Rebuilding Your Body
Health and Fitness Training, Health and Performance Training, Posterior Chain Development, Dynamic Stretching, Strength Development, Strength Training, The S.M.A.R.T. Principle, Coaching, Discipline, Educational, Effort Ernest Allen Health and Fitness Training, Health and Performance Training, Posterior Chain Development, Dynamic Stretching, Strength Development, Strength Training, The S.M.A.R.T. Principle, Coaching, Discipline, Educational, Effort Ernest Allen

Rebuilding Your Body

It is important to consult with a physical therapist or certified fitness professional coach with the knowledge of how to work with and train individuals with joint and mobility limitations. These professionals have the experience to develop a personalized exercise plan that focuses on strengthening the muscles (for example the Quadriceps and Hamstrings in regards to the knee ) and opposing joints surrounding the joint that will be replaced (hip and ankle in regards to the knee). This also will help improve joint stability and range of motion, as well as prepare the body for the demands of surgery and rehabilitation, which is very important to help speed up your recovery and help prevent additional complications…

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Sleep: The "Magical" 8, Quality or Quantity
Sleeping for Performance, Educational, Effort, Discipline, Fuel To Train, Health and Fitness Training, Health and Performance Training, Personal Training, Recovery Plan, Fat Loss, Coaching, Body Composition Ernest Allen Sleeping for Performance, Educational, Effort, Discipline, Fuel To Train, Health and Fitness Training, Health and Performance Training, Personal Training, Recovery Plan, Fat Loss, Coaching, Body Composition Ernest Allen

Sleep: The "Magical" 8, Quality or Quantity

The issue usually is not the amount of sleep as measured in time, but the quality of sleep that you have, and this goes back to your habits and rituals if you will that you have established over your lifetime. There is usually no preparation for sleep time, and if you are over the age of 10 years old you have not had a ritual for sleep time that has worked to help you sleep in over 20-30 plus years, but even with that said we still fought the idea of going to sleep “early” before 9 pm. I remember when I was around 8-9 years old and it was the beginning of the school year and the time had not changed and it was still light at my bedtime(6 pm) and I literally had a temper tantrum in the bed kicking and crying because I could hear the other neighborhood kids playing outside and here I was being put to bed like a baby….

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