Schrader Fitness

What a great afternoon of training with the boys. Each of us pushing the other to reach another level. Really solid training with Brett , Finn , Matt , Michael and myself well done guys. What a great effort.

I am so proud of this young man he started training with me when he was 14 he is now 18 and his dream was to be able to do an unassisted muscle up . Even though there is more work to be done young Finn almost made 3 in a row what an amazing accomplishment. Training right along side of him after tearing my rotator cuff in January I haven’t been able to get over that bar until now after 9 months of rehabilitation exercises and sheer perseverance, at the ripe old age of 63 I’m soaring above that bar once again. Training with Finn his Dad , Jack Amon and Ash their father it has inspired me to tryout for Ninja warrior one more time together with Finn we will give it our best shot wish us luck to make it to tryouts,, Thanks for all the support I get from my wife friends and clients to strive to be the best version of myself I can be love ❤️ you all

It’s so rewarding watching people improve and develop in more ways than just strength and size but in coordination, stamina and learning a new skill like self defence. Just like Elle learning how to box what a great improvement she has made # #

At Schrader Fitness I am highly skilled at Helping those that have a chronic condition like Parkinson’s. When Mike came to me a couple of months ago he couldn’t walk without help. He had very little strength in his arms, barely able to lift them above his head.
So we got to work on his walking , sit to stand . Chest and biceps and back strength.
His ability to move from one machine to another was another area that he couldn’t do without me lifting him onto and off the various pieces of equipment . Now he is able to get himself around the gym and onto each piece of equipment. Even his caress commented on how much he has improved.

Combining weights with your body weight training is how you keep developing strength gains in exercises like the chin up .
The rule of thumb is only pick a weight where you will max out by 6 to 8 reps.
Any less it’s too heavy, if you can do more than 8 then it’s worth while adding a bit more weight. Use explosive power on the upward movement and slow and controlled on the downward movement and always going to full range. This will see your gains continue to increase. In both strength and size

A very useful technique to use to work the legs with the heaviest weight your hands can hold is to do slow 1 and 1/2 kettle bell squats .
This way the legs get the workout they need as well as maxing out your grip and whole upper body without the use of straps

How to get more out of a Tyson push-up . Add weight and keep it slow

Here are some of my favourite push ups that really challenge strength,balance and whole body connection. Throwing these in lets you really measure your strength progression as you just can’t do it unless you have

There some exercises that I do almost every workout. Why because you would have to do about 6 or 7 other exercises to hit every muscle in your biceps shoulders an back that this one exercise does in one go and teaches all the muscles how to work together rather than individually this produces true strength in movement. The two most powerful upper body exercises are chin ups / pull ups and Dips .
Performed correctly in perfect form the muscle development you get is absolutely
amazing

I get a lot of people in there 30s , 40s,50s , 60s and 70s talk to me about improving their health and strength and it seems to be the same conversation where only 1 % of people are actually prepared to make the changes to their lifestyle that will change the course of how they hope to age going forward.
The definition of ageing is the loss of muscle mass and bone density. The only thing that can reverse that loss is resistance training performed at a specific level otherwise you are just exercising not actually causing an adaptation of growth in your muscles. That’s why just being active isn’t going to have a huge impact on reversing the aging process. Is it better than sitting on the couch absolutely but you’re still going to loose all your muscles mass maybe just a little slower. The goal is to reverse it . The second point is the diet . Which actually has the biggest impact on your overall health. Unfortunately in Australia most people are eating their way to sickness and conditions that are slowly robbing them of the life they want, making the necessary changes to the diet are even more important than the way you exercise as no trainer no matter how good can’t out train a bad diet.
So the question you should be asking yourself is if I don’t change anything I’m currently doing where will my body and health be in 5 years time. You won’t stay as you are every thing will continue to deteriorate.