I don’t usually talk about my clients unless they talk about training with me first, but I’m going to make an exception because this client…
Deep(ish) Thoughts
Sitting in the San Diego airport enjoying a double short latte from Starbucks – yes I did give the name Elektra and no I don’t…
The Curse of the Engineer
Before becoming a personal trainer, I was an engineer. Now and then I rediscover the slight inaccuracy in that statement. While I now work as…
39 128 Women who could speak at your fitness industry event
I’ve been on a mission lately. It’s a mission I took on reluctantly even though I believe strongly that it’s a very important mission: Help…
Bend at the hips, not the knees, and definitely not the back
If you can’t bend over to the point where your back is almost parallel with the floor while keeping the dowel touching those 3 points, then that’s a problem. Because really what it means is that when you bend over doing normal daily activities, you’re probably bending in your low back. And for many people, doing that hundreds or thousands of time (365 days per year – how many times a day and how many years – it multiplies up!) is a big problem for their back.
You sit all day, then you play a sport…
Sport-specific training is as much about training movements that counteract what you do in your sport as it is about training the movements and muscles you need to perform. Or at least it should be if you want your body to let you continue enjoying your sport.
Foam rolling the adductors
I used the analogy of the spare tire on your car – it gets you there, but it’s not as good as a full tire (unless your spare is a full tire, but you know I’m referring to cars with the mini spare tire). Same deal with muscles in the body – when a muscle is doing it’s secondary job, it tends to not be as good at it. If you continue driving on the spare tire, it’s going to either seriously limit your speed, or it’s going to blow. Same goes for when a muscle is consistently asked to do it’s secondary function in addition to it’s main function.
My experience with hip injuries and FAI
I’m not sure how many of my friends and readers are aware that I spent many, many years enduring pretty bad hip pain. I don’t…
Decisions, Decisions
This might be the first time in my life that I’m avoiding Microsoft Excel. I used to love Excel. I’ve been a numbers geek since I was a kid. But now that I’m using it to create a layer of financial reality for my growth plans, I’m avoiding it like the plague. I spent the last month as a full fledged budget-denier. During that time, I picked out all the equipment that I want for the gym. It’s a pretty sweet list. It even includes indoor turf for a portion of my space. Yup, that sure would be nice. Unfortunately though, it’s not in my reality right now. And I start thinking back to some of the great advice I’ve received in the past.
What’s Your Ideal Weight?
What’s your ideal weight? And is that the right question? I think it is not, and that a better question is: What’s your ideal life?