Hi,
Hope you all had a great Australia day, and enjoyed the long weekend. I'm sure most of you would like another day to get over the last 3. Now in early February, most likely the 5th, I'll be starting the hardcore outdoor program. This will be an 8 week group session, that will teach you the basics of lifting, and effective fat loss methods. You will be provided with 2 training sessions a week, a training and nutrition log book, a private session to master the basics and assess your movement and weekly newsletters with training and nutrition tips. Now there are only 8 spaces available, and you will recieve a saving of $75 if you sign up now!
Eat well and train hard!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Force couples
Do you split your body parts into days of the week or bench press every session?
Knowing your force couples will help to bring a bit more balance to your physique, enhance performance and reduce the risk of injury. One classic example is tightness in hip flexors, caused from too much sitting on our bums, this often leads to a lack of glute function, this is why old people have no bums!
The tightness of the one group reduces the function of the other, so if we can buy some movement through some flexibility/mobility work, you will gain more function at the opposing group. Stretch hips and then execute an exercise for this group e,g dead lift and you begin to reduce the structural imbalance. The same principle can be applied to other bias body parts.
Also reducing the amount of quad dominant exercise e.g leg extensions and increasing hip dominant movements e.g glute ham raise, pullthroughs etc... will help to improve the imbalance.
Knowing your force couples will help to bring a bit more balance to your physique, enhance performance and reduce the risk of injury. One classic example is tightness in hip flexors, caused from too much sitting on our bums, this often leads to a lack of glute function, this is why old people have no bums!
The tightness of the one group reduces the function of the other, so if we can buy some movement through some flexibility/mobility work, you will gain more function at the opposing group. Stretch hips and then execute an exercise for this group e,g dead lift and you begin to reduce the structural imbalance. The same principle can be applied to other bias body parts.
Also reducing the amount of quad dominant exercise e.g leg extensions and increasing hip dominant movements e.g glute ham raise, pullthroughs etc... will help to improve the imbalance.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Old school training
Back in the day training was hardcore. Big lifts with big weights. Now i'm looking to bring back some old school lifting, in some small group sessions. We will be using sandbags, kettlebells, tires and kegs etc...
This is fully functional, if you can move these objects, then you can move anything. Training on the pec-dec or leg curls won't help you carry the shopping or the kids. This training will!
If your up for a new challenge or are tired of boring machines, drop me a line and let the games begin!
This is fully functional, if you can move these objects, then you can move anything. Training on the pec-dec or leg curls won't help you carry the shopping or the kids. This training will!
If your up for a new challenge or are tired of boring machines, drop me a line and let the games begin!
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