Have you ever wondered why you should sandwich every workout between a few minutes of warming-up and a few minutes of cooling-down? In "Developing A Warm-Up and Cool-Down Protocol" Wayne Westcott, Ph.D. explains that a progressive warm-up begins an...
Body composition is not something you do, like 10 push-ups or 50 sit-ups. In "Body Composition - The Most Important Fitness Component" Wayne Westcott, Ph.D. explains that our body is composed of two types of tissues known as fat weight and lean...
Lifting weights is no longer limited to young athletes who want greater performance power. Strength training is for every person who needs more muscle and functional ability, and no one fits that description better than our senior population. In...
Due largely to lifestyle factors that favor fast foods and sedentary pursuits, rather than nutritious meals and physical activity, many young people are overfat and underfit. Worse yet, they typically do not know how to change their situation in a...
Every original culture on the planet earth has a system of "hands on" healing. In western cultures this is generally called massage. As the movement toward alternatives to drugs and surgery progresses massage will emerge as one of our primary new...
As a boy, I generally liked physical education class exercises. I was not, however, fond of fitness testing day. Like 50 percent of all young people then and now, I could not chin myself and always felt embarrassed struggling to lift my body weight...
We live in an underfit and overfat generation according to fitness expert, Dr. Wayne Westcott. In spite of our national emphasis on fitness and sports, studies reveal that 90 percent of Americans do too little exercise to receive any measurable...
The presence of special breathing practices in the ancient cultures has always been a mystery to people in the Western world. In "Extending the Inhalation”" Dr. Roger Jahnke explains that even with deep breathing there is still some lung capacity...
Competitive distance runners and triathletes achieve excellent results from relatively brief strength training sessions, according to Wayne Westcott, Ph.D. Dr. Westcott outlines a comprehensive 5 point strength-training program for distance runners...
One of the most misunderstood aspects of the aging process is the undesirable change in body composition and physical appearance. Fitness expert, Dr. Wayne Westcott, explains that strength exercise is key in reversing these problems because of its...
Wayne L. Westcott PhD
Roger Jahnke OMD