Articles & Newsletters

 

Articles

Curves® Includes No Strength Training

What is SuperSlow®? (original)

What is SuperSlow®? (revised)

Machines for Time Static Contraction

So, Your Ambition Is To Become A Circus Fat Lady?! - PART 1

So, Your Ambition Is To Become A Circus Fat Lady?! - PART 2

Letter to Kevin Helliker of the Wall Street Journal

Timed Static Contraction

Unilateral Loading, Exercise Isolation, Immobilization, and Rehabilitation

Supplement To The Second Edition

Exercise vs. Recreation

The Definition of Exercise

Why NOT Aerobics?   Answers to frequently asked questions

Aerobics is Dead, or Pollock narrowly misses putting his foot in his mouth

Atrial Fibrillation and Exercise

The Ultimate Retrofit  Master Instructor Greg Anderson of Ideal Exercise in Seattle writes of his experiences axing his aerobics dance program.

Doug McGuff MD's Key Note Address from the 1997 SSEG Convention.

Quiz

 

The SuperSlow Exercise Standard

The SuperSlow® Exercise Standard is sent quarterly to members of The SuperSlow® Exercise Guild. These newsletters serve as official documentation of Guild activities and as a forum for Guild members to discuss ideas. They are intended primarily as communication between members of the Guild.

The SuperSlow® Exercise Standard is edited by Ken Hutchins, president and founder of The SuperSlow® Exercise Guild. It is distributed digitally with his explicit permission. These newsletters may not be sold or exchanged for profit. All information in any issue of The SuperSlow® Exercise Standard is ©1995 by Ken Hutchins.

Volume I, Assault on Exercise Physiology, Part 1
Editorial
Ethics
The Origins of Exercise Physiology
The President's Council on Physical Fitness
Reasonable Resolution, Fitness Testing Batteries, Documenting Occupational Incompetence
Sidebars

Announcements and Other Notes


Volume II, Assault on Exercise Physiology, Part 2

Editorial

The Physical Therapist

Work Hardening

Announcements


Volume III, Fitness Testing: A Multi-Billion Dollar Sham

Introduction

Arthur's Work Analogy

VO2 Testing

Blood-Pressure Testing

Pulse Measurement

Flexibility Testing

Body Fat Testing

Bone Density

Strength Testing

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Electromyography (EMG)

Lactate Threshold

Muscle Biopsy

Power Testing

Comparison Photography

Skill

Consistent Procedure

Summary of Fitness Testing

Announcements


Volume IV, Exercise Equipment Design Principles

Exercise Equipment Design Principles

ACSM Effectively Admits To Worthlessness

Convention Commentary


Volume V, Prologue to Reasoned Fitness

Prologue to Reasoned Fitness

Walking Programs and Physicians: A Natural Courtship

Recent Notes On Osteoporosis

Announcements


Volume VI, Expose on Physical Therapy

Expose' on Physical Therapy

Sportsmedicine: Sports? or Medicine?

Personal Experiences with Physical Therapy

Shear Forces? or Sheer Nonsense?


Volume VII, SuperSlow® and Osteoporosis Research

SuperSlow® and Osteoporosis Research

SuperSlow® Strength Training: An Absolute Requirement for The Prevention of Osteoporosis

The Ten Requirements of Full-Range Exercise

The Saga of the Seated Leg Curl

Announcements


Volume VIII, Bashing Aerobics Philosophy

Bashing Aerobics Philosophy

Aerobics and Me, by Ken Hutchins

Excerpts on Aerobics from SuperSlow®: The Ultimate Exercise Protocol

A History of Aerobics

Time: Its Importance in Your Fitness Program

Excerpts from Eric Hoffer's The True Believer with Annotations Regarding the Fitness (Aerobics) Movement