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I know you missed me so much, so I decided it was time for a second blog post. My last post was fairly general and was focused on motor abilities and motor skills. The goal of this post is to inform you all on the stages of learning that a person progresses through as they acquire motor skills, as well as some of the performance changes that occur across the stages of learning.   Lets start by taking a look at a prominent model of learning that was proposed by Fitts and Posner (1967) , and some of the implications for the practitioner. According to this model, there are three stages of learning: 1.     Cognitive Stage ·       In this first stage of learning, the learner focuses on cognitively oriented problems that are related to “how to” do the task at hand. There are a lot of attention demands that are being placed on the learner in this stage. The learner may not be able to focus on every aspect of the movement. ...

Well I’ve never written a blog post before but I guess there’s a first time for everything. Before I start I should probably introduce myself. My name is Joe Rinaldi and I’ve recently become part of the Flo Fitness staff. I am currently a senior at Rutgers University studying exercise science and applied kinesiology. My aspirations are to become a physical therapist and I am currently in the process of applying to graduate schools. Now that you know a little bit about me lets start. This post will be a first of its kind here on the Flo Blog… Over the course of the next few months (and who knows, maybe even longer) I will be posting about a topic that I am currently learning about in school. Today’s blog will focus on motor skills and motor abilities . A motor skill is defined as: a skill that requires voluntary body and/or limb movement to achieve its goal. An example of a motor skill would be running, jumping, climbing, etc. Using a one-dimension classification syst...

A couple months ago I posted the first blog of our three part series on, “How to Prevent Achilles Tendonitis”. Keeping true to my word here is the long awaited part two, where I will introduce some house keeping things that could help you reduce your chances of obtaining Achilles tendonitis. But before we start lets revisit some of the key points that were highlighted in part one. Simply, Achilles tendonitis is the irritation or inflammation to the Achilles tendon, which is often classified as an overuse injury. There are many factors that can contribute to the development of this injury. In the first blog we discussed three major contributors that inhibit the function of one of the strongest tendons in the human body: 1.                     Fitness level- Knowing your limits or where you currently stand physically will save you a lot pain and disappointment as you continue to work towa...