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Developing Strong Wrists & Forearms

Strengthening the wrist and forearm is important to not only prevent unwanted elbow injuries, but also help...
Leucine Helps Prevents Muscle Loss with Advanced Age

According to research—Beneficial Effects of Leucine Supplementation on Criteria for Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review—which appears in the...
Serena Williams training secrets: knee drop

When you’re at a WTA tennis tournament or a Grand Slam, the training philosophy transitions from performance...
Aerobic & Resistance Exercise Help to Stabilize Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetics

Modes of aerobic exercise include cycling, aerobic classes, dancing, calisthenics, jumping rope, swimming, running, and walking. Resistance...
Serena Williams training secrets: strengthening the ankle

When you’re at a WTA tennis tournament or a Grand Slam, the training philosophy transitions from performance...
Curcumin: much more than just a spice

Curcumin (curcuma longa linn) – a polyphenol compound extracted from the spice turmeric—offers multiple biological activities. Research...
Building Hamstring Endurance

Last week I showed you a hamstring strengthening exercise using a stable chair against a wall. Using...
How waist-to-height ratio can help detect health risks

A 2011 study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism said the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was the...
Developing Strong Hamstrings

According to the Journal of Sport and Health Science, hamstring strains are one of the most common...
How waist-to-height ratio can help detect health risks

A 2011 study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism said the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was the...
New findings on fat in post-menopausal women

JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Network Open reported in July 2019 that, “normal-weight central obesity...
At least 4400 Steps Per Day Decreases Mortality Rate in Older Women

A recent issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal Medicine reported on research, which...
Ultimate Leg Exercise

From a metabolic standpoint, the larger muscle groups generate more calorie expenditure, when challenged simultaneously. One such...
Exercises to Help Tennis Elbow

Mayoclinic.org says that tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition that occurs, when...
Serena Williams talks about her fitness coach Mackie Shilstone | Tennis Tonic

Williams is performing well in tournaments lately. She partly credits her performance to fitness coach Mackie Shilstone....
Going Crabbing for Core Strength

Postural balance typically requires being able to simultaneously stabilize one body segment, while carrying out a functional...
Streamlining the Obliques – Sides of the Waist

The abdominal oblique muscles – both internal and external – combine to compress the abdomen, while flexing...
Full Body Squat Variation

The squat exercise is considered a whole-body foundation-type exercise due to its emphasis of the prime movers—quadriceps...
Mackie’s Nutritional Supplementation Plan for Training Action Heroes

Mackie breaks down for WWL-TV’s Meg Farris the nutritional supplement plan he used to build actress Linda...
Scapula Stabilization to Reduce Risk of Shoulder Injury

Much of the work my team and I did over the course of a year to help...
Maximum Wellness Extra: Transforming Linda Hamilton for Terminator: Dark Fate

After 43 years of sports performance management — with over 3,000 pro athletes, such as my eleven...
Training Secrets from Terminator Dark Fate: Linda Hamiliton #2

Linda Hamilton was 61 when she began her preparation for the role of Sarah Connor in Terminator:...
Don’t miss Mackie on Access Hollywood November 1st!

Terminator: Dark Fate premiers worldwide on Friday, November 1st. To coincide with the premiere weekend, Saturday’s broadcast...
Training Secrets from Terminator Dark Fate: Linda Hamiliton #1

Linda Hamilton was 61 when she began her preparation for the role of Sarah Connor in Terminator:...
How Linda Hamilton Got Back In Sarah Connor Shape For ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Connor may be sci-fi filmdom’s most badass female action hero this side of Alien‘s Ripley....