The first thing that a personal trainer will offer you is accountability. Many people struggle with consistently going to the gym and working out. A personal trainer will give your exercise regimen structure and hold you accountable. In the long run this will help you create a healthy, active lifestyle. A good personal trainer will also assess your current lifestyle and nutritional habits and recommend changes. And here too, they will hold you accountable to change your bad habits and eat according to their recommendations.
Archive | August, 2010
Crossfit WOD Aug. 30/10
With a 45 pound barbell, 21-15- and 9 reps for time of: Turkish Get-ups, alternating arms Sots press (16:05) Click Image Below – for example of barbell Turkish get-up Click Image Below – example of sots press using kettlebels. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses–behind the lines, in the gym, and [...]
Trigger Point Therapy and You!
A trigger point is a part of the muscle that is commonly more dense and tougher than what a “healthy” muscle should feel like. Trigger points have many tough adhesions within the muscle and in the myofascia. The myofascia is a thin layer connective tissue that encompasses and covers all muscles. You know when you eat a chicken thigh and you could see a thin, clear covering over the muscle? That is the myofascia. The problem is that when we train, our protein fibers in our muscles break down and we create adhesions between the muscle and the myofascia. When we are sedentary for a long period of time, our muscle get shorter and tighter, and we develop more adhesions. We are constantly getting more and more myofascial adhesions all the time. Therefore, it is even more important to break down these trigger points in order to keep our muscles healthy.
Equipment Every Strength Coach or Personal Trainer Needs
A good strength coach or trainer doesn’t need any equipment to train their clients. A good strength coach can screen, assess, and train their clients in as small as a 4 x 4 foot space. If you have a limited budget and limited space and you’re working with a general client, you should still be able to train them this way. Having said that, a trainer with more a bigger arsenal will be able to do substantially more with their clients, especially if their clients are athletes. Here is a list of essential equipment to have, and can all be purchased on a limited budget.
Crossfit for Beginners
Crossfit consists of three general modalities: weightlifting, gymnastics, and mono-structural movements. Weightlifting refers to lifting external objects or weights like power lifting or Olympic weight lifting. Gymnastics is moving your body weight through space. Calisthenics is another term that can be used to describe this, examples would be a bodyweight squat, push up, pull up, and sit up. Mono-structural movements are what most people commonly refer to as “cardio” like running, swimming, or rowing. We do not use the term “cardio” to describe this modality because in essence, we are able to achieve a cardio response combing a number of different movements from weightlifting, gymnastics, and mono-structural activities, not just running alone. If you’re thinking of starting Crossfit, but you don’t want to join an affiliate yet. Here’s how you do it
Lose the Belly: 8 sure fire tips for losing weight
People do many things to sabotage their weight loss goals. It’s not uncommon to have someone make a decision that is actually quite detrimental to losing body fat. For the purposes of this blog I will do my best, for the most part, to offer 8 tips that go against conventional wisdom.
Adventures in fund-raising for children (as seen in Peace Arch News)
What began as a two-person effort in last year’s Adventure Challenge has grown into a solid team of seven, after more Peninsula women caught wind of the September fundraiser and jumped on-board.
Crossfit WOD Aug. 25/10
For time: Row 500 meters 115 pound Push press, 21 reps Row 500 meters 115 pound Push press, 18 reps Row 500 meters 115 pound Push press, 15 reps Row 500 meters 115 pound Push press, 12 reps (21:16) Push Press – click image for “how to” video
Bring your abs back: 3 moves to make them show
Everyone dreams of having abs of steal. Often referred to as a six-pack, toned abdominal muscles take true effort to achieve. It requires specific muscle sculpting that targets your core combined with intense cardio to burn off any layers of fat covering your muscles.
Exercise and your Tween
Just getting through the work day, the school day, and other obligations can leave you and your teenage kids feeling pressed for time. Are you both finding it hard to fit in fitness? According to the U.S. National Association for Sport and Physical Education, children should accumulate at least 60 minutes, and up to several hours, of age-appropriate physical activity on all or most days of the week. Getting your child to enjoy exercise and movement doesn’t have to be a fancy or expensive proposition.
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