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Form check for pelvic & spinal posture.

Standing posture is more important than you think. It relates to core engagement, under/over activity of muscles and proneness to injury. Whether you are performing a light single arm bicep curl or a heavy barbell overhead press, this post is relevant to you and you should take just as much care!

Here’s a run down of the essential things to execute and not to execute, relating to the photo below…

✅ribs stacked on pelvis

✅pelvis tucked under

Training as a beginner and as an advanced/experienced athlete is similar yet different when it comes to strategically working out for maximal results. Here I’ll explain some ideas and techniques to keep in mind, which you may want to implement in your training 👉🏻…

First of all we look at motor unit recruitment and development, the power houses in our muscles that grow from stress from training. As a beginner your muscles haven’t developed their low threshold motor units - the ones activated for smaller degrees of work. So… any type of exercises that requires much coordination and/or is done relatively easilyy (low rpe, potentially not a compound exercise) can easily develop these low threshold units. This training won’t work well forever as one builds up towards growing their high threshold units as who have developed these must stimulate those higher threshold units to order to see strength gains.

So…

👉 It's almost the end of the first month of 2024 which means some of us are living those New Year's resolutions while others have had them fade out. Whether your goals are set in the New Year or not, it doesn't matter, you'll need to practise discipline and consistency to experience their workings.

👉 This post is exactly what you may need to get through and build those habits for life. My few tips that I believe can work wonders while trying to create a better lifestyle, work ethic or approach to a better you.

⭐ Skip once, not twice - This is a golden rule I remind myself of when I catch myself tempted to skip (for the first or second time). It makes you really think hard and think twice whether you are giving yourself just and valid permission to pass. Of course there are instances where…

🏋🏽🔥 How to balance cardio and weights 💪🏼🎧

As known, both cardio respiratory exercise and resistance exercise is important for overall health (as well as numerous other things)

But as we know both can be intense, demanding, and thus require a lot of recovery - it is shrewd to strategically plan when and how much to do of both.

Here's a post on how to find that balance that works for you:

❚·══·❚ First we must think about our priorities...

What is our goal? Strength or fitness. Choose then allocate 60-80% of you training to be of that training style.