Best Practice #2 - Mobilize (to remain injury free)

Best Practice #2 - Mobilize (to remain injury free)

You should ALWAYS Mobile before exercising. Here’s Why. 🧐

~4 minute read

When we talking about mobilizing the body, what we mean is to prepare the body for the exercise we’re about to do. Preparing the body means helping it to move WELL. We want to move well first, then move more.

By stretching and rolling our muscles with a ball or foam roller, they will activate (i.e. not dormant) and less tight to allow our joints to move more freely.

This ensures our joints (and the components that make them up) are prepared and ready to undergo various movements and reduces the risk of injuring them during our workout. 🏋️


Best Practice #1 - Train Smart (Avoid Injury) 🧠💪

Best Practice #1 - Train Smart (Avoid Injury) 🧠💪

The first step to achieving your fitness goals is training smart. 🧐

What we mean when we say train smart is to set yourself up for success and train in a way that will prevent injuries from arising.

We can further break this down into 3 main concepts;

  1. Start where you are, not where you left off.

  2. Correct musculoskeletal imbalances.

  3. Do resistance training 3x per week.

Client Success Story - Derek. P

Client Success Story - Derek. P

From Lockdown Blues to Fit, Strong and Excited for More

Derek became a member during a series of lockdowns/gym closures in 2020. Like a lot of us, the lockdowns were quite tough on Derek. With his normal activities and hobbies limited, he realized he’d let himself become the heaviest he’d ever been.

Derek began a remote weight-loss program, and had success losing a lot of the weight h’ed gained. However, he had a feeling that it would be hard to sustain. ”I hit a wall with that program. I knew I needed help to get to the next step and I didn’t want to slow down.”

Not wanting to regress from the progress made on this weight-loss program, Derek started searching for more help.

The 4 Best Practices to Achieving your Fitness Goals

The 4 Best Practices to Achieving your Fitness Goals

Fitness can be both effective and injury free. 🤯 Here’s how we do it.

~5 minute read

There is a big dilemma for people over 50 when it comes to fitness. 😩

We call it the “injuries vs. fitness conundrum”. It’s the idea that you can’t both be injury-free and fit after the age of 50. Through countless bad experiences, fitness failures and long lists of injuries that plague them, the people over 50 that we’ve spoken with often doubt that you can be both at the same time.

When speaking with 50+ people, we’re often asked questions like these:

  • Can you get fit if you have an ongoing injury?

  • Will trying to get in shape inevitably get you injured?

  • Does taking care of my injuries mean I have to put my fitness goals on hold?

  • Can I achieve both an injury-free body and get fit and lose weight?

We’re big believers that you can address both injuries and fitness at the same time. It does not have to be one or the other. 🥳