Posts Tagged "activity"
Top 10 Form Mistakes in Strength Training
Well, the title is self-explanatory. I plan to address these issues in videos, demo-ing both the incorrect and the correct version of each exercise. It must wait until we are done house-breaking our new little man pictured below – as you can imagine, it is tough to film videos with two dogs running around the house! In the meantime, remember NOT to do the following things for these popular exercises. 1. Lunge: Slanting forward. When the front knee passes the toes, the load hits that joint, rather than when you press the heel in and recruit more of the glute. The legs should always be bent in two 90 degree angles. The torso needs to be straight and not bent...
Read MoreNew Video: One-legged Burpee!
This exercise is a cardio-driving, butt and abs-sculpting masterpiece! It’s a swift combination of a one-legged mountain climber, into a one-legged dead lift, into a one-legged jump squat! It makes me giddy. It’s very tricky but try it out if you have some regular burpee experience behind you.
Read MoreMy Pre-Fitness Life
Today’s post is hilarious and a bit ridiculous, but serves a very valid point. I used to fall asleep in class. All through the day, every single day. I was constantly slurping on juiceboxes, having taken the advice of my mother and my doctor. They had me on iron pills and extra protein powder (since I had never been much of a meat eater) – but nothing seemed to kick the lethargy. This is quite humiliating – but there was a time when I would get to my home in the country, from school, around 4… and I would be in bed by 6pm. I wouldn’t get up for dinner, I didn’t have the energy. I slept until 6am the next morning. Things...
Read MoreIt's Never Too Late: Older Adult Fitness
Needless to say, the majority of my readers are on the younger side of life. This is because this whole blogging thing is still quite new for most of us (I still have a long way to go in getting it perfect). So, are many 60+ people going to be reading my blog? Potentially not. But that isn’t to say that there aren’t some who are, as this information does apply to everyone. And, that isn’t to say that my younger readers don’t have older friends and relatives to whom this post will apply. I was inspired to write this entry because of beginning work with an 84 year-old client – what satisfying work this is! As we age, our muscles diminish /...
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