Proper performance breathing is a a huge component of improving endurance performance. If you're not already using this technique naturally, you’ll notice a real boost when you start.
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Is online fitness coaching the right fit for you? Before you sign up, learn what online coaching is good at… and what it won’t help you with.
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If you hang around a gym or read the social media of workout fanatics, you're probably confused by differing opinions about how low to squat. Should you squat to parallel? Should you squat just past parallel? Go ass to the grass? Or is there another answer…
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A good exercise training journal is essential for anyone who works out with a purpose. It's not rocket science, but laying out your journal properly will make it easier to track progress and see trends in your training process.
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You may have heard of HIIT (high intensity interval training), or variations of it like Tabata intervals or the "One Minute Workout" and asked yourself, should I be adding HIIT workouts into my fitness routine? Why should I do HIIT?
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There's an important ying and yang in the pursuit of fitness. You need the right doses of "hard training" and "soft training" to reach your fitness goals and ensure your body will work and feel well long term. So how should you balance your workouts?
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Yoga is a great tool for building a stronger mind-muscle connection and overall body control, and flexibility. But should you be doing yoga? Find out if yoga is something that can help you reach your sport, weight lifting, or fitness goals.
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What is the best program for your goals? If you want to lose fat, or build endurance, or get stronger, what should you do differently to maximise that particular result? This is a question I get a lot, and I thought I'd take a stab at answering by looking at the best and worst ways to achieve the 10 most common fitness goals.
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Looking back over the previous year, I was struck by some simple lessons that cropped up again and again in my blog posts, videos, and training sessions with clients. None of these points revolutionary, but I saw so many instances where these principles made all the difference to someone's training that I thought it'd be useful to shine a spotlight on them my compiling this short list.
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If you're plagued by back pain, recovery can seem like an impossible goal. But there's a lot of research showing that the best treatment for back pain is actually quite simple. In this video, I show you how to get started.
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I want you to find patterns behind the injuries you'll inevitably experience to help you return quickly to a state of excellent physical fitness and good health.
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Online coaching works really well for nutrition and lifestyle coaching... But if you want to learn how to work out and don't live nearby then I can't, in good conscience, take your business. Here's why...
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I use these four fitness testing tools because the results represent the basic level of strength, control and movement competency a person needs to feel generally fit... And you'll certainly want to master them if you plan to excel in athletics and sports.
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There's so much that the results from the 2017 NHL Prospect Combine can teach those of us trying to excel at our chosen sport about fitness testing for athletic performance.
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If you think you might have weak legs, use this high step-up as an assessment and a training tool. Watch the video to learn how!
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It's winter time now, and that means cold weather. If you're considering doing any outdoor sports activities, keep these warm up tips in mind.
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Feeling good is fun. Being able to put the hammer down and let your body rip sometimes is fun. That's just as human as enjoying a few too many chocolate croissants, no?
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"How much does this empty bar weigh?" I wondered.
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If you want to target a certain muscle to build-up a weak link, you need to feel the exercise in that muscle. Sounds simple, but it isn't always as straight forward if you might think.
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