Your Holiday Rescue Plan
Oxygen|November 2015
Jerry Kindela, MA, DHS
Your Holiday Rescue Plan

With the holidays just around the corner, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. You’ve always liked to have choices, but at this time of year, sometimes the sheer number of choices isn’t helpful — what you crave is simplicity.

That’s why Oxygen is making it easy for you to get back to basics, to what ultimately is most important — your fitness and health. It doesn’t take complicated routines, endless hours in the gym or countless hours slaving at the stove. All you need is a quick and dirty primer on what’s necessary to stay sane — and healthy — during the holidays.

THREE HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

According to the American Council on Exercise, a number of shoulder injuries occur because of the over use of just one shoulder exercise: the front raise, which trains only the front portion of the shoulder. (You also can overuse the front shoulder muscle by doing a lot of chest training and not focusing on the remainder of the shoulder girdle, the other two sections.) Fact is, you must train all three areas of the shoulder: front, side and (very important for those hunched over computers all day) rear delt. The ACE says most effective exercises include the dumbbell shoulder press (affects overall shoulder structure), incline row (stresses rear shoulders and upper-back muscles) and lateral raise (for side shoulders). (The National Institutes of Health estimates 1.2 million Americans visit U.S. emergency rooms annually for shoulder problems. Studies show 69 percent of the population will experience a shoulder injury at some point.)

This story is from the November 2015 edition of Oxygen.

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