NO PAIN NO GAIN?
Remember the old adage 'No Pain No Gain'? Well, it looks like that was not the best advice after all. We have had to put that phrase away on the same shelf as Go for the Burn.
Check out these statistics. The Associate Press reported last week; *Sports injuries among baby boomers increased by 33 percent from 1991 to 1998, according to figures cited in a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report. Baby boomers in 1998 suffered more that 1 million sports injuries, to the tune of nearly $19 billion in medical costs, said the report from 2000, the most recent data available*.
The highest numbers of sports-related injuries came from unsupervised activities such as running, basketball, and unsupervised weight training, according to the consumer report. The most common injuries come from overuse and affect knees, ankles, lower back and shoulders.
At The Magnificent Body, our mission is to provide smart, safe and effective exercise programs, geared to the specific needs of our clients. We provide these programs to people from all walks of life, with many different levels of fitness.
The current research suggests that it's all about exercising smarter not harder.
At the Magnificent Body, that is what we are all about, providing safe effective exercise in a clean, comfortable, friendly atmosphere.
