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Apologies for the lack of blogging but I’ve been more than busy juggling assessments on a host of new members, programming for current clients, and organizing the Elemental Fitness Clinic on July 30th.
Our new members are already seeing some results, so I would like to say keep up the good work all! We have a great new group of members with a range of goals, from getting rid of joint pain, losing weight, to gaining some muscle to ...
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The subject of warming-up is always a contentious one not only in gyms but among cyclists, runners, and just about every sport. This New York Times article takes the angle that less may be better.
In recent years there have been a host of research studies on the topic, some saying one thing, some another. But who I ultimately look to are top fitness pros and strength coaches who’s job depends on keeping their clients/athletes healthy and performing well. ...
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The topic of footwear and running have come up in the media again this week, with an excellent New York Times piece cautioning those jumping on the barefoot running bandwagon, and a Consumer Reports article on the high injury rates associated with those ridiculous looking “toning” shows.
At EFL I encourage most people to try training barefoot, or with flat shoes, depending on the person’s condition. And some who haven’t trained barefoot before are noticing improvements in ...
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In my quest to educate the oft-misinformed public and let the local community know about our services I penned another article for OregonHealthyLife.com.
Just yesterday a colleague asked if I ever felt like giving up on trying to tell people that easy, steady state cardio doesn’t get the job done. And I have to admit that at times I have given up on certain people, preferring to let them see the results my clients get. Others you just know ...
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Almost nobody likes to read about nutrition, but we all should. And most of us think we eat healthy, and even more of us believe we know what healthy eating habits are and what we need to improve upon.
But how many of you really confront what you eat? How many stick with logging your daily intake?
I have trained enough people over the years that I feel confident in telling new members that if they want to lose weight they must ...
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We are busy down at EFL today putting together our new squat rack from EliteFTS. It’ll be a nice addition and the last piece of large equipment to go in. I’m also busy digging into some just published research so look for a review of that in a few days.
For now please have a look at a couple of articles I wrote that just went live online.
The first is from a relatively new website owned by the Portland Tribune company ...
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Yesterday I was talking with a colleague about exercise programming and the concept of progression/regression as it applies to choosing the most appropriate exercise variation, load, and intensity for relatively sedentary population vs. athletes. This discussion happened in part due to a client remarking a day before that she seemed to be doing similar exercises as the two other people she is training with even though her goal is to gain muscle, while they are primarily trying to lose fat.
I ...
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