Archives for March 2015

Overcoming Lower Back Injuries

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Overcoming Lower Back Injuries
Lower back disorders are a HUGE pain in the butt to deal with. You feel it when you’re sitting, in the morning, while tying your shoelace, basically all the time! It’s a daily reminder that your back can give out and it sucks!

Before we move on, the suggestions below are general guidelines developed through research and anecdotal evidence. Everyone is built different and will have various symptoms and treatments for [Read more…]

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Principles of Weightloss

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There are SO many methods to lose weight that it can become confusing. In fact the other day I had a conversation with friend about losing weight and the person was fixated on juicing. As most of you know by now, it’s not the most effective long term method to lose weight. We talk more about juicing [Read more…]

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Results for the Everyday Fitness Enthusiasts

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One of my biggest gripes with the fitness field is that people are always looking for short cuts. This is expected, the so called fitness gurus and the media promise that we can look like an elite athlete, model, body builder, etc… without doing half the amount of work they do.

The ironic thing is, if the general population would put down the magazine, stop searching for quick fixes, and expend that same energy into working out, eating clean, and staying consistent then they would be much closer to [Read more…]

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Dogmatic Coaching

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Dogmatic Coaching

I really like the stages of coaching Mike Boyle had posted a few years back. Don’t take it literally though, every performance coach and personal trainer’s path will be slightly different and go through various principles but then HOPEFULLY they’ll come [Read more…]

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Assessing Cristiano Ronaldo’s Sport Demands

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This video of Cristiano Ronaldo being tested on his performance is amazing. Seriously any athlete, personal trainer, sports performance coach should take the time out to watch the 4 part series.

I chose this video because I believe it’s important for all coaches and trainers to understand that every athlete, especially the highly skilled, have a very specific skill set for their given sport.

The coach must look at the sports demands and the athletes needs then make an assessment on [Read more…]

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