If you have read anything over the past few years about fitness training or athletic performance, then you have heard the term “core training”. However, you probably have heard it with little or no data to back up why you should add it to your training routine. Well, a recent French study demonstrated that a [...]
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Staying motivated to train
When setting up a training program for one of our fitness members I heard a familiar question. “How do I motivate myself to keep coming”. It’s a question that all of us ask ourselves during workouts or even in our daily lives. The answer isn’t simple, it’s not about willpower or rewards. It boils down [...]
Energy drinks and your athletic performance
Are you drinking Red Bull or other energy drinks to increase your athletic performance? Well, a recent study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning reports that non-caffeine ingredients in energy drinks don’t enhance your athletic performance. A group of researchers removed ingredients like taurine and vitamin B from Red Bull and had cyclists train. They found [...]
Video Blog: Stability Ball Bridging
Starting Position: Lay on your back with your legs straight and your heels on the middle of the ball. Procedure: Pull your toes towards your shins and lift your hips so that you are in a diagonal line from ankles to shoulders. Press your hands into the floor to help stabilize your body. Where: You [...]
Video Blog: Stability Ball Hip Crossover
Starting Position: Lay on your back with your knees bent holding the sides of the ball (the ball should not be touching the ground). Procedure: Roll the ball to one side until your knee touches the floor. Pull the ball up and roll to the other side. Where: You should feel this in your sides [...]
Video Blog: Stability Ball Reverse Crunch
Starting Position: Lay on your back with your knees bent and heels on the ball. This will allow you to “hook” the ball behind your legs. Procedure: Lift your knees (holding the ball) towards your chest, rolling your pelvis off the floor. Where: You should feel this in lower abdominal muscles. Progression: Lift your pelvis [...]
Video Blog: Stability Ball Reverse Hyperextension
Starting Position: Lay face down on the ball with your hands on the ground (the ball will be under hips). Keep your legs straight and pull your toes towards your shins. Procedure: Use your glutes to lift your legs so that you are in diagonal line, with your upper body moving closer to the floor. [...]
Video Blog: Physioball Exercise Lying Opposites
Starting Position: Lay face down on ball, with belly button over center of ball. Procedure: Lift your right arm and left leg up towards the ceiling, keeping your limbs straight. Then lower down towards the ground and lift the opposite arm and leg. Where: You should feel this in your glutes, low back and shoulders. [...]
Video blog: Stability ball exercise “knee tuck”
Starting Position: Lay on ball face down. “Walk” your hands out until your feet are on the ball. Procedure: Keep your arms straight and bend your knees, pulling the ball towards your chest. Then straighten your legs out without letting your back sag. If this is too difficult begin with “walk-outs,” where you simply walk [...]
Video blog: Stability ball exercise “Crunch”
Starting Position: Sit on the ball and walk out so that your back is in contact with the ball, arched over the ball, with head below shoulders. Place your hands behind your head. Procedure: Crunch your shoulder blades up off the ball using your abdominal muscles. Do not straighten your legs to roll the ball. [...]
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