On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy had on Dr Michele Olson a strength and conditioning guru who runs her 
own Human Performance Lab at Auburn University. She has a bit of a controversial take on exercise – having debunked the pilates for abs myth. You should hear what she thinks about Sports Specific Training – not a fan. She thinks the Wii Fit is great for sedentary people who are moving from no exercise to something – but for the current active person she says doing an activity in reality will expend more energy and work you out harder than a video game will. But the bottom line for Dr Abs is that some activity is better than nothing so go ahead and use the Wii Fit. In her work she tests the claims of exercise products and publishes them in peer reviewed journals. Sometimes this takes 2 years to do and in that time these faulty devices could have sold millions – so it is frustrating work. She says the ACSM has a quick peer review that can be done in months that trues to address this time issue. She has a new exercise dvd out called Fitness Prescription: Perfect Legs, Glutes & Abs” This dvd illustrates why she is called Dr Abs. To learn more about what she is up to and order the dvd go to her website www.micheleolsonphd.com
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