69 Touching on a Sore(ness) Subject

There are times, if you’re lucky, when you meet someone who challenges and reshapes how you think about a closely held belief.  Twenty-five years ago, meeting Robert Francis was such a time for me–a true mentor, he taught me to look at exercise in a completely new way.

Robert Francis—exercise historian, spinal rehabilitation specialist, machine designer and master exercise instructor–has been working in the field of exercise since 1981.  A milestone of my career was when, eighteen years after I met him, Robert agreed to be an instructor at InForm Fitness, the company I founded due to his influence.

And now, Robert, a fount of information, joins me for the first of a series of podcast episodes where I pick his brain on a variety of interesting topics. Our first episode, Touching on a Sore(ness) Subject, we delve into the misunderstood and controversial topic of muscle soreness.

We digress into a discussion on the knee extension machine and if going to full extension is safe? And we touch on why, in many cases, there is no substitute for a well-designed machine.

While it’s understood that muscle soreness is, generally, a good thing, we wrap up this episode discussing ways you can mitigate muscle soreness such as getting good sleep, staying hydrated, taking contrast baths, and eating well.

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