How do you train your core? Are you only focused on your abs that you can see? If you train your core and only focus on the abs, you are missing an opportunity to build stability with your torso. The lack of stability in your core will be your limiting factor for strength training, athletic performance, and overall moving and feeling better. So what is your core? The core is…
Chin ups are hard. It’s a simple movement, but you are literally working against gravity to pull yourself up. Some people are able to perform chin ups easier than others. The hard truth is, if you want to achieve your first chin up, you might have to look at losing some body fat. Makes sense, right? The lighter you are, the easier it is to pull your body against gravity. …
Everyday we are in a split stance at some point. For most people it’s just walking around, or they go for a run. That alone should tell you that we need to incorporate split stance squats into your routine. Split stance squats are more functional, meaning it will carry over to real world activities, in comparison to your traditional back squats. Your split stance strength is able to carry over…
Push ups are one of the exercises that are highly underrated in the gym. This is due to the fact that it is a bodyweight exercise. It gets passed because you can’t load it like a barbell bench press, and it sounds better to brag about how much you can bench compared to how many push ups you can do. Not many people think about push ups, but here is…
Breathing is a powerful force, without it there is no life. You can survive for hours without water, and days without food, but only minutes without breathing. On average, you will breathe between 18,000-24,000 breaths a day. With that many breaths in a day, you should pay attention to the quality of your breathing. Breathing is a movement pattern, and like any movement pattern, you can have dysfunctional breathing…
YOUR HABITS DICTATE YOUR KIDS HABITS First thing I want to say here is, I am no expert about kids or behavior. I am a dad and a personal trainer who wants what is best for my kids, and other parents and their kids. I have some thoughts and I have shared them on my Instagram account, but I want to go a little deeper here. Your kids are watching…
Blood pressure is vital for life. Without blood pressure, your body would not be able to send oxygen and nutrients throughout the body or remove waste. Blood is able to flow through your body because of the difference in pressure. Blood pressure is dependent on 2 mechanisms: The heart creates maximum pressure when it pumps blood out. The physical properties of your arteries are important to maintain that pressure…
Power development is not just for the athletes, everybody in some capacity displays power. To keep it simple, power is strength and speed, or to put in a physics equation, Force x Velocity. It is the ability to recruit a lot of motor units into movement, and being able to do it quickly. A great example of the display of power in everyday life is when you trip and instead…
Recovery matters more than you think when it comes to your training. The topic about recovery isn’t talked about as much, because it’s not a sexy topic. For real, it’s not as exciting as getting that new PR on a lift. Though it’s not exciting, it’s probably one of the most important aspects of your training that you are not focusing on. I once fell in this trap of working…
The right training split for you can be the difference of being consistent and falling off the rails. So, what is a training split? It is how you would split your training throughout the week based on how many days you are training. A split can be based on muscle groups like chest day and back day, or can be movement based. There are many factors that can determine your…