We received a question recently about set/rep schemes (for SAPT-ers, those first two columns on your program sheet) and I thought it would be a fabulous blog post. “What’s the right formula for number of sets and number of reps for an exercise? I’m so used to hearing ’3 sets of 10,’ is that right [...]
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As you read this, I’m either in surgery or in the recovery room. For those who don’t know, I am having lower jaw surgery to correct a severe over (also called “open bite”) and cross bite. That being said, blogging might be a bit spotty (more so than usual) over the next couple weeks, but [...]
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What is this??? The more advanced an athlete becomes, the more important their mental capaicites become. They’re bodies respond to their sport situations automatically (though, I should mention, that they need STRENGTH to get to that point and STRENGTH to maintain that power output and endurance…) but they have to get their “head in the [...]
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Two words: hip mobility. Another two words: yours sucks. Well, maybe not, but I’m going to guess that if: – You sit 6-8 hours a day (including driving a car) – You’re NOT a gymnast, ice skater, or some other flexiblity-requiring athlete. Or have congenital laxity. – You’re male (sorry guys, but you notoriously have [...]
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Wednesday I wrote a post about how training for performance/strength is much more effiecent, especially for novice lifters, in achieving other physical fitness goals. I wanted to put a picture depicting the popular “Strong is the New Skinny” phrase but, when I searched google images for such a picture I was rather shocked. The majority [...]
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Hello all! Sorry for the lapse in posting, it got a little busy around here last week. Anyway, I’m back and we’re gonna dive right in! I had a conversation with a friend (my orthodontist’s assistant technically)the other day about starting a work out plan. She’s in decent shape but hasn’t trained in a while and is [...]
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In Part 1, I talked about how to take care of your quads’ and hamstrings’ sidekicks: the adductors. Part 2 will comprise of ways to train the adductors without using the silly baby maker machine. Note: there are multiple occasions in a rehab setting or theraputic setting that the adductors might be soloed out to [...]
READ MORE »Today is a quick post that might answer a burning question: Why do I struggle with squats/deadlifts (pick the one you’re not brilliant at)? One answer could be simply biomechanics. This is NOT to be used as an excuse to NOT do one of the lifts, but offer insight as to why you might prefer [...]
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Installment numero three-o in the common exercise fix series. To recap: 99% of the time it’s not the exercise, it’s the execution that’s causing issues. So, let’s say you’re doing a split squat, step back lunge, forward/walking lunge or some other lunging variation that I forgot to mention and, oh bugger, your knee hurts. If [...]
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Happy Friday everyone! It’s been a long week and I decided to just dump my brain into a haphazard hash post. Not all of it is training related… – This made me laugh this morning: There’s so much dogmatism surrounding the Paleo diet (see my post on it here) that it makes me laugh when I see something poking [...]
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