Dr. Chris Sciamanna

A doctor who hates to exercise. Penn State professor researching simpler, faster, cheaper and less soul-sucking ways to get fitter and stronger.

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

@mrsbronwyngreen Of course. Just email me. [email protected]

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

@LabNyland You’ve got it all wrong. It’s scrapple we love. https://t.co/uag31qN0G8

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

@JordanDKurthPhD @penn_state @conroylab So excited to have you join us Jordan! Penn State has so much to offer and - as you see - a great bunch of KL2 scholars and grads too! So many great people to work with and an amazing collaborative culture. And an a-hole index of nearly zero. @SusanVeldheer @ExtenCara

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Hiring a post-doc to work with a dream team (@conroylab, @fitaftercancer, @margaretdptphd) to test whether a novel 4 minute daily workout can improve walking ability among older adults (N=620). Could be game-changing. https://t.co/2PPIoBYeEB. Apply here: https://t.co/3InfY1yyK5

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@fitaftercancer Teamwork makes the dream work. Excited to have this amazing team for this project. We have a chance to change the paradigm from “more is better” to “what will people do that works - for older silts at least. @fitaftercancer @conroylab @margaretdptphd

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

A few good tricks that ALL work to improve physical activity adherence among older adults.
@conroylab
https://t.co/0Sk83BjDQS

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

@fitaftercancer Yay! Congrats. I would need a wheelchair the next day if I tried that.

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

@KnowYourWishes They’re like 100 pounds, so be careful what you wish for.

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

Sure strength training works, but - really - Sys Rev shows it increases leg press by 40 lbs and reduces TUG time by 3 sec in just 8 days ?!?!
https://t.co/M20Hy7snAC

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

“I don't want to exercise for longer than 5 minutes. I am lazy and hate sweating.”

If TIME is the #1 barrier to exercise, why not test shorter programs?

(Word Cloud from Survey of 261 US Adults, Jan 2021)

@NorumMartin, @BradSchoenfeld, @gibalam, @MWeston73, @rachellesultana

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

Exercise is Medicine, but is it REALLY?

Study shows that:
- 67% of medical students are NOT comfortable writing an exercise prescription
- 57% did not know how much resistance training is recommended.

https://t.co/yw7nykl77x

@ACSMNews, @cegarber, @IrfAsif

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Nice to see research questions getting asked that patients like mine really want to know, like....

“What’s the shortest strength workout that would help?”

https://t.co/u7UoDa6Zfp

Way to go team from Deakin!

@jacksonfyfe
@dlhamilton82
@daly_prof
@DeakinIPAN

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

New study shows that knowledge is a key barrier preventing women from doing strength training.
-Which exercises?
-How many repetitions?
-How often?
https://t.co/5UzAPReb3R

Keep it simple. Try push-ups + squats - one set a day.

@NorumMartin
@DrElizabethFord
@BradSchoenfeld

[Penn State Health @PennStHershey]

🎉Congrats to Dr. Matthew Silvis for being recognized on Hometown Heroes Night at @TheHersheyBears. In addition to serving his roles at Penn State Health, Silvis is the Bears’ team physician. Silvis was honored for his service to the team and the surrounding community.

[Marius Steiro Fimland @mariusfimland]

Our study was the most talked about sport science study in June! No Time to Lift? Designing Time-Efficient Training Programs for Strength and Hypertrophy: A Narrative Review https://t.co/4HdklrXXjN @VegardMIversen @NorumMartin @BradSchoenfeld

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

My older patients like things simple, so this easy-to-follow 5 minute chair stand workout that improved leg press strength (1RM) may be really useful. https://t.co/VCsSNy6120

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Study finds that nearly half (48%) of PTs thought their training didn't prepare them to prescribe strength training and only 62% passed a knowledge exam. If it were MDs, I'm sure that number would have been closer to zero
https://t.co/AOlTyCDmM8
@shanapt
@MattStockPhD

[Dr. Chris Sciamanna @sciamanna]

Nicely done! @AnneTiedemann1 @CathieSherr. Provider (mainly PT) training improves fall prevention exercise prescription - maybe MDs are next.

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@Jed_Gonzalo15 @jlkrasch @ChuangCynthia @aaplianu @jennmh2 @AndreaMurrayPSU @elianahempel @erika_saunders1 @ianpaulmd @jenmarankimd @conroylab @JonathanStineMD @ThePaTHNetwork @MctigueKathleen @BMcGillenMD Ok. Rub it in. At least I got my Twitter handle 13 years ago before my kids were able to tweet and steal it. Happy to be in the conversation.

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@jlkrasch @PennStHershey @PennStateCTSI @PennStateGIM @SocietyGIM Thanks @jlkrasch! Better late than never 😀