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REAL News – May 2020

REAL-News --May-2020

May 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

   May 2020 Low Back Rehab: How Hard Should It Go? Intensity of exercise is a potent factor in the rate and extent of progress one makes in general fitness and in some injury recoveries. …

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Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: exertion, HIIT, low back pain, obesity, overweight, pain, soft drinks, walking efficiency

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June 1, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

 June 2018 All You Ever Wanted to Know About Planks but Were Afraid to Ask A brief history of spine pain and therapy takes us through the 1950s when the abdominal curl/crunch was highly recommended …

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Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: functional fitness, low back pain, muscle recovery, osteoarthritis, resistance training

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January 2, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

        January 2018 Low-Carb for Athletes: A Fallacy of Anecdotism? Since the early 1970s, virtually all sports nutrition research has focused on the value and merits of carbohydrate consumption to enhance athletic …

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Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: back therapy, low back pain, low carb running, train-low

Walking Off the Plank or Getting to the Core of the Matter

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November 17, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

The ubiquity of planks in gyms and exercise videos has denigrated it to the level of a ‘fad’. Once the newcomer to fitness – about 15 years ago – it is now so common as …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: core exercise, lateral plank, low back pain, planks, spinal stabilizing, stability ball crunch, stability ball plank

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September 2021 Do Common Clinical Measurements Predict Running Injury? Runners suffer injuries at a pretty high rate – 20%-80% have an injury at any point in time. Since running puts ~2.8 x body weight on …

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STEPS was founded in 1986 by Dr. Irv Rubenstein, Exercise Physiologist. STEPS current location boasts a 8000 sq. ft. space, housing our state-of-the-art gym, management offices, and other related services, making STEPS one of the largest personal fitness training centers in the known universe!

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