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One of the best ways to make sure that the strength you build lifting weights transfers to real life sport performance or activities, is strongman training. While we need not do the exact exercises (or lift the weight!) that the “world’s strongest man” competitors do, some of the exercises are very useful for core training [...]
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I know family members, personal training or bootcamp fitness clients and friends who have been seriously injured playing sports or performing daily tasks like shifting furniture or carrying kids. The question is are these preventable? Well, they are preventable if they are non contact – i.e. you were not punched, kicked or tackled! However almost [...]
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Every time a client visits our personal training center for a consultation, I always ask them what their top 2 goals are. It may be to drop 10kg of fat, it may be to fit into an old dress or pair of jeans again. It may be to rehabilitate a shoulder or knee to full [...]
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Elbow pain is fairly common among people who lift weights hard, and/or practice their sports hard. Tennis, golf, and other racket sports cause pain to the elbow either on the inside and the outside. Soft tissue work on the triceps, pronator teres, and other small muscles of the arms helps alot. The pronator teres in [...]
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Well… it works for any kind of workout and no matter if you are trying to lose weight, build muscle or run your opponents into the ground as a competitive athlete training for sports, just doing this one thing will improve your workouts alot. It is so simple, anybody can do it, and if you [...]
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One of the keys to preventing shin splints is the strength of your anterior tibialis muscle that pulls your foot upwards towards your knee. This is called dorsiflexion and this muscle is important in absorbing shock during running and jumping. When it is strong, and free of tension problems (fixable with soft tissue massage) chances [...]
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No matter if you are looking for weight loss, fat burning, or improved IPPT or sports performance, coaching makes things much faster and more efficient. Along with less chances of delays or injury. Just over a month ago I attended a seminar/internship with Canadian National Weightlifting Coach Pierre Roy. His method of teaching the very [...]
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Imagine that you are an athlete and your feet were weak. Could you run fast? Or jump high? Now imagine that your hands and grip were weak… would you be able to use those back, chest and arm muscles well? Nope. Grip and forearm training is critical for all athletes. And even for those trying [...]
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I will be away for more than 2 weeks starting tomorrow. I will be another set of 25-30 hour trips to the Rhode Island where the temperature is currently -2 to -8 deg C… I’m not even sure I have the right clothes for this! But its ok:) all for the love of knowledge. There [...]
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I just added some new success stories and pictures for out personal training center. Andrew, Jesper and Ben for the men and Lynn for the ladies! Here are some pics of Andrew and Ben training hard.
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