I have been a Personal Trainer based in Melbourne for over 20 years now and I would say without a doubt the number one obstacle preventing people from achieving their goals is TOO MUCH STRESS! I don’t know anyone who does not want to get results with their health and fitness goals, yet that is exactly what it seems like when I see my clients sabotaging their own goals by eating junk food, drinking too much alcohol, working too many hours, not drinking enough water, and so on. I could keep going and going but I think you get the point. For many years I had spent endless hours studying and paying big bucks to learn the latest exercise methods and techniques to provide the best Personal Training experience ever! However I was very frustrated with the lack of results my clients would achieve as no matter how hard the PT sessions were the little habits they did outside of the training negated any positive outcome. I soon came to the conclusion that I had to help them change their mindset and make small positive changes to the destructive habits they were stuck with. It is easy to label someone lazy or blame poor results on a lack of motivation, desire, willpower and willingness to stick to a plan when nobody has ever shown them how to find these attributes in the first place. In this article I will share with you some of the important lessons and tricks I learned over the years to help you avoid the trap so many fall into.
8 Health Principles You Need If You Want To Lose Weight & Keep It Off For Good
There is so much confusion and conflicting advice surrounding health and fitness these days it is no wonder so many people resort to fad diets and extreme measures to get results. In my recent article about obesity I discussed the fact that there is more information available at the touch of a keyboard, more health therapists, specialists, personal trainers, and people to help people with health than there has ever been in history yet the health of many people is continuing to decline. For over 20 years I have specialized in working with people with injury or disease and helping them to restore their health and vitality to enjoy a life of quality. Over this time I have discovered many new and exciting methods, exercises, and strategies to help people, but the one thing that has never changed during this time is the foundation that good health is built upon. Just like building a house, you need a strong foundation before you worry about doing anything else. In this article I will show you that there are 8 pieces to this foundation you need to know in order to have a strong and healthy body.
What Are The Best Exercises To Improve Proprioception?
Proprioception sounds like one of those complicated science terms to most people but really it is quite easy to understand for it is something we use all the time. It refers to a sense of body positioning in space and is similar to being our “sixth sense“. A good example of this being used is when you try to walk around in the dark and you use your hands to feel your way around as you cannot use your eyes to see. This is where the mechanoreceptors in your body, specifically your arms and fingers are enhanced to become the eyes of the body to give feedback as to where you are. Unfortunately, this is also one of those systems that is vulnerable to weakness and dysfunction if it is not regularly used and trained and when this happens it exposes the body to injury and inefficient movement. In this article, I will explain this in more detail and share some of the best exercises to ensure you maintain great proprioception in your body.
Why Is The Obesity Crisis Getting Worse For All Age Groups?
There has never been a time in human history where there was more diet books, personal trainers, dieticians, and access to information and resources about how to get in great shape yet the vast majority of the population in the western world is overweight or obese! This trend has been increasing steadily for decades as global obesity rates have almost tripled since 1990, while overweight has increased by almost 50%! When you consider the costs and the links to chronic disease with being overweight or obese you would think that there would be a stronger focus to address this problem. Unfortunately, there is very little focus given to treating the underlying causes of this problem as the medical world is obsessed with finding cures and magic pills. There are obviously a lot of factors to consider as this is a problem much more prevalent in high income countries and something that has been established in the community lifestyle which is one reason why it is hard to break the cycle. I also believe a serious discussion must be had relating to several interesting questions relating to recording statistics of being overweight such as the use of BMI and lastly the value of being overweight and fit, versus being overweight and unfit. In this article, I will discuss these interesting questions and more in great detail and give you something to ponder about your own health.
Be Careful Of Over-training Your Core With Abdominal Exercises?
In one of my recent articles about core strengthening exercises I compared the value of using isolation exercises versus integrated movements, I posed the question how much strength do your abdominal muscles really need? Based on scientific research by Dr Stuart McGill the answer to this question was on average about 10% of maximal voluntary contraction. The ability to fire first and maintain endurance of the core muscles for long periods was of more importance than the overall strength of the abdominal muscles. When you consider how many people devote considerable time to improving their abdominal strength via planks, sit-ups, roll-outs, and various other exercises the question I now have is can you have too much strength? For most muscle groups more strength is a good thing, but is this the same for the core? For as we discussed in the previous article, these muscles are not designed to function the same way and as you will see shortly, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.
Is Interval Training Your Missing Ingredient To Achieving Great Health & Fitness?
Most people believe that the key to losing fat and getting in shape is to spend lots of time doing long slow cardio sessions. If you don’t get a sweat then it is not a good workout! There are several problems with this type of thinking. Firstly if you are just starting out the chance of suffering an injury with this approach is very high for the body is not ready for this type of demand and you also need to be certain you move well enough to handle this type of stress. Plus you are going to need a lot of time to devote to this type of training and most people are time poor already. Secondly, this type of exercise may burn calories at the time but it is not only the calories that is important. This does not mean all cardio exercise is bad for there is a better way and one that does not take that long to do and more importantly provides the body with positive adaptations that are very similar to the effects of strength training. That method is called INTERVAL TRAINING! In this article, I discuss how this works and how you can implement it into your weekly schedule no matter what age or ability you are.