The Single Arm Farmers Walk is one of the most underrated yet most versatile and impactful exercise any fitness enthusiast, personal trainer, or [Read more…]
The Truth About Fitness Social Media
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With social media exploding in the fitness industry, it’s all too common to see ripped up- gorgeous people, amazingly complicated movements being accomplished, or ridiculous before and after pictures (some are real, some are fake). Speaking as a personal trainer in New York City, where everyone wants results NOW, one of the biggest goal crushing mistakes we see is comparing yourself to these models, photoshopped images, or genetically gifted athletes. While it’s great to view posts as a short term [Read more…]
Effective Fitness Programming
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When you’re looking to get stronger most people look at what the strongest person did, when you’re looking to lose weight most people look at physique competitors or people that have lost a good amount of weight, and so on. We look at other people successes and [Read more…]
9 Overhead Mobility Exercises
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Being a NYC personal trainer and Olympic weightlifter, I often get questions about how I’m able to do an overhead squat or overhead press without pain. Generally speaking most people do not have the mobility or stability to obtain the correct overhead position, they’ll either hyperextend [Read more…]
5 Weight Gain Tips for Hard Gainers
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I’ve talked a lot of about weight loss and strength training, so I thought I’d switch gears and talk about weight gain for hard gainers. If you’re not sure what a “Hard Gainer” is, it’s those that are having trouble trying to pack on some mass and maintain it.
Most may think that you just need to pack on the calories by heading to McDonalds and “eating [Read more…]
How To Improve Your Sports Performance
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Sports performance training is focused on developing the needs of an athlete. To improve your sports performance on the field, on the court, or in the water, you’ll need to build up your conditioning, power, strength, speed, sport skill, and mental fortitude, amongst others.
Let’s jump into a few aspects of sports performance training:
