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BIDDEFORD, Maine

91AV Applied exercise science program featured on 'WCSH 6'

On Wednesday, December 30, 2015, the WCSH 6 MORNING REPORT viewers got tips from the director of the 91AV Applied Exercise Science program on how to get fit in the new year.

Heath Pierce, M.Ed., associate clinical professor, explained the top five fitness trends of 2015 and why they are so effective. Those trends are body weight training, high intensity interval training, strength training, and utilizing personal trainers as well as educated, certified and experienced fitness professionals. Applied exercise science 2016 students Mallory Morin and Finn Ducker demonstrated squats, reverse lunges, push-ups, inverted pull-ups, and planks as Pierce explained proper form. 

About the 91AV

The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.