As a personal trainer I work with a lot of people who have never tried kickboxing before. I’m not a martial arts coach, but I do love Muay Thai, so I like teaching some basic kickboxing moves to my clients to help them get the cardio benefit. Most of my Read more…
Putting together the best possible gym workout schedule when you’re new to fitness is essential to your overall success. Proximity to your home / work, your existing commute schedule, traffic, children, it’s all going to factor into whether or not you make it into the gym to get your workout Read more…
I’ve trained both male and female clients, and figured it was time to address how to start weight training if you’re a female. I’ll be addressing a variety of items in this post including choosing a gym, training ideas, progressions for upper body workouts (like pull ups) and more. Let’s Read more…
Thanks to technology and innovation there are a ton of cardio machines on the market today you can use while watching TV. And thanks to technology the definition of “television” is pretty loose these days. You can watch TV on your smart phone or computer these days. So let’s establish Read more…
The Titan Adjustable Heavy Bag Boxing Stand is by far the most used item in my entire gym. I added a 100lb banana bag from Contender Fight Sports that I purchased separately though Amazon. My brother and I used a concrete drill and 4 concrete screws to mount this. We Read more…
Are you ready to get back into fitness up until that moment you actually need to start doing the fitness part? You wake up, pack your gym bag, throw it in the car, go to work, with 100% intention to go work out after work. Then lunch comes. Then 3pm. Read more…
The StrongFirst SFG1 Standard for the Turkish Get Up (2018 Edition) states that “the wrist on the kettlebell side is neutral.” The Standard for the Military Press states “the wrist my not hyperextend. A neutral wrist is maintained.” I find it funny what a year will teach you. I took Read more…
May 18th, 2019 was the start of the mud run (obstacle course race) season here in sunny Portland, Oregon. The first run of the season – The Warrior Dash, held about 20-30 minutes south of Portland in Canby, OR. I had registered for this race back in September at a Read more…
My first introduction to vibrating foam rollers came from Evan, of Vive Fitness, when he told me he had a few Vyper 2’s coming into the studio. I saw a Vyper 2 in person at the UFC Performance Institute in one of their recovery rooms. I finally tried one on Read more…
Exercising is hard, but today we’re talking about why its hard mentally and emotionally (and somewhat physically.) Now you (or I) may say we can’t do an exercise for a variety of reasons – lack of physical strength (this is where modifications / regressions of that particular move come into Read more…