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(NPSFL) Charlotte Cobras

May 28
1 min

(NPSFL) Charlotte Cobras

National Public Safety Football League Charlotte Cobras 2015 National Champions The Carolina Panthers and the Charlotte Hornets are obviously household names in the Carolinas and even across the country. The Charlotte Cobras, however, are a local football team that I hadn’t heard of prior to working with the City's Police and Fire Departments. I heard about the Cobras one day during an annual Fitness Test when I was told about a full-contact football team made up of Charlotte

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Interval Training

May 28
3 min

Interval Training

How can we push through our cardiovascular plateaus? There are a number of options to try and interval training is one of them. What is Interval Training exactly? This is a type of training that involves a series of high intensity exercises that increase the heart rate followed by a lower intensity exercise or active rest movement. This cardio method is a great way to train as it is extremely simple and can be performed with numerous exercises or just one type of exercise. A

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The Benefits of Unilateral Strength Training

May 28
2 min

The Benefits of Unilateral Strength Training

“Make sure you get my GOOD side!!!” How many times have we heard someone say that in front of a camera? Looking good and feeling good also plays a major role in our daily functions and activities. So…the question is…what side is REALLY the good side? In a lot of cases, one tends to favor a side. Either way, our goal should be to remain as functionally symmetrical as possible. Unilateral or “right or left side” strengthening is a challenging and creative way to help close the

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Spirometry Testing Explained

May 28
3 min

Spirometry Testing Explained

Spirometry Testing Simplified Passing Grades > As & Bs vs. Cs & Ds > 80.0% OR BETTER (FEV[1]) - What does it really mean and how do we make it happen? What is it? So what exactly is the Spirometry Test and why is it so important to test it each year? In short; the Spirometry test is a minimally invasive and short duration test that utilizes a person’s age, ethnicity, gender, height, and weight to predict their lung capacity according to how other people in those categories pe

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Shoulder Impingement

Rebecca Mitchell

May 28
2 min

Shoulder Impingement

What is shoulder impingement? The rotator cuff includes four muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, teres minor) that help to stabilize your shoulder joint, particularly with overhead activities. These muscles run between the acromion (the top of your shoulder blade) and the humerus (your upper arm bone). With repetitive overhead movements or activities that create a lot of stress on your shoulder, the rotator cuff tendons can become irritated. This causes a na

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