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Anthony A. Vandervoort, PhD, is a professor and associate dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He teaches courses on gerontology/geriatric rehabilitation and human neuromuscular function. His research focuses on the effects of aging on human neuromuscular function and the application of these findings to rehabilitation programs for older adults with mobility impairment.
To keep running from becoming boring, some people schedule at least one annual special run, often on a birthday. I’m personally not fond of birthday bashes in which runners go to a track for the day and run the number of miles that correspond to their age, because running around a track doesn’t fit my concept of an adventure run. My favorite adventure runner is Dean Karnazes, the author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner and an outstanding endurance runner.
In the forthcoming book Better Body Workouts for Women (Human Kinetics, October 2013), Hodgkin and former international athlete and fitness presenter Caroline Pearce explain the three body types and the training recommendations associated with each one to create an effective exercise program. Mesomorph body types respond well to most types of training—especially resistance and body shaping exercises—and sustain low levels of body fat. “They respond well to cardiorespiratory training and are...
Watch David Perrin, PhD, ATC, demonstrate how to correctly tape the anke using the closed basketweave procedure. David H. Perrin, PhD, ATC, is dean and professor of the School of Health and Human Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received the Sayers “Bud” Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) in 1996 and the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from NATA in 1998, and he was inducted into the NATA Hall ...
