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Corrective
High-performance Exercise Kinesiologist, Certified Personal Fitness
Trainer Professional Sports Trainer and Performance Nutrition Specialist
Discover the differences between men and women and training
methods.
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A
functional difference?
A special thanks to Paul Chek and The Chek
Institute for information received.
How the female differs from the male are main
issues when training a person. A trainer must be able to recognize
many functional differences. Most trainers do not allow for differences
between men and women. They train and provide nutritional guidance
that does not fit the female trainee. The following are areas
of concern:
1. Postural consideration for the female
2. Orthopedic concerns in a female
3. Hormonal and nutritional considerations
4. Exercise selection and program design strategies for females
Females develop structural and psychomotor
influences that have a greater incidence of orthopedic dysfunction.
The following are areas, which are addressed before any exercise
program is recommended:
- Head
carriage
- First
rib angle
- Shoulder
girdle posture
- Pelvic
tilt
How
the effect of footwear influences a females posture? High heels
can and do cause considerable postural problems. According to
Paul Chek as the high heel increases the kinetic chain must progressively
compensate. This simply means the higher the heel the more your
body must adapt postural to keep your eyes level with the horizon.
There are many dysfunctions associated with high heels such as:
- Hyperextension
of the knees
- Hyperlordosis
- Flat
back
All
of the above can lead to back, hip, and knee and ankle pain.
Women also have flexibility issues that men
do not in general. They do indeed possess stabilizer weakness
in a much higher degree as males. This is due to a number of factors
such as poor postural habits, child bearing, and child handling
and seated working environment. Women also go through puberty
and weakness developed during these years can remain for a lifetime
if not corrected of addressed.
Another area of concern is the total lack
of exercise participation and overuse of machine training.
According to the following is a few orthopedic
dysfunction's'' females' face in comparison to their male counterparts:
- Thoracic
outlet syndrome
- Shoulder,
back and sacroiliac joint, hip, ankles and knees dysfunction
- The
reason cited is:
- Lack
of baseline strength
- Less
muscle mass
- Less
experience in sports
- Under
use of closed chain exercises
- Poorly
designed footwear
- Exercise
machines and equipment not designed for females
- Not
encouraged to exercises the upper torso
Theses are just a sample of problems a personal
trainer must keep in mind when designing a program for women.
Women also have nutritional considerations
that must be addressed.
Simply stated diets do not work. They commonly
cause the following:
- Increased
quantity of lipogenic enzymes
- Decreased
quantity of lipolytic enzymes
- Increased
size of fat cells
- Decreased
lean body mass
- Decreased
basal metabolic rate
- Each
diet makes it harder to restore normal basal metabolic rate
Fat
fighting tip for females
- Increase
lean muscle mass through resistance training
- Use
compound exercises
- Balance
between cardiovascular and resistance training
- Eat
soon after exercise
- Avoid
large meals late at night
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forget to check out the NEW 'Hollywood' Diet I am trying to spread
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E-Mail David
OR
CALL (253)-383-5370
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