WE ALL HAVE GOALS whether it’s dropping extra weight, becoming stronger or increasing your endurance. Dillon Kreider is a personal trainer who will tailor your workouts to accomplish your personal fitness goals. She offers private, group and custom programs in a variety of exercise disciplines. Her athletic background is integrated with a healthy dose of encouragement to produce an optimal change in how you look and feel.
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June CLASSES:
BETTER BODIES: TOTAL BODY FITNESS FOR WOMEN
Jumpstart your fitness program with circuit training. Strengthen, tone, decrease body fat and fight osteoporosis and heart disease using resistance and free weights to engage core muscles and back.
TUESDAY NIGHT RUNNING GROUP
Spring training has begun. Lace up and hit the track with us every week for a refreshing and rewarding workout.
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June fit tip:
Strength Training Best for Reducing Back Pain By Ryan Halvorson
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, back problems accounted for 139 million doctor visits in the United States in 2005 and cost $17.6 billion. With such a prevalence of back pain, it’s more than likely that fitness professionals will come across those suffering from the condition. But research suggests personal trainers may be able to help clients relieve pain with strength training.
The authors of a study published online ahead of print in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (February 7, 2009) set out to determine the best method for low-back-pain rehabilitation. The 27 subjects with back pain were divided evenly into three groups: resistance training, cardiovascular training and a nonexercise control. During the 16-week study, the resistance training group performed exercises using dumbbells, barbells and other equipment. (The types of exercises performed were not made clear in the study report.) The cardiovascular group used either a treadmill or an elliptical machine.
At the end of the study, the resistance training group decreased body fat percentage and “improved most musculoskeletal fitness, pain, disability and quality of life outcomes.” The cardiovascular group made improvements in body composition as well as flexibility and cardiovascular output, but no progress was made with regard to back pain.
“The primary finding was that periodized resistance training was successful at improving many fitness, pain, disability, and quality of life outcome measures, whereas [cardiovascular training] was not,” stated the authors. “This study indicates that whole-body periodized resistance training can be used by training and conditioning personnel in the rehabilitation of those clients suffering with chronic nonspecific low-back pain.”