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Exercise science / General exercise information / Tips and tools

How to modify a program on days you’re feeling tired.

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

If you have ever followed a rigid exercise plan you will understand that your investment is important on a personal level.  It’s easy to feel conflicted on days you’re tired …

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What is a Styku scan and how can it help you track your progress?

March 2, 2020February 14, 2022 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

Benefitting from exercise requires discipline and consistency. Often one of the biggest hurdles people face is holding themselves accountable. It’s important to track your progress and ensure you are improving. …

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What is a muscle imbalance and how do I fix it?

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

Whether you train total-body, isolate body parts, prefer cardiovascular exercise to lifting, or love HIIT training… Whether you’re into classes such as Zumba, or exercise for a sport or activity, …

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What are energy systems?

April 11, 2019July 24, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is our bodies main source of fuel for muscle energy. When performing an exercise or physical activity, our body needs ways to produce this valuable energy source …

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Stretching: We don’t know enough.

February 6, 2019April 13, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

The hard reality is that for a long time stretching and activities involving stretching such as yoga have been practiced with the idea of certain expectations. Science has been steadily …

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Reps, sets, and changing it up in exercise.

January 1, 2018October 10, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

Understanding reps, sets and other variables in exercise training is important for continuing to progress and avoid plateaus. Changing how many reps you are doing for an exercise and the …

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What is foam rolling? How to foam roll.

January 1, 2018April 11, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

Sports medicine is an evolving science. There are always new techniques, and often these techniques start as anecdotal evidence. We might see that a technique does something, but science has …

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How to perform any exercise properly.

December 14, 2017April 15, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

By understanding a few simple guidelines for human movement we can design a strategy to perform any exercise properly. Becoming familiar with basic landmarks on the human body and fundamental …

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Force Couples.

December 13, 2017April 2, 2019 - by Ely Jennis - Leave a Comment

So as we learned in previous posts we always have a muscle on two sides of a joint that perform opposing functions. The easiest example to give you is the …

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Muscle Function, Planes of Movement. How muscles work.

December 13, 2017May 4, 2023 - by Ely Jennis - 1 Comment

How muscles work comes down to their movement and the planes which this movement happens. The only thing that a muscle can do is contract (shorten),  acting on a joint. …

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Where to begin

This website is a tool to help you optimize exercise for any activity. To get an idea of where to start, read THIS post on muscle imbalances, then perform one or more Assessments. Next, you can understand your results with the Dysfunctions page, and begin to incorporate Corrective Exercises into your programming.

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How to modify a program on days you’re feeling tired.

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About this site

StronglinksFitness is a work in progress.

StrongLinksFitness is about leading an informed fitness lifestyle. Science is about remaining objective. We can’t be right 100% of the time and all we can do is reshape our opinions as new information is available. I do my best to stay on top of current information so I can help people become the best athletes they can. I am an amateur natural bodybuilder, a rock climber, and a mountain biker. I want everyone to reach their full potential safely, and pain free. My website is about sharing information to help people maximize their training and avoid muscle imbalances no matter what their activity is, for all levels of performance! I care and thats why all the information I share is free. 

Ely Jennis
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