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GUEST SERIES | Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Assess & Improve All Aspects of Your Fitness

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Can You Leg Extension Your Body Weight?

For the average person, a leg extension test is fairly standardized./nYou don't have to worry about technique and people can just get into it and go./nFor people over the age of 40, every decade their strength can decline by 10%./nPrior to the age of 40, there is no change in strength.

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In this episode 1 of a 6-part special series, Andy Galpin, PhD, professor of kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton and world expert on exercise science, explains the 9 different types of exercise adaptations that can be used to transform the functional capacities and aesthetics of our body, and benefits each adaptation has for our health. He explains the best evidence-based protocols to optimize your progress in building strength, endurance, muscle growth, flexibility and for optimal recovery, and he provides zero-cost and low-cost tests to assess all aspects of your physical fitness. This episode provides a foundation and tools for establishing a comprehensive assessment of your current fitness level, allowing you to select the ideal fitness programs to implement toward your goals. Subsequent episodes 2-6 in this special series explain goal-directed protocols to reach those goals.

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