The personal training industry is expanding rapidly and with that expansion comes misinterpretation of fitness application. Just the other day I read a post about a sprint coach needing to help an athlete run a faster10m sprint to make a top level team. Unfortunately the coach only had 4 more days to train her and she was missing the marks by .05s on a consistent basis.
Single Leg Reaches with Y’s
The Single Leg Reaches + Y’s AKA known as Single Leg RDL’s is a bad ass exercise. While it looks a little awkward and not effective, you’d be wrong my friend. This simple [Read more…]
All About the Front Squat
The front squat is a great squat variation that will strengthen the legs but doesn’t get much credit for strengthening the upper back. It also gets too much recognition by personal trainers as the “safest” squat, which is all bull shit, I wrote why here. Keep in mind that this is also coming from an Olympic Weightlifting Coach.
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Hamstring Fascial Stretch
As a personal trainer and performance coach in NYC I’m always looking for simple light weight equipment thats versatile, effective, and LIGHT [Read more…]
Firing Up Your Nervous System
Your nervous system is what coordinates your actions. It consists of two main parts, the central nervous system (brain and spinal [Read more…]
Anatomy Seminar Worth It?
There’s been a huge influx of personal trainers fixated on anatomy, to the point that many are going to cadaver seminars. From the education perspective it’s great, from the [Read more…]