Tag: exercise
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Adrianna on: Working Out During Pregnancy
As a mother of 2 (beautiful, healthy kiddies) and a fitness coach, I’ve been asked numerous times if I worked out during pregnancy, is it safe and what type of exercise is allowed. Let me start by saying that each woman’s pregnancy is different and even my first pregnancy was different than my second. This…
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Exercise of the week: T-bar row
A big strong back is highly functional in our daily life as much as in the gym. Every time you pick up something heavy your back is doing the majority of the work. So when you lift a heavy box, a child or your shopping, it’s your back strength that will determine your success. There…
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The best workout you have ever created
By Kevin Cooper We, more often than not, have an idea about how we wish to look and be in a particular shape but do we know where to start? Yes find a trainer and get started but do we really grasp the concept of exercise execution and selection? This is truly where our industry…
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Exercise of the week: The Sissy Squat
The sissy squat is a great isolation exercise for the quads. If done correctly, it gives you a similar (burning) sensation as the leg extension machine. If you’ve never done it before use only your own body weight like in the video below. Trust me, it’s challenging enough especially with slow tempo. Start with feet…
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Exercise of the week: Cable Front Raises
This week we will look at the front raise which is a shoulder exercise. “Strong shoulders make most arm movements easier, whether you’re throwing a ball, passing food across the table, or lifting a suitcase that’s a little too heavy. ” By raising your straight arm directly in front of you, you target the anterior…
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Exercise of the week: Lat pulldowns
The lat pulldown is an upper body strength exercise that targets the upper back, but it is also effective in building overall upper body strength. It is a staple lat exercise, especially for anyone not yet strong enough to do pull-ups. There are several variations to the pulldown (for example the underhand grip pulldown shown here),…
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Exercise of the week: Deficit Bulgarian Split Squat
First week back in the gym and hitting the legs straight away! Unilateral exercises can be used to add variety to workouts & make you break a sweat (yeah, you know that pounding heart feeling when you do lunges… yep I don’t like it too!). However, getting stronger at single-leg workouts will transfer over to…
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Giant Sets = Fat loss
By Adrianna McDonlad This past weekend I attended a seminar run by one of the biggest names in the bodybuilding industry Milos Sarcev. Some of you may have heard of him and if so you know his approach to training. Milos now appears in major publications on a frequent basis. He is very respected and the demand…
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Exercise of the week: Battle Ropes
Battle ropes are great part of Strongman training and a great conditioning exercise. I love using them as an addition to a weight training programme especially closer to competition date. Here is why: Conditioning: * prepares you for battle and fires up metabolism * makes you lean and hard. * gives you great body *…
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Exercise of the week: Shoulders Triple Set
The superset is a classic method that has been used for decades. There are many variations but for this post, we will focus on the triple set otherwise known as Triple Threat Protocol. This system works well for both hypertrophy and body composition changes. In other words, you can get big and lean at the…
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