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01/19/2022
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01/18/2022
Posing practice from June 2021.
If you are new, making "gainz" isn't the hard part. Regardless if those gains are losing weight or putting muscle or some combination, there really isn't any magic. The hard part is sustaining those gains once you make them. The reason is that to sustain the progress that you make, you cannot go back to being the person you were prior to the gains.
Do you have a plan to sustain your progress? If your approach was realistic, this will be easier, but still a challenge. Most people are not prepared for this. We can help. You need an exit strategy before your it is time to exit.
01/16/2022
Somebody is glistening. Let's vote. Who wants to make sweat sexy again?
More than a pretty good progress check on her glute development, there could be no better example of the power of coaching and why it matters. If you have a few miles on the tires, odds are you are dealing with some kind of pain. No pain no gain is bs. Pain is information/feedback and if you do not put it to use, your training will suffer or you may quit altogether. We modified her programming to lighten the load and allow full depth on her front squat, so she can build greater capacity overall. Based on previous experience, we are confident that she will be increasing load while maintaining depth in no time and doing it pain free. Ability to squat is rarely limited by the strength of the major muscles. The culprit is almost always the support muscles that simply can keep up for one reason or another. Working through this requires awareness and coaching. Stay tuned.
01/14/2022
Our approach is about partnering with you. We meet you and your body where you are now (not where you wish you were or where you or someone else thinks you should be) and from there help you get where you want to be in a way that you will be able to sustain for a lifetime.
Sample of her recent shoulder training session with a little lay work thrown in for grins. in the making.
01/13/2022
Do you do the same song and dance every year? You start hard and heavy in January at the gym and fade out after two weeks and then blame yourself for being weak and undisciplined? It isn’t you. It is the process. Want a new beginning and better results? Follow these tips and make it happen:
Make space
The first mistake most beginners make is they are already busy and have no time for anything and then try to “add fitness.” The problem is fitness doesn’t fit. If you are ready to make a change, make certain that whatever you commit to, you have time for over the long haul.
Keep it simple
If you are just getting started, we have great news. Everything works! Yes, if you are brand new, anything you do will create some type of stimulus and you will make progress for about 6 weeks. Don’t start out by copying the template that is set up for level “fitness freak.” Keep it simple. Doing so will allow fitness to fit in your schedule and will set you on a course that you can build over a lifetime.
Go slow
Similar to keeping it simple. Start slowly. If you are new, any stimulus will have a positive impact and too much stimulus will burn you out. Your goal should be sustainable progress over a long period of time. View your fitness in terms of a 5-year plan. We do have a secret for you. One you may have never heard anywhere else. If you start slow and make gradual progress, your progress will come faster than you realize as you begin to reap the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. If you go hard out of the gate and are not prepared to recover from the work, you will burn out so quickly any progress you make will be gone faster than you can post your progress pics.
01/12/2022
More than just personal training. Your partners for your best you.
Rather than trying to get results from trying to be “fancy,” I try to focus on precision. I want to keep it simple and feel it exactly where I want to feel it. Looking at this video I don’t love the ROM on the leg press, but I have been experimenting with this foot place and I feel it exactly where I want to feel it right now, so the ROM is what it is. Once this cycle is over I will go with a different foot placement and better ROM.
Not pictures is the RDLs we’re super settled with light weight split squats.
A great example of a good idea gone wrong is the belief that you have to “trick” the muscle to get it to grow. This is especially untrue for beginners. Your progress will stall over time if you do the same thing all the time, but there are many ways to create variation. Most notable is by simply increasing the load. What is often left out is that for new lifters strength gain is less a muscle adaptation and for a neural adaptation. Neural adaptation occurs from repetition not trickery. There is nothing wrong with challenging a muscle in a new way, but you can keep it simple. Add weight or maybe just adjust your set and rep scheme. There is a time and place for almost everything. You can have your tricks. I will stick with constant, systematic progression.