ShareI finished reading this book in 2 long sessions over 2 days. That should be the first sign of how intersting I found it. Some other medical books that I read are a chore. But this one was exciting because it seems to relate closely ...
Share“I found the techniques very useful especially in performing a proper stretching exercise. When i put into action the exercises, i found not only the targeted areas to be stretched but also many other areas of my body to be stretched. And learned a lot ...
ShareOne of my colleagues from England (correction – Wales) visited Genesis recently. Rachel Guy has been helping people get great health and recover from injury for many years and has put alot of time and dedication into being the best she can be in her ...
ShareBesides working with our personal training and fitness bootcamp clients, I often work with people who need help with injury rehab / injury prevention. Today I just had a consultation with a competitive floorball and soccer player complaining of “unexplained” back pain. This is quite ...
ShareRecently I was asked a lot about the range of motion that we should have in training. “why do we use exercise A rather than B?” etc. Here is what both clients and personal trainers need to know about range of motion. You need to ...
ShareAs you know from my previous posts about how training program design and sticking to tempo are important, our staff who run both the group training fitness bootcamp programs, and the personal training programs at our personal training and health center are very picky about ...
ShareWe all know that people come in all shapes and sizes. And the differences can be very large. On one of my trips to attend a seminar, I met a guy who played professional American Football. He could bench press 140kg on an incline bench ...
ShareApart from the technical skill of understanding anatomy, physiology, bio mechanics and biochemistry, one of the most important skills in a personal trainer is that of coaching. Because the goal of our personal training, nutrition coaching and fitness boot camp programs is to teach clients ...
ShareOne of my fellow coaches from Texas, Luke Leaman pointed me to this article at consumerreports.org. While I don’t agree full with all the protein recommendations (I see better results with slightly higher protein content in food and less starches for most personal training fat ...
ShareYesterday I went for a massage and when you get deep tissue work done, your body will release toxins. Massage is a manual form of detoxification. After the massage, I also took supplements like a multi vitamin, antioxidant support and a green veggie and berry ...