Strength is key for just about any sport. Talk to any strength and conditioning coach, NYC personal trainer, or sports performance coach in Manhattan and they’ll tell you to respect strength. I mean who doesn’t want to be strong, it’s fun and it’s bad ass. The common [Read more…]
Archives for July 2013
High Rep Squats
There’s just something about high rep squats, they get the heart pumping, the legs fried, and your lungs burning. It’s a tortious lift to do but gives you a sense of accomplishment. High rep squat tests your pain threshold, determination, focus, and drive…it’s you against [Read more…]
Squat Mobilization Cure
Yesterday we talked about the benefits of compound exercises such as the squat. Compound movements like the squat are great exercise movements that will not only get the heart pumping but also build great strength. The only problem is [Read more…]
Stop Wasting Your Time
As a NYC personal trainer I get to travel all around Manhattan and see many various training styles from qualified or unqualified personal trainers. One of my [Read more…]
NYC Personal Trainer Must Haves Summer Edition
New Yorkers had it pretty rough last week. The heat wave was brutal especially for us in-home personal trainers travelling around Manhattan. Just last week, I was stuck in traffic and was about to run late for a client, so I bolted out of the taxi and sprinted 5 blocks. [Read more…]
Can’t Out Train a Bad Diet
Now that’s it’s summer people are really trying to hammer down their “summer physique”. I love seeing New Yorkers dedicate themselves to fitness despite this heat wave. The determination to hit the gym and work hard seems to be at it’s peak right now. Day in day out, I see many New [Read more…]