Accommodating for Injury – Means vs Methods It’s not a matter of if but when regarding injuries. As allied health and fitness professionals, most of the time, we will be reacting to existing injuries with the occasional reinjury throughout the process. I have...
For Size and Fat Loss_ Levergaing GBC Training With the recent resurgence of some of the late Charles Poliquin’s work, I thought I would pay homage to one of my first exposures to one of his popularizations: German Body Composition (GBC). This will not be a...
Integrating strength training and conditioning. The term strength and conditioning is thrown around a lot nowadays in the fitness industry. Many times it’s associated with high-performance coaches and experts working with only the highest caliber of athletes. However,...
Building on my prior post on Tempo, Time Under Tension (TUT) is the next step in creating more targeted training programs. By having a goal TUT, we can target the specific training quality we want, whether it be power, strength, hypertrophy, or endurance. Time...
When new trainees think about exercises, seldomly is the speed of execution a point of focus. Reps, sets, and the movement are typically at the forefront of their minds. However, this limited view can pigeon hold your thinking about what a ‘typical’ repetition...
