{"id":1688,"date":"2010-01-04T08:37:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T13:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2014-10-26T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T17:04:05","slug":"proper-form-basics-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/proper-form-basics-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweat Secrets: Proper Form Basics you Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, two bright and funny University of Florida students,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yourhealthfix.wordpress.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\">Kathryn Stolarz<\/a> and Amy Marty, contacted me for assistance with their class project and I was eager to help. They did a really great job and the information provided here by both <a href=\"fitzness.com\" target=\"_blank\">myself <\/a>and Jeff Plasschaert, an exercise physiologist from the UF Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute is really something all fitness enthusiasts should hear.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tips for maintaining good form in the gym. <\/em><\/strong>Shot and edited by Kathryn Stolarz and Amy Marty for Professor Spiker&#8217;s Health and Fitness Writing Class at UF.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/95yVOMJxZeE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/95yVOMJxZeE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Great job Gators! 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