Violinst

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NYC Personal Trainer

image by Yvonne Kao

Below is a video about a Violinst who took his talents ($100 a ticket to see) to the subway for FREE…who stopped to appreciate his talents?

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The Faker

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NY Sports Performance Training

Photo by PeterEdin

We all know that the personal training field is EXTREMELY unregulated. This clearly attracts a lot of idiot personal trainers…but lately these trainers have been “disguising” themselves pretty well. Thanks to the internet, there is a ton of information out there and unfortunately this information is being misused.

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The BEST Damn Hip Flexor Stretch

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Fascial stretching is a great tool in stretching developed by Anne and Chris Fredericks from “Stretch to Win“. The premise behind fascial stretching is to relax the muscles by traction, this usually means you’ll need a partner to execute these movements. Clearly this will be tough to do with a team or a even a group of 5-10 clients.

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When you should run for the exit

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Sports Performance Training New York City

Photo Courtesy of peminumkopi

We’ve discussed this before, how the Personal Training field is completely unregulated. This clearly will attract EXTREMELY unqualified “trainers” to jump into the field and thus we have high level trainers and really REALLY low level personal trainers. Because of this I’m often asked, “Is XYZ safe for me to do, my personal trainer has me do it”. So I thought it’ll be a great posting to discuss when you should run for the exits!  [Read more…]

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Battling The Cold Weather

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Personal Training in NYC

Photo from Flikr-Dave Kilman

This week is apparently supposed to be one of the coldest weeks of the Winter here in New York City! If you have to travel all around the city like many personal trainers in NYC do, it’s not fun…that wind gust at 5 am is BRUTAL!

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The “I Know…” Guy

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With YouTube, internet articles, journals, videos, etc… we have a TON of information at our disposal. Pretty much anything you want to look up you can find on the internet from surgery to how to squat…now that doesn’t mean it’s all correct.

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