1. By Steven Brooks, Michael Brown, Fred Battee, and Ryan Sickles

2.  50 surveys competed by Rowan Students ◦ Half done by Exercise science majors ◦ Half done by those not in Exercise science majors  Articles, text books, etc.

3.  Eat breakfast  Brush teeth  Shower  Get dressed  What’s missing?

4.  It is important for everyone not just athletes.

5.  Reduces Injuries  Increases flexibility  Makes those golden years golden  Decreases pain

6.  Over 25,000 people in America sprain their ankle everyday.  1 out of every 17 athletes suffer an injury while performing their sport or training.  More then 50% of these injuries are preventable.

7.  Pelvic Obliquity

8.  Two types of flexibility ◦ Flexibility for prevention  Before and after, 30 second holds ◦ Flexibility for flexibility  Mainly just after, 60 seconds or more

9.  Allows you to stay mobile longer  Keeps good posture  Keeps good balance  Helps in recovery  Improves circulation

10.  Stretching released the built up lactic acid

11.  I only really need to stretch before I start exercising.  I only need to stretch what I am going to work out. ◦ The knee bone connected to the thigh bone, The thigh bone connected to the back bone, ◦ The rectus femorus is connected to the gracillis…

13.  Low carbohydrate diets  High Protein Diets  Low calorie diets

14.  Thought to be fast and easy way to lose weight  Gives a false sense of effectiveness  Hurts workout and recovery

15.  Believed that it will increase muscles.  Weight loss method  Believed to curve appetite ◦ In truth protein is the last thing the body feeds on.

16.  Believed to be an effective weight loss method ◦ Body generally needs at least 1,200 calories just for organs to function properly.  Causes the body to go into a starvation mode.