We have a great interview here with Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir. If you’re not familiar with Anna, she’s a competitive CrossFit athlete, international Olympic weightlifter, PHD candidate, loving mother and fiancé, coaches at CrossFit Reykjavik, and so much more….she’s basically Superwoman. So I thought it would be great to get a little insight [Read more…]
Fallacies of Personal Training
Lately I’ve been answering questions from potential personal training clients that some what surprised me. So I thought I’d go over some basic fallacies and misconception of personal training and personal [Read more…]
The Case Against Maximal Lifting
As a NYC personal trainer and sports performance coach for 12+ years, I’ve learned a great deal working with top coaches in the field. One of the biggest lessons I learned early in my [Read more…]
Grip Strength
The other day I watched a trainer doing wrist curls and wrist extensions with his client. While there’s nothing in particular wrong with these exercises, it just lacks training efficiency for a client. As a personal trainer in NYC, one of the biggest aspects when training your client is workout efficiency. This basically means that the personal trainer needs to maximize the session time with the biggest
3 Tips for a Stronger Bench Press
The bench press is probably one of the most popular upper body strength exercises in the gym. It’s so popular that the phrase,
“how much do you bench?”
It’s In The Details
I started to write this as the combine completed and the NFL draft was just about to happen. ESPN was showing a lot of specials about NFL combine prep and it got me thinking. Many people watch these shows and think that the combine athletes training is much different than their own but in reality they squat, bench, jump, sprint, etc… just like everyone else. The key of their success is done within the [Read more…]