If the glutes are the powerhouse of your body, the engine room of your youth, then the ankles are the window to your butt. When the ankles lack mobility, especially in dorsiflexion (the shin moving forward towards the top of the foot), your butt won’t get the signal that more […]
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Stronger Butt to Reduce Knee and Ankle Ache in Running, Hiking… and Stuff
A stronger (dare I say ‘perkier’) butt leads to a better quality of life. It sounds dramatic, but it’s true. The glutes are the muscle of youth. They are the powerhouse of your body propelling you forward in the world during these uncertain times. If your butt would be a […]
Read MoreThe Goal To Guide All Your Future Training Goals
Training goals are typically set in three to six-month intervals. With my clients most goals fall into three somewhat fluid categories: return to activity after an injury (could be a sport, could be gardening), train for a specific sporting event (not always a competition either, but to participate), or look […]
Read MoreExercises to Relieve Back Pain from Sitting
Moving the hips is one of the best medicines for low back pain from excessive sitting. Ideally served in short bursts throughout the day. The obstacle I run into with clients is that as great as it sounds in theory, it’s impossible for them to do in their office. Either […]
Read MoreEliminating The Problem of Low Motivation
As long as you keep thinking of training and exercise as “the thing I enjoy doing” you’ll keep running into the mentally barbed wire obstacles of low motivation and diminished willpower. Regardless of how many positive shivers you feel towards training today, there will be days when, much like scooping […]
Read MoreTraining the upper back at home
You can easily train most of your body at home without any equipment. But the one most people struggle with is not knowing what to do for the upper back. Doing any form of pulling becomes tricky unless you have a weight, a suspension trainer, a chin up bar or […]
Read MoreThere’s always more to do
Emails, calls, (virtual) meetings, keeping up with the 24 hour news cycle. And now that most of us are homebound, another household task is never out of sight. Vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, planning tonight’s dinner, organising that awkwardly shaped cupboard that looks like Dresden in 1945. There’s always more to […]
Read MoreAre we now always at work?
Now that your usual work routine is upended and you are trying to create a new one, start by scheduling the breaks. At what times do you usually have your morning coffee, lunch break and training session? Plan those first and guard them as if you just found a lost […]
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