As a fitness trainer for nearly 10 years now, seeing people suffering with Adrenal Exhaustion is extremely common. However knowing what to do with regards to exercise can be quite tricky.  When I first started as a trainer I did not even know what that meant. And I was supposed to be an expert in all matters regarding health and fitness. So it is no wonder that most of our clients are actually suffering with Adrenal Fatigue yet are quite oblivious to it. I dont know how many times I am confronted with a client who turns up late, suffering anxiety, stress levels to the max, not sleeping much, putting on weight etc etc.And only for them to say “ lets go hard at it tonight as I will feel better after this workout”

For over 15 years I have been training with many clients in their 70's, 80's who suffered from many severe injuries that could have been avoided if they had adopted a strength training routine a few years earlier. This topic is one I feel very strongly about as I know that we can help people significantly improve their quality of life and avoid some of the debilitating problems we often see in older adults. The ignorance of the media to get behind this really irritates me so I hope you share this article with your family and friends so they become aware of the potential dangers of avoiding strength training in older age.

One of the most over used exercises in the gym would have to be the bench press. Almost every guy wants to have elusive Bigger, Stronger Chest and Shoulders but what if I told you could achieve that, without ever actually doing the traditional exercise the bench press? And what if I told you that the bench press is no where near as effective as many of the Functional Strength Training exercises for overall total body strength. If you really think about it, when would you ever need to actually ever use this type of exercise or skill in the real world anyway? The only exercise I can think of is if I got stuck under a car and had to push it off me to avoid getting crushed!! It isolates a particular group of muscles well, but because it lacks integration from the rest of the body it is an inferior exercise and serves no function or use other than in rehabilitation or as a training variation. I am not saying you can never do it, I am going to explain that when you see there is much better exercises for achieving the same thing you won't want to do it anymore!