Wayne L. Westcott PhDLifting 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...
Although the golf swing places considerable stress on the hip, back and shoulder joints, golfers have traditionally avoided muscle strengthening and injury prevention activities for fear that it would reduce their joint flexibility and decrease...
Although Americans have been aware of the fitness benefits of exercise for the last 30 years and the benefits of weight training for the last ten years, less than ten percent perform enough physical activity to gain measurable benefits, and less...
The spring sport season is often the time when the injury potential is very high. According to fitness expert, Dr. Wayne Westcott, this is partly due to the abrupt action components of such spring sports as golf, softball and tennis, as well as to...
During the past year our research studies at the South Shore YMCA have produced a lot of valuable information for professionals, practitioners, and participants in the field of fitness. On behalf of our instructional staff and research team, let me...
Aging people have discovered that dieting doesn't produce permanent weight loss, and walking is not very effective for firming all muscles. But many uninformed people refuse to try strength training because it may raise their blood pressure. Fitness...
Are you a compulsive, task-oriented individual? For many of us such behavior is natural, simply our normal way of life. I have always been that way, the old all or nothing attitude. Whether I’m exercising or working in the garden, it’s...
With most ski slopes opening in less than two months, now is the time to initiate a sensible ski conditioning program. If you wait until the snow flies you won’t be able to properly pre-condition your musculoskeletal system for the rigors of...
While stretching is an important component of any exercise program and key for improving joint flexibility, national fitness expert, Dr. Wayne Westcott reports excellent results from relatively brief stretching sessions. Dr. Westcott discusses the...
