Dr. James Stoxen DC Pays Tribute to Legendary Bodybuilding and Fitness Icon, Mentor and Friend Joe Weider I will never forget the first exchange I had with Mr. Joe Weider back in 1993 when I was first starting my practice. It was a call I got from him to join the editorial advisory board for ‘Muscle and Fitness Magazine'. Joe was one of the greatest advocates chiropractic has ever had. To this day, the Muscle & Fitness advisory board includes two chiropractors: James Stoxen, DC, … [Read more...]
Dr. James Stoxen DC Pays Tribute to Legendary Bodybuilding and Fitness Icon, Mentor and Friend Joe Weider
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Video Tutorial #11 – Training The Stabilizing Muscles that Improve Running Walking and Efficiency and How Joe Weider Provided the Insight
July 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In 1993, I was appointed to the editorial advisory board for 'muscle and fitness' magazine, by Mr. Joe Wieder himself. I’ll never forget that phone call. “Dr. Stoxen, I really like your articles! and I would like to know if you would like to be on my editorial advisory board for my magazine.” Joe Weider 1993 Of course, you know I thought that this was a prank by some friend of mine. I hung up the phone and went back to treating patients. About an hour later I got to … [Read more...]
13 Time MMA World Champion Shonie Carter Demonstrates Insane Hanging Abb Routine At Team Doctors
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You don't have to have a flabby stomach or weak abdominal muscles....... Weak Abbs can cause your Human Spring to lock and cause back pain....... Pain is not fun!!! Having strong sexy Abbs? That can be fun!!! You can train your abdominal muscles and achieve those rock hard abbs. Watch 13 time world MMA Champion, Shonie Carter train his abbs and strengthen his Human Spring at Team Doctors in the video below: Watch Anthony Field Training his abbs … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial # 143 What I Learned From Studying Javier Sotomeyer Technique About Improved Performance and Reducing Injury Risk
April 18, 2012 by 6 Comments
We can learn a great deal from studying what athletes do to have optimum performance to improve our performance and prevent injury in our lives. I have learned that plyometric training is one way to develop maximum jumping capacity and to strengthen the Human Spring. It may sound like the latest action film, but controlled impact and maximum power are the aims of a training technique called plyometrics. Yuri Verkhoshansky is the founder of modern human spring training, called … [Read more...]
What’s Your “Excuse” For Not Exercising This Time?
April 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What’s Your “Excuse for Not Exercising” This Time? By Dr James Stoxen DC Original Article: http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/news/archives/00000654.htm I hated every minute of the training, but I said, "Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." -- Muhammad Ali We all know that you need to make every boxing-training session and do some cross training a few times a week to stay on top. But it’s a challenge. It can even be disheartening when we … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial #112 Abdominal Oblique Exercise Demonstrated by WBC Pro Boxing Champion Miguel Macho Hernandez And Fighter Adrian Grenados at Team Doctors
April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Abdominal Oblique Exercise Demonstrated by WBC Pro Boxing Champion Miguel Macho Hernandez The Abdominal Rotation Exercise targets the oblique muscles. The exercise is performed from a sitting position with the shoulders positioned against the support pad. It involves rotating the torso in alternate directions, to the left and to the right. Watch Pro-Boxer Adrian Grenados On the Rotary Torso Machine Work His Obliques At Team Doctors With Dr. Stoxen … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial #109 A Great Hip Adduction Exercise Demonstrated by WBC Pro Boxing Champion Miguel Macho Hernandez at Team Doctors
April 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
excerpt taken from, 'How I Got My Wiggle Back', page 162 Hip Adduction (Cam Resistance) On the four-way hip machine, raise the bar and the cam so it's high enough to offer resistance. Position the cam at the hip socket. Straddle it - start abducting and adducting within a range of 30 degrees. Keep all toes pointing straight ahead. This works the adductor muscles of the hip joint. Again, don't stop between repetitions. Hold on to the rail if you … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial #109 A Great Hip Abduction Exercise Demonstrated by WBC Pro Boxing Champion Miguel Macho Hernandez at Team Doctors
April 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
excerpt taken from, 'How I Got My Wiggle Back', page 162 Hip Abduction (cam resistance) Stand in the center of a four-way hip machine with your legs close together. Put the resistance roll (the cam) on the outside of the thigh. Make sure it is at the hip height. Keep your body still. Abduct (push out against the cam) your leg to about 30 degrees. You must keep your foot pointing straight ahead (if you turn the foot, you're training a different muscle). Don't stop … [Read more...]
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Two Time USA National Taekwondo Champion, Nedra Medina
April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Two Time USA National Taekwondo Champion, Nedra Medina May 25, 2011Dr. Stoxen was very proud to be involved with the national champions, Christian and Nedra Medina. He in preparing them for the Mexico National Olympic Games, which are essentially the qualifying events to determine who will compete for the national team. Pictured above is: Christian Medina, brother, Certified 4th Dan Black Belt (WTF) Kukkiwon and 3 times US National Team … [Read more...]
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews 13 Time World Champion MMA Fighter, Shonie Carter, Part 2 of 2
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Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews 13 Time World Champion MMA Fighter, Shonie Carter, Part 2 of 2 At Team Doctors Training Center, Chicago IL July 20th, 2011. Shonie discusses his next fight and his total body weight suspension training routine. He also discusses his work as a chef, a master mechanic, and an architect in the health industry. He gives advice to men and women that are assured to make you more socially, culturally and aesthetically pleasing in a … [Read more...]
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Master Medina At The Taekwondo, Mexico National Olympic Games In Toluca, Mexico
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Master Medina At The Taekwondo, Mexico National Olympic Games Toluca, Mexico, May 29th, 2011 This is an interview Dr. James Stoxen DC did with Master Medina at the Olimpiada Nacional Taekwondo 2011 in Toluca Mexico. Master Medina shares that to become a champion Taekwondo athlete you must follow a daily routine of training which is about 3 hours a day 6 days a week. Dr Stoxen served on the Medical Services Committee for this … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial #153 BOB BEAMON THE HUMAN SPRING – WORLD RECORD LONG JUMP EXPLAINED
April 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In this video you will see an example of Human Spring at it's highest-level of athleticism. Bob Beamon broke the worlds record in the long jump and it stood for two decades!! Beamon set this world record for the long jump with a jump of 8.90 m (29 ft. 2½ in.), bettering the existing record by 55 cm (21¾ in.). When his teammate and coach Ralph Boston told him that he broke the world record by nearly 2 feet, an astonished Beamon collapsed to his knees and placed … [Read more...]
John Abdo Interviews Dr. James Stoxen DC Conducted In Moscow, USSR 1989
April 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
John Abdo Interviews Dr. James Stoxen DC Moscow, USSR 1989 At that time John Abdo was the host of 'The Weight Room Show', which was seen around the country on ESPN. Dr. Stoxen was the team doctor for the WAF (World Armwrestling Federation) and AAA (American Armwrestling Association). He organized the first official arm wrestling competition and exhibition between the United States, Canada and the former Soviet Union through the help of the AISEP (Association International … [Read more...]
Latin Showdown: “El Gallo Bravo” Ready for Return to the Ring
March 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Latin Showdown: "El Gallo Bravo" Ready for Return to the Ring Original Article: http://hardcoreboxing.net/8countpro_1082004.htm Further details of LATIN SHOWDOWN, Chicagoland's biggest professional boxing card of 2004 have been announced as Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum's Top Rank Incorporated along with Miller Lite returns to Hawthorne Race Course on Friday, October 15th. This marks the second straight month that Telefutura's internationally broadcast Friday … [Read more...]
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Professional Boxer, Jimmy Sandoval About His Upcoming Fight, Friday, March 30, 2012
March 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Professional Boxer, Jimmy Sandoval, 'Superfly' at Team Doctors, Chicago IL March 20, 2012 They speak about his upcoming fight: Friday, March 30, 2012 at The Radisson Hotel Star Plaza 800 East 81st Avenue Merrillville, IN 46410 Doors open at 7:00pm General Admission - 30.00 VIP Table Seat - 50.00 Ringside Table Seat - 100.00 To Buy Tickets Call: 1-888-550-6570 Call Dr. Stoxen if you plan to go … [Read more...]
Dr James Stoxen DC Interviews Victor Shenkin, USSR Olympic Weightlifting Coach – NSCA Journal – 1989
March 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
Interview with Victor Shenkin USSR Olympic Weightlifting Coach Dr. James Stoxen DC National Strength & Conditioning Association Journal October, 1989 Victor Shenkin is the Head Coach of the 1988 Soviet Olympic Team, General Secretary of the USSR Weightlifting Federation, Chairman of the Russian Powerlifting Federation, Chairman of the Soviet Committee of the IFBB and Chairman of the Russian Strongman Team. In this interview conducted in Montreal, Canada, … [Read more...]
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews 13 Time World Champion MMA Fighter, Shonie Carter, Part 1 of 2
March 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews 13 Time World Champion MMA Fighter, Shonie Carter, Part 1 of 2 Listen as Shonie talks about his broken bones, the difference between boxing and MMA, his fights with Rumen Dimitrov and Jeremy Knato. He shares about his adventure climbing the pyramid of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. … [Read more...]
The Ed Coan Story – What I Learned from the Strongest Man in the World
February 28, 2012 by 6 Comments
What I Learned from the Strongest Man in the World, Ed Coan. In 1986, I graduated from National Chiropractic College, (National University Health Sciences, formerly National College of Chiropractic). a year and a half early at 24 years of age. I was one of the youngest graduates in the college. In fact my father recommended that I grow facial hair as I did not look old enough to be a doctor. My very first patient was Ed Coan. I thought that something/someone greater was … [Read more...]
My Experience with Andrei Arlovski former UFC Heavyweight Champion – The Pinnacle of Athletic Performance
February 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Who’s the most popular celebrity I’ve worked with? I get that question a lot. We could debate that for hours, but if you want to talk about the most extraordinary athletes who are celebrities I’ve encountered? Andrei Arlovski would be up there with the best of them. Both in training and competition, the former world Ultimate Fighting Heavyweight Champion makes demands on his body that few of us could imagine, let alone endure. For six days a week and between six and … [Read more...]
Dr James Stoxen DC interviews Professional Boxer Adrian Granados about his fight with Frankie Gomez on August 26th 2011
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Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Pro Boxer Adrian Granados August 26th, 2011, at Team Doctors Treatment and Training Center, Chicago IL Dr. James Stoxen DC Interviews Adrian Granados about how he trains in preparation for his fight with Frankie Gomez on August 26th, 2011. He talks about barefoot running, weight training and special exercises for boxers. Adrian demonstrates some Rotary Torso exercises. They discuss how important it is for a professional athlete, to train faithfully and not to … [Read more...]
