Publications

Total Body Training (TBT) - an excerpt from the published book TOTAL BODY TRAINING by Bob Gajda and Richard H. Dominguez, M.D. ©1982 All Rights Reserved
Stabiliation

A famous poem reads:
For want of a nail the shoe is lost,
For want of a shoe the horse is lost,
For want of a horse the rider is lost,
For want of the rider the battle is lost,
For want of the battle, the kingdom is lost.    - George Herbert ...

...These poems illustrate a principle called serial distortion.  This means that if a part is not in a structurally stable position, it will put abnormal pressure and distorting forces on the structure above and below it, causing them to be distorted in turn.  ...(read more)


Peripheral Heart Action (P.H.A.) an excerpt from Bob's published and copyrighted paper ©1990 All Rights Reserved
III. The Recovery Facilitation Factor

Although it is true that every muscle contains buffers, it is also true that no single muscle contains enough to repay its own loss.  For water to be purified, it must be filtered over many rocks.  Like a stream of water, blood must pass over many muscles to pick up additional buffers. ... (read more)

Dynamic Range of Movement (D-R-O-M) an excerpt from published works by Bob Gajda, Gerry Mauro and Jon Kabance and copyrighted paper ©2002 by Bob Gajda and Gerry Mauro.   All Rights Reserved
Are You Stretching Your Way to Injury?

The method of "stretching" is unsafe and injurious! This book will make the content of the "stretch" theory obsolete! The most common methods of "stretching" today are passive. Passive "stretching" is used typically from the novice recreational levels to the higher academic world of major Division I collegiate programs. Passive "stretching" and the recognizable overuse syndrome are harming players daily, without them or their coaches even knowing. It is possibly limiting their potential and career. Passive "stretching" does not "warm-up" the athlete! ... (read more)

These books and publications are available at Gajda Health Plus Network.  Please call or visit to purchase your copy.

Products

Bob Gajda's DVD

Get Bob's advice on training injuries, overtraining, PHA, workout approaches, and dozens of other topics, included in this DVD.  It is a collection of excerpts from his interviews on "The Weightroom," televised a number of years ago.  In the DVD he is interviewed on many subjects by a young John Abdo, who later went on to develop, with Bob's help, the Ab-Doer.  Available at Gajda Health Plus for
just $20.00.