Program Design
Unlock Your Strength: The Proven Path to Building Muscle and Achieving Your Fitness Goals
Let’s get one thing straight—building muscle isn’t magic, and it definitely isn’t as simple as lifting a weight and poof!—you’re suddenly The Hulk. But with the right approach, it’s also not as complicated as trying to solve a Rubik’s cube blindfolded. Whether you’re looking to bulk up, gain strength, or just feel more confident flexing in…
Read MoreHey Seattle Techies! Your Personal Trainer’s Guide to Beating Back Pain with Thoracic Mobility
Techies in Trouble: The Back Pain Epidemic in Seattle In the tech-savvy city of Seattle, there’s a sneaky problem creeping up on our software engineers – the dreaded back pain. According to the American Chiropractic Association, half of all working Americans confess to back pain symptoms each year. For our keyboard warriors, the numbers are…
Read MoreHow to build a workout program
When building a workout program we can easily get lots in the nuance and details of specific goals and methods. My goal with this article is to help you piece together a safe and effective program to get started. Programs do need to be updated as you progress and ideally should consider your goal. So…
Read MoreHOW HARD SHOULD I TRAIN?
Have you ever asked yourself “am I training hard enough?”. Well today we are going to talk about training intensity. How hard should you be training, when should you train less hard, what is the goal behind each? If you’re anything like my clients you may have taken a group exercise class and been dripping…
Read MoreHow To Become Less Stiff?
Are you someone who would describe themselves as a little “stiff”? You’ve probably taken a yoga class one time only to be a bit intimidated at the intensity of some of the poses so you’ve decided “I’ll just stretch on my own. You’ve probably also heard you should walk 10,000 steps a day. But is…
Read MoreHOW TO GET CONSISTENT RESULTS!
Making progress in the gym is simple, but its not easy. Congratulations! You made it to the gym. This is a huge first step that shouldn’t be taken likely. You’ve even taken a few steps to ensure that you’ll be more successful this time. You have a meal plan in place, you purchased a 12…
Read MoreHOW TO WARM UP FOR SQUATS
Squats can absolutely be tricky to get down. Focusing on the appropriate mobility and stability drills prior to training can improve your likelihood at performing well coordinated squats. Check out this video for a sample Warm-up for Squats: When we are designing an effective warm-up for squats we want to pay attention to the Hips…
Read MoreSHOULD I DO DEADLIFTS?
Deadlifts! Some people love them, others swear them off entirely. So what gives? Should you do them? First off Deadlifts are really just a hip hinge. That being said they are intended to help you directly load your glutes and hamstrings. Whether or not you choose to deadlift there will come a time in your life…
Read MoreCARDIO BURNS MUSCLE?
“Nah man, I can’t do anything besides LISS Cardio because HIIT burns muscle” Have you ever overheard this conversation in the gym? Or maybe you heard it mentioned in a popular internet blog? The logic here is that it is suggested that you have an anaerobic system (functions without the presence of oxygen) and you…
Read MoreCAN YOU PREVENT INJURIES?
At this point injury prevention is just the cool thing to say. It’s almost as cool as “Functional Training” used to be in the 2000’s. In this article I’m going to discuss whether injuries are so predictable that we can prevent them from ever happening. Injury Prevention What’s currently touted as injury prevention tends to…
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