If the answer is yes then this blog applies to you! I’m going to explain why resistance training is your only hope of the situation below ‘not’ being an image of you in years to come. We are all taught from an early age about planning financially for our retirement. On the other hand I’m…
Not seeing the improvements in the gym that you would like to see? Or maybe you have been there done that tried the gym and it didn’t work out so good for you? Why? The answer lies within yourself. Hard work. Desire. Commitment. Consistency. Sticking too your goals. Being honest with yourself. Training is not…
Ruptured discs in the lumber spine are a very common occurrence among all walks of life from athletes to your average person who does little or no intense exercise. If you have a ruptured disc, the most important thing is to remain patient with it. Speaking from experience, surgery for a ruptured desk can definitely be…
Like anything else – when you have been training with weights for a number of years, your training will evolve. Well hopefully it will, particularly if your aim is to continue making changes to your physique in the form of improvement. The first experience of using weights for many people (especially if there is not…
From a young age most of us are taught to eat as much fruit as we like. We are told it’s good for us, it’s high in fibre, vitamins and antioxidants – all of which are very good for us. However, often when there’s an upside there can be a downside as well, and fruit…
When we are talking about injury prevention for the shoulders or rehabbing exercises for shoulders, the first thing that comes to mind is our rotator cuff muscles. For those of you that don’t know, the rotator cuff is a group of four different muscles comprised of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and the sub scapular.…
Interesting! The more research that goes into resistance training, the more benefits we find out about. The following article was provided by Stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/motivate-me/85766835/weightlifting-your-way-to-a-bigger-brain
It would be a huge understatement to say I was more than surprised with the body composition changes made in just one month of high intensity training. If you read part one of this article a long term client kindly volunteered to take part in a high intensity training programme that I designed for her.…
High intensity training first came about in the 1970’s. The man behind it – Arthur Jones believed that to achieve optimum strength and muscle, workouts should be very brief and intense, stressing intensity over repetitions. For upper body 6-10 repetitions and lower body either 8-12 repetitions or 12-20 repetitions, with just one main set taken…
Maintaining good posture as we age can be a difficult proposition. If you have a job that consists of sitting behind a desk for large parts of your day, maintaining good posture can be even more challenging. The average human head weighs just over 3.5kg. When sitting behind a desk your head tends to move…
