High Intensity Training
Yoga
Barre
Strength & Conditioning
Personal Training
High Intensity Training
Yoga
Barre
Playground Practice
Strength & Conditioning
Personal Training
This doesn’t mean all kettlebell squats and chest presses but strength is key to balance out all of the other disciplines. Your body weighs a lot and gravity is smart and quite often that is enough, especially if you are hanging from a bar or a TRX. If you’re sat at a desk all day you need to strengthen your hip flexors as they’ll often end up weak. If you want to learn how to handstand you need to strengthen your scapula. I’m also a big believer in core strength being literally the centre of your physical universe- it will be your friend in all other areas of your training and in everyday life. You might also get yourself a banging set of abs.
To complement other disciplines, in my personal training sessions I incorporate movements inspired by the practice of Calisthenic that address the fundamentals of core strength and scapula stability. It is a highly effective method to assess how the body works as a unit. For anyone working towards inversions, arm balances, handstands etc or more simply the desire to sit up straight at your desk and not walk around with collapsed shoulders scapula strength, stability and range is key.
High Intensity Training
Yoga
Barre
Playground Practice
Strength & Conditioning
Personal Training
This is something else that is core to my values as a trainer. Movement is something to be built into your lifestyle now. I know this doesn’t always happen, sometimes it takes that holiday to Mykonos, your upcoming wedding or the tiny human that’s now in you life to give you a kick in the right direction. This is legit to an extent but it’s also so so important to lay the foundations of things like good technique and solid core strength. These things stay with you and the amazing power of muscle memory will be your long term best friend if you get ill/busy at work/break your hip/get hit by a truck or the million other reasons that life gets in the way. Do it and and do it now.
The two go entirely hand in hand. If you want to get the most out of your training, you need to fuel your body in the right way. It’s a whole other animal, a whole other journey and a whole other education process.
This is a journey I’m still going on myself. What I do know is that it is probably even more of a personal journey that movement. But there are some blanket rules I think apply to everyone. Quality over quantity. Eat all the colours of the rainbow. Eat when you’re hungry. Don’t starve yourself.
If you’d like to know more on this I’d recommend my pal over at impressedhealth.co.uk.
