Softball Exercise

: A 24 year old recent college graduate comes to you to improve her performance at her favorite sport, softball. She is the catcher. She has a family history of high blood pressure. She does not have any past medical history. She is has a BMI of 26, she has no issues with her blood sugar or cholesterol. She does report excruciating pain 2 days after playing softball, usually just in her quadriceps, which causes her to miss 1-2 practices per week.
She is technically overweight according to her BMI, her muscle mass needs to be put in consideration. In general, since she is a catcher she stretches her quadriceps muscles when she squats. A quadriceps strain is what she is suffering from, due to overusing her quads. Before practice a proper warm up should be performed on the muscles strained, meaning to focus on her quads with good stretching and light cardio. Instead of assuming catcher position for practice she should begin a resistance program dealing with her quads, such as using 5 lbs. elastic bands attached to an Olympic bar and performing 5 sets of 10-15 squats to train her muscles and keep them loose. Also incorporating the 5 lbs. band and tying it to the bottom of a
He is preparing for a retirement party and wants to lose weight in the next 4 months. He has not exercised in over 8 years. He is a BMI of 28 and past medical history of Type 2 diabetes for over 10 years which he requires metformin twice a day (intense), and no other medications. He often at times has infections on his feet. His Family history includes his mother having Coronary Artery Bypass, and brother with a history of colon cancer. Create an exercise prescription for him. After his 2nd week of low intensity training he wants to start jogging on the treadmill. After his 4th week of a slow jog, with no changes in speed, he is now sweating profusely, short of breath, dizzy and has a hard time moving his left fingers. What is going on? What do you