Formerly, Neal served as vice president of a major fitness company. He is widely sought after as a consultant for athlete training programs, performance enhancement centers and fitness industry management. Neal Pire is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and serves on the executive committee of ACSM's credentialing arm, the Committee on Certification and Registry Boards. As a 30-year veteran with deep understanding of the subject matter, he is often asked for background, commentary or analysis by media covering fitness and personal training. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
If you or a family member is genetically at risk for heart disease, your student athlete could be at even greater risk for sudden cardiac death.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File train_your_body/1336tb2d.mp3
- Featured Speaker John P. Higgins MD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
John P. Higgins MD, MBA (Hons), MPHIL, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FACSM, FASNC, FSGC is a sports cardiologist for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and the Harris Health System. His research interests include the effects of energy beverages on the body, and screening for underlying cardiovascular abnormalities in 12-year-olds (6th graders), and steroid effects on the cardiovascular system.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Energy drinks can do wonders for your sluggishness. But they may also do irreversible damage to your heart.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File train_your_body/1336tb2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker John P. Higgins MD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
John P. Higgins MD, MBA (Hons), MPHIL, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FACSM, FASNC, FSGC is a sports cardiologist for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and the Harris Health System. His research interests include the effects of energy beverages on the body, and screening for underlying cardiovascular abnormalities in 12-year-olds (6th graders), and steroid effects on the cardiovascular system.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
