I think those of us in the gym world should take a lesson from the movie Claim and start to get excited about our exercise achievements. Claim that deadlift PR! Claim that first push-up from the floor! Claim that body weight squat! Claim that seventy second side plank!
Top 4 exercises to do on vacation
“I’m heading off to [insert amazing vacation destination] next week and I was wondering what I should do for a workout while I’m on vacation?” I suspect I’m not the only personal trainer who gets this question from clients whenever vacation season rolls around. Instead of giving verbal vacation workout guidance to my clients, I thought I would share my vacation workout plan for all to use. Do these four exercises at least once a day while on vacation.
The exact moment I saw the impact strength training had on sport performance
I knew intellectually that strength and power training was a good idea for sports performance before that moment, but after that play, I really knew it. And since that moment, I have known that as long as I continued to have any athletic ambition, that I would continue strength and power training.
Maximalist is the new minimalist: The absurdity of fitness trends
Scientists and/or companies claiming that “this is the one true answer” is your first sign that you should be sceptical of everything else that person or organization says. Science is rarely that certain, and it is never that certain before the science has had a chance to be vetted by other scientists.
3 Minute Gym Warm-up
It’s kind of cool that one rep of one exercise does such a great job of warming up your joints and your cardio respiratory system.
A variation on a new glute bridge variation
While glute bridges seem like an easy exercise (lie on your back, lift your butt up. how hard can it be?), the reality for many is that they feel glute bridges everywhere but their butt. When I ask clients where they feel a glute bridge, I often get some combination of hamstrings, back, quads, and abs. This is not everyone – some people do glute bridges and feel their glutes – but it is more than the minority.
Your bones can change
This is Wolff’s Law in action. In a nutshell, Wolff’s Law states that if the body feels it is not set up to continually support the pressure it is put under, it will create new bone to help.
6 Week pre-season training program starts Monday
It is not too late to get yourself fit for summer sport season, although you’re definitely cutting it close. This is a great option for…
Is Tiger Woods’ back injury the result of his training?
Maybe it is more likely that this level of injury is normal for someone who has golfed for hours each day for 38 years? The 40 year old Tiger was doing the talk show tour showing off his golf skills when he was 2. In golf age, he is much older than 40.
Bear Crawl as an exercise?
He saw impressive improvements in great toe dorsiflexion, ankle dorsiflexion, hip extension, hip internal rotation, and hip flexion. From standing in place lifting up the opposite arm and leg. Huh.