Fitness Tip of the Week #19; Stretch Before You Sleep
Here are 5 great moves you can do before going to bed. We have already covered some good stretches you should do right after you wake up in the morning to help activate your muscular system. What about before going to bed? Throughout the day we all develop tightness and stress in different areas of [...]
Muscle Memory, Fact or Fiction?
I spoke with a client the other day who had started running again for the first time in a long time. She used to run quite a bit in the past but has not done any now in over 4 years. She tried to go for a few runs this past week and said that [...]
Exercise of the Week #40 Kids Handstands
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #40 HANDSTANDS FOR KIDS The second exercise for building strength in younger kids is my Son’s and I personal favorite, the Handstand. All three of my children have or will be doing gymnastics. I love the training it provides for younger kids as they are able to do some great obstacle [...]
“I Need Better Flexibility in My Hamstrings, Where do I Start?”
Another great example that we get asked all the time. How do I increase flexibility in my hamstrings? It comes from many different sources when people ask us. “My Doctor tells me I need better flexibility in my hamstrings to help with my low back pain.” “My Golf Instructor tells me that increasingly my hamstring [...]
Does Wearing a Weight Vest While Doing Cardio Help?
Recently I purchased a few weight vests for the weight training classes I teach. Several of the guys in the class were at the point that doing pull-ups and chin-ups were taking all day since they were doing sets of 20 or more. The weight vests provided the perfect amount of resistance to help them [...]
Fitness Tip of the Week #18 Breakfast of Champions
Get a good breakfast! A simple tip this week, yet it is very important. Breakfast is the most often skipped meal of the day. Unfortunately, I miss breakfast occasionally due to a busy schedule, but especially if your goal is to lose weight, breakfast is not the meal you want to cut out of your [...]
Exercise of the Week #39 Pushups for Kids
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #39 PUSHUPS FOR KIDS For the 5th series on our Exercise of the Week Program we are going to give all of you parents and P.E. Teachers a few tips on strength training young kids. It is important to remember what real strength represents. At any age strength is a representation [...]
Some Changes in Store
Yesterday Coach S. commented on the new look. We recently passed the 1 year mark for train2move and after over 330 posts and a tremendous amount of information we decided to change things up just a bit. The new look will continue to change as we make the site a bit easier for you to [...]
Happy Thanksgiving. Could you use a Warm-up Before You Eat?
The annual eating frenzy is about to begin. Here are a few tips we want to share with you to perhaps lessen the negative side effects of the family feast this year. First is to realize that the odds of you doing much after your meal are fairly slim so take the time to do [...]
Fitness Tip of the Week #17 Are You Changing Your Cardio Workouts?
How often do you change up your cardio workouts? Every other workout? Every week maybe? Once a year? Here are a couple of great tips on how to change up the cardio routines you do to get the greatest benefit for your body. Cardio machines take up a lot of space in most gyms due [...]