What’s up Ya’ll? Each and every one of my clients through exercise testing to assess current fitness level and as a means of measurement of progression. When it comes to exercise selection, each evaluation is different depending on the individual’s goal and their strengths/weaknesses. Specifically, different patterns (push, pull, squat, step) help me assess howContinueContinue reading “Exercise Testing – Pushup Norms”
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Stella Success Story – Taylor
This dude Wade, aka Taylor Lautner. One of my first clients at Stella Fitness. Just completed his first 12 week program…and I’ve gotta say, it’s been a wild ride. In week two he crashed a motorcycle and could barely move his arm above his head…he had late nights at work on the weekend that youContinueContinue reading “Stella Success Story – Taylor”
Strength Principles: Movement Order of Operations
Yo, Here’s where I talk about the intricacies of building an exercise session. Let’s assume you are building your workouts for today. For strength. Rules of the routine: Dynamic warmup- depending on the day, you want to make sure that you mobilize and prepare your body for the activities you are going to go through.ContinueContinue reading “Strength Principles: Movement Order of Operations”
Strength Principles: 5 Ways to Progress
What’s up Gaggle!? For a period of about three months before moving out to Utah, I found myself going through the motions. My lifts were stagnant and my lack of progression was slowly kicking my butt mentally. Days were long and I found myself straying away from my focus-get strong while loving what I do.ContinueContinue reading “Strength Principles: 5 Ways to Progress”
Principles of Strength Training
Hey Ya’ll, Today’s post is an introduction to all things strength training. After recently consulting with a friend about best practices in developing strength, I want to break down the most basic principles in an easy to read manner for you! I’ll be diving into the dork-hole that you are probably now familiar with havingContinueContinue reading “Principles of Strength Training”
Weight Loss and Metabolism Part 2/3: Cardio for weight loss
Is buying a treadmill going to help me lose weight? What about a bicycle? Should I do cardio before or after I lift weights? What about body wraps, will they help me shed the unwanted pounds? Having worked in gyms for the last ~10 years, you see and hear a lot of things from all walks of life, manyContinueContinue reading “Weight Loss and Metabolism Part 2/3: Cardio for weight loss”
Weight Loss and Metabolism Part 1: Nutrition for Fat Loss
Hey! Today begins a 3-part series introduction to fat loss. (Edit from the fuure: The blog gets a little long mathy/sciency, be ready to calculate some numbers to figure out what your metabolism looks like) The purpose of my focus for the next month is going to be focused on weight loss while kick startingContinueContinue reading “Weight Loss and Metabolism Part 1: Nutrition for Fat Loss”
3 Travel Workouts in 30 Minutes or less
Hey everybody, One thing that happens in life for anybody that I work with is travel. People go places. They get caught up in work. Or vacation. Or just need to get away for a little while. And it’s amazing!!! I am a huge advocate of adventure, seeing new places and travelling to far away lands.ContinueContinue reading “3 Travel Workouts in 30 Minutes or less”
Put the 400m Sprint into Your Program
400m run. It’s a doozy. It’s intense. But before I expand, check out video of this 400m relay. Amazing finish, Phil Healy takes on a soon-to-be Olympian ‘From the depths of Hell’. https://youtu.be/BVhjAXEyjMI?t=3m 400m isn’t the worst if you’re just cruising. But why would you want to just cruise, ever, when you run? You want it toContinueContinue reading “Put the 400m Sprint into Your Program”
CHOP SHOP Inaugural Workout
First workout in the Chop Shop. Died. Warmup/movement prep: 1×10 each A1 Inchworm A2 PVC Pass through A3 Bottom of squat hold Agility: 10 minutes Foot ladder drills – in/out, forward back Hopping drills – Lateral shuffle for power, power hops Strength: 5×5 Back Squat 3×10 Each rear foot elevated Squat 3×10-15 Hip Thruster 3×10 each SingleContinueContinue reading “CHOP SHOP Inaugural Workout”
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