With the ease of the stage 3 Government enforced restrictions now resuming to stage 2, some small gym facilities have been given the green light to reopen. If you find yourself returning back to the gym this week, I feel as though there are a few key things which need to be touched upon in order to make the rest of your week a much smoother experience.
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Overcoming chronic pain:
Chronic condition management is a large part of my role as an Exercise Physiologist and contains a wide scope of issues in which people may present to me with. A large portion of my practice involves musculoskeletal issues which are usually ongoing (chronic) in nature. A lot of the time people have been told to “work around it” or to “get a massage to rub it out”. I find that sort of advice quite tiresome as it gives the individual absolutely no guidance on how to fix their issues, and tends to make it seem like the problem is bigger than it actually might be. Within this blog, I am going to go through a step by step approach which will help you understand pain better, and to formulate an action plan to eventually getting better.
Tips to survive the isolation period:
Within the blog post I am going to offer my take on how to come out of this time with your mental and physical health intact, as well as potentially a new creative niche and a lot of time to reflect.
Training from home – Part 2:
In a follow up to my previous blog regarding at home exercise, I think it would be a great idea to put some programs out there so you get more of an understanding as to the depth of programming. It will also highlight why doing it at home can make perfect sense given your circumstances. By no means am I suggesting that you should not be training at a gym, but if the context is correct; at home might be the way to go.
At home exercise advice:
For the purpose of this blog I’d like to touch on a topic that is gaining some traction online recently. At home exercise programs are getting some heat as they are deemed to be too simple and serve most people very little purpose. I’d like to take that opinion and completely squash it, as in my opinion; at home programs serve so many functions and purposes.
Keep it simple stupid:
There may be many ways to skin a cat, but there are only 3 ways to extend the hips. Within this blog post, I aim to shed some light as to why the basic lifts will always trump the Instagram savvy go to booty building programs, and why you should consider proper strength training if your goal is to build a serious peach.
Time management:
Time is something you will sometimes feel you have too much of, too little of or just the right amount of. Many sayings revolve around the concept of time, but whichever way you look at it, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. Within this blog I aim to dispel some common myths, and give you some insight into how you can incorporate exercise into your day; regardless of your situation.
Mastering technique:
Resistance training is obviously the act of lifting weights, however we have to consider that these movements, and their derivatives, are skills. Skills take time to master and there is going to be plenty of pitfalls along the way. All movements have an end game but we need to consider the path we need to follow in order to get there. Within this blog I am going to take you through a step by step process to consider when learning any new movement within the gym.
Set goals now:
Goal setting will forever be a huge part of most people’s end of year wrap up. The new years resolutions will be posted and the motivation to achieve things will be at an all time high. With this I’d like to provide a push towards setting performance based goals and being kinder to yourself in the new year and beyond.
Get mobile:
Understanding the importance of mobility is something I feel that everyone only ever works out the hard way, once an injury has occurred. Time and time again I will hear excuses as to why stretching is too hard, there is no time, it isn’t as important as being strong and so on, but for the purpose of this blog I am going to help you realise how incorrect that is.