The Fitness Show is an educational television program

Television program

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, hosted by Colin Hoobler. The series, filmed in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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. is the first medically based fitness program to apply science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 to exercise. This is in the likeness of the series’ producers’ Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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-winning program Bill Nye the Science Guy

Bill Nye the Science Guy

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.

Like Bill Nye

Bill Nye

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, Hoobler hosts the program as part motivator and part science teacher. Sensors and 3-D image-capturing technology show viewers in real time what goes on underneath the skin during exercise.

As a licensed physical therapist with two master’s degrees, Hoobler’s methods have been taught through the American Physical Therapy Association

American Physical Therapy Association

A Historical PerspectivePhysical therapists formed their first professional association in 1921, called the American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association. Led by President Mary McMillan, an executive committee of elected officers governed the Association, which included 274 charter members...

. Both medical doctors and physical therapists make guest appearances on The Fitness Show. Techniques demonstrated in episodes combine elements of anatomy

Anatomy

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, neuroscience

Neuroscience

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, physics

Physics

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 and sports medicine

Sports medicine

Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...

. The educational content is intended to help viewers save time, avoid invasive medical treatments and reduce chronic pain.

Topics

The following is a list of topics covered in the series:

Resistance training Resistance training Resistance training has two different meanings. A broader meaning that refers to any training that uses a resistance to the force of muscular contraction , and elastic or hydraulic resistance, which refers to a specific type of strength training that uses elastic or hydraulic tension to provide... All exercise is not created equal Injury avoidance Reducing chronic pain

Trivia

• Hoobler competed as a nationally-ranked drug-free bodybuilder for eight years.
• In Portland you can order from "Colin’s Menu" at Oba! Restaurant.

External links

• The Fitness Show Official Blog