Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are bringing you one exercise topic, talking about it for two minutes, and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking to those of you who don’t like the gym. How can you workout? How can you still exercise, even if you don’t like the gym?
How personal is your personal training? It can seem like a ridiculous question, but let’s explore.
A quick search on Dictionary.com reveals that there are multiple definitions of “personal”:
The definitions continue, but, for our purposes, these will do.
When it comes to personal training, there seems to often be a disconnect between the type of “personal” that is marketed, the type that is delivered, and the type that could be experienced but is often overlooked.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are bringing you one exercise topic, talking about it for two minutes, and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are speaking to the former college and high school athletes. This is for those of you who used to compete on a regular basis and are now at a loss on how to exercise without that competitive model.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are bringing you one exercise topic, talking about it for two minutes, and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are giving you three tips if you have never worked out before. If you are a first-time exerciser or have never been to the gym, how should you start? Follow this advice.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are bringing you one exercise topic, talking about it for two minutes, and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking about cardio. Cardio is something a lot of people who exercise love to do, but here are three considerations for you if you are going to engage in a cardiovascular activity.
As personal trainers in Schaumburg, we strive to provide our clients with the most up to date exercise approaches to health, strength, and mobility. This, undoubtedly, involves an integration of Muscle Activation Techniques™ with more traditional exercise. We are often asked how we are able to blend the two–MAT™ and regular exercise–within a single personal training session and what information we are able to gather from the MAT™ assessment to help us make exercise decisions. Well, MAT™ Headquarters just released a post giving a nice overview of how the two can blend. And if you watch the associated videos below, you may or may not recognize the face on screen 😉
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we bring you one exercise topic, talk about it for two minutes, and give you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking about toning. Specifically, if you are looking to tone up, three tips to help you get that nice toned look.
When my personal training clients start working with me on exercise related tasks, they quickly realize that I am always preaching about moving slowly, moving with control, using as much support as possible, and lifting with significant weight. There almost always becomes a time when a client will ask, “Will we always train like this?”. This is such a legitimate question for two main reasons. 1) I don’t know of any other fitness professionals (except my colleagues from my path of study) or gyms that endorse this, and 2) people always want to know that they are doing the best thing for their body to help with their goals.
Here is my answer: We will always have a significant portion of your training be like this (slow, controlled, lots of support, and significant weight). Why? This is the Gold Standard of exercise, in my opinion. Let me tell you why. (more…)
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are bringing you three tips if you are looking to build muscle without tearing up your joints. Three tips to help you support your joints and not get wear and tear.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking about three commonly-accepted myths of exercise; things that people typically throw out there thinking that they are true but are actually false. As personal trainers, these are myths that we have to combat on a regular basis.