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Ultra Fitness Features of the Month

Welcome to a great new section of our website. Each month we'll bring you a set of new articles, audios and exercise tips from the world leaders in health and fitness. It's like having a personal subscription to a world-class health, fitness, sport and wellness magazine. Take a read through the features and remember, fitness and health isn't only about book knowledge; you need to put that knowledge into practice! So use the tips you read about here. All the best!

New features

	Breathing for Optimal Health - Part 1 Jonathan Sears In Part 1 of this fascinating two-part series, Sears explores the anatomy of breathing and shows us why this simple act is so vital to our health and to the longevity of our bodies.

	Why our Health & Vitality are Being Damaged by Our Present Food Supply Jonathan Sears Whether our goals are weight loss, performance conditioning, general health & vitality, or chronic pains, what we EAT deserves far greater attention than what most of us give it. In his fascinating first article for PTontheNET.com, Sears exposes us to some horrifying truths about the state of our present food supply, and gives us some vital advice for making life-altering changes to our diet.

	An Introduction to Meditation Shirley Archer Archer gives us some simple keys to begin working with this age old mystical AND practical practice in internal wellness.

	The Truth About Cardio Programming Paul Robbins

	Basic Concepts of Periodization Juan Carlos Santana Santana brings us into the IHP model of organizing and manipulating training variables for specific time periods, to meet specific strength and sport-specific aims.

	Horizontal Loading - The Missing Link Tony Reynolds Tony explains why rotational/horizontal strength exercises should be an integral part of your athletes' workout regimes. Article includes over 30 exercise images!!

	Spot Reduction Revisited Charles Poliquin The use of skinfold testing for body fat assessments and its application has been relatively dormant... until now. Coach Poliquin teaches us that understanding site specific body fat storage and how to manage it can ultimately help our clients rid themselves of unwanted body fat.

	Dynamic Warmup Routines for Sports Adrian Faccioni

	Fermented Soy Is the Best Soy Matthew Kadey In response to Chek’s recent “Sans Soy” article, Matthew explores some of the possible positives of one of today’s most debated food items.

Exercise of the month

1 Leg Squat - Floor Reach to External Rotation

Exercise Tips
Never skip you're warm-up when preparing for a sport or a workout. Dynamic, controlled movements; neuromuscular stimulation, firing up of the core and mental focussing should all be part of your warm-up routine. You'll perform much better than starting out "cold".

Program of the month

Body Slings - Anterior Oblique 1