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The Empathetic Trainer: Using EQ for Training Success

The Empathetic Trainer: Using EQ for Training Success

The ability to stand up and talk does not a trainer make. I know that sounds like I’m quoting from Yoda in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but some of the most high-tech companies in the world deliver some of the worst training I’ve ever seen. One problem can be when a trainer’s desire to be seen as an expert supersedes a desire – and an ability – to help others learn.

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Strengthen Foundation to Ease Lower Back Pain

Strengthen Foundation to Ease Lower Back Pain

If you wouldn’t buy a house with a weak foundation, why would you try building on top of one? I see people all the time with weak or chronic lower back pain trying to do strength training. It is important, but if you avoid working on your foundation you’ll only cause more issues down the road.

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Extreme Heat Projected to Increase Cardiovascular Deaths

Extreme Heat Projected to Increase Cardiovascular Deaths

Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat are expected to increase between 2036 and 2065 in the United States, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers, whose work is published in Circulation, predict that adults ages 65 and older and Black adults will likely be disproportionately affected.

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