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?
Vertical Jump Performance
It’s combine training time and many people are getting prepared for the vertical jump. When training for this specific movement there are many avenues to obtain your goals, how to narrow it down is the key. Does the athlete need strength or elasticity (power)?
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The Faker
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
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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Do You Have What It Takes?
We live in a fast paced world where people expect immediate fixes EASILY…unfortunately this mentality is all too common in the fitness industry. It also doesn’t help that the media is always pushing out BS articles that “deliver” faster results with less work…Oy vey [Read more…]
When you should run for the exit
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…]