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KIIP Blog
Welcome to the Knowledge Itself is Power (KIIP) blog. The blog will keep growing over time, as more and more blog post are added with information related to exercise science, exercise physiology, clinical exercise physiology, exercise prescription, motion analysis, bio-genetics and exercise, exercise testing, exercise testing protocol development, cardiovascular physiology, cardiorespiratory physiology and more.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 14, 20235 min read
EXERCISE FOR TWO PLEASE - HOW TO EXERCISE DURING PREGNANCY
It is crucial to exercise correctly during pregnancy to avoid causing any harm to mother and child, while gaining all the possible benefits.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 14, 20234 min read
BEST REASON TO BE A SUSPECT - WEIGHT LIFITNG PRESCRIPTION FOR THE SUSPECTED HEALTHY
Muscular fitness is divided into muscular power, muscular strength, and muscular endurance. Learn to prescribe RT weight lifting workouts.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 13, 20234 min read
BEST REASON TO BE A SUSPECT - EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR THE SUSPECTED HEALTHY
Learn what to emphasize while exercising to improve aerobic fitness, and the difference between aerobic power and aerobic endurance.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 11, 20234 min read
IT'S SO OVER! (training)
Training; De-training; Over-training; and Over-reaching. Which one are you part of ? - Understand that training is a set of stimuli applied.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 10, 20234 min read
DON'T LOSE YOUR COOL - MECHANISMS OF HEAT DISPOSAL
A hot hostile environment can be deadly without external means.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 9, 20233 min read
YOUR RANGE OF MOTION ISN'T MEANT FOR SHOOTING - FLEXIBILITY EXPLAINED
Flexibility is the ability to create a range of motion (ROM) in the body.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 8, 20233 min read
SHOW US WHAT YOU ARE MADE OF - AN INTRO TO BODY COMPOSITION
Body composition is related to the make-up of the body as it pertains to the tissue types and content of a person's body.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 6, 20234 min read
EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS TO HEALTH BENEFITS; OH BABY, WHAT A WORKOUT - PART II
Meaningful health benefits await an expecting mother and her baby if they exercise before and during the pregnancy.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 6, 20234 min read
OH BABY, WHAT A WORKOUT - PART I
Exercising while pregnant is possible and advised within certain limitations and best practices.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 6, 20234 min read
BLINDLY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON - PROPRIOCEPTION!
Proprioception reduces the need to direct your eye sight at all of your body parts all the time, in order to know what to do next.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 5, 20233 min read
TAKE PATTERNS TO HEART MUCH?
ECG is a medical tool focused on cardiac function (the heart's function) as represented by the neural conductance of the heart.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 5, 20232 min read
ARE YOU FITT ENOUGH TO BE VERY PROFESSIONAL? - FITTVP WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE!
FITTVP is an acronym that is the basis to how professionals that include exercise prescription as part of their services.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 4, 20233 min read
DOOMS DAY OR D.O.M.S. DAY?
I am ex-military. "No pain, no gain", and "pain is a weakness leaving the body" are phrases I have heard before more than once.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 4, 20232 min read
INTRO TO EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
Exercise professionals such as person trainers, prescribe exercise as the last step of a long process of learning their client profoundly.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 4, 20233 min read
OMG! WHAT'S YOUR FBG?
There are fasting blood glucose (FBG) ranges that support exercising the person with no safety or medical concerns.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 4, 20233 min read
RESPIRATORY RESPONSES DURING EXERCISE
At rest, during exercise, and maximal exercise, minute ventilation is regulated to meet the oxygen supply and carbon di oxide removal needs.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 4, 20232 min read
CARDIAC RESPONSES DURING EXERCISE
At rest, during exercise, and maximal exercise, cardiac output is regulated to meet the oxygen and nutrients needs of the cells.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 3, 20233 min read
DON'T KNOW SQUAT??? - HAPPY TO EXPLAIN!
Squats offer an amazing opportunity to take advantage of one of the most unique skeletal muscular contractions combinations.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Oct 3, 20234 min read
EXTREME HEAT HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
One of the most possible hostile environments for humans is the excessive heat environment, also known as extreme heat environments.
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Moran Sciamama-Saghiv
Sep 29, 20233 min read
LET'S FICKURE IT OUT!
The Fick equation is used to calculate or estimate a person's oxygen consumption, also known as VO2.
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Children's Book
Pumpy & Pumpina is a children's book by Moran Sciamama-Saghiv for 2-5 year olds that teaches them about the heart. Follow the main characters, James, Pumpy, Mary, and Pumpina, as they go about their day to day life and see how their hearts are important and affect them during different activities.
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