What is a warm-up? A definition straight from the dictionary says this, a period or act of preparation for a game, performance, or exercise session, involving gentle exercise or practice. A couple of keywords should stick out to you, preparation and practice. Ideally, your warm-up should prepare you for moving your body. The warm-up should also let you practice the movements you will be performing for that training day. Think…
Having tight hips is not fun. When your hips are tight, it can cause all kinds of issues with the rest of your body. If you look at the body, your joints have a pattern with stability and mobility. Your foot is for stability, and the joint above, the ankle, is made for mobility. Continuing up the chain is the knee for stability, and then you have the hip joint. …
Mobility work doesn’t have to be rehab work. It can be proactive on keeping your shoulders healthy.
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Welcome back to the discussion of your core and how to train them. This is the final installment of the core series, and if you are new and have not read the previous articles, you can check them out here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. This article will talk about anti-lateral flexion, what it is, what exercises you can do, and how you can progress. So what is…
Welcome back to Part 3 on how you can train your core better. With today’s article, I will talk about how you can get started with anti-rotation core exercises. The last two articles were about anti-extension, in the supine and prone position. If you have not read those yet, go and read them here: go and read them here: PART 1 & PART 2 If you are all caught…
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…