Past Clients

Beyond the tens of thousands of people who visit ExRx.net for quality information ever day, some choose to utilize our consultations services. Here are some of our former clients:

Appalachian Wellness, PLLC

• Provided formula to convert Watts to METs using an electronic cycle ergometer for graded tests.

Undisclosed (Ongoing)

• Provided critiques of animated 3-D transparent anatomy models depicting various exercises.

Adda Clevenger School

• Developed fitness based PE curriculum and offered equipment recommendations.

SportsQ Pvt Ltd.

• Served as Fitness Testing and Sports Conditioning Adviser for 8 months
• Researched and recommended fitness tests and accompanying norms and percentile scoring for young athletes.
• Researched and designed periodized sports conditioning programs for dozens of sports at various stages of development.
• Proposed feature sets, statistical formulas, and algorithms to be incorporated in youth fitness assessment and exercise prescription software.

Wyle Laboratories, Inc.

• Wyle Laboratories was contracted to upgrade the NASA Astronaut Fitness Manual.
• Consulted Wyle Labs regarding their functional muscular anatomy questions.
• Provided Wyle Laboratories permission to republish copyrighted diagrams.

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Literature Research & Analysis

• Biomechanical and Muscular Analysis
• Exercise & Sports Psychology
• Fitness Testing & Assessment
• Exercise Physiology
• Sports Nutrition
• Ergogenic Aids
• Weight Management
• Strength & Conditioning

Exercise Programming

• Fitness Testing & Assessment
• Injury Prevention & Management
• Sports Conditioning Programming
• Youth Fitness
• Corporate Fitness
• Special Populations
• Exercise Prescription
• Health & Wellness

Specializing in dispelling common misconceptions and identifying contradictions and over-generalizations in the literature.

Example Works

• Analysis of Green & Comfort (2007)
• Are Sit-ups Safe?
• Testosterone Replacement Therapy
• References Refuting the Lipid Hypothesis
• Injury Etiology
• Practical Weight Training Research
• Fat Loss & Weight Training Myths
• Pump & Burn
• Stretching, Performance, and Injury Reduction
• Low Volume Weight Training
• Calculating Actual Resistance
  

Featured Concepts from Other Mavericks

• Ultra-Short Race-Pace Swim Training
• Exercise as a Therapeutic Modality for Chronic Spinal Pain
• Questioning RICE Guidelines
• Challenging Believes
• Impact of Exercise Intensity on Body Fatness and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism
  
• The Role and Importance of Risky Play
• Westside Barbell Program

Fitness Testing & Assessment Formula Research & Development

• Research testing protocols and normative data sets.
• Develop formulas and algorithms to calculate fitness testing values, percentile, and rating.
• Based on normative data, Z scores, sigmoid and polynomial multi-regression formulas, and XYZ curve fitting equations.
• See ExRx.net calculators which utilize both existing and original formulas and algorithms.
• Also see Developing a Fitness Testing Battery, or Q&As: Questioning Norms, and VO2 Accuracy.

Strength and Conditioning Programming

Provide your clients or users maximum progress and engagement in less time with less work, injury, and dropout.

• Programming from special populations to athletes
• Algorithms for maximal progressions
• Low volume programming
• Mobile and web app user logistics and features

Content Licensing

• Exercise database and videos (See Exercise Database API)
• Weight Training programs from deconditioned beginners to advanced trainees
• Youth athletic program from pre-pubescent to young adult (most sports)

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Also see:

• Vita
• James Griffing Bio
• Testimonies from Professional Organizations