If basic abdominal crunches are too easy for you, here’s a more advanced version that will literally turn your world upside down — it’s called the hanging bat crunch. And yes, it’s as challenging as it sounds! Watch the Demo Here’s a demonstration from my 60-year-old client, John. Pay close attention to how he gets…
My eldest client is 87 years young, and I’ve had the privilege of training her twice a week since 1998. When we first met, she was showing early signs of osteopenia, and her doctor recommended weight-bearing exercise. I got the call, and since then, bone health has never been an issue for her. She’s thriving…
Recent research has shown that strength, rather than endurance, is the key to maintaining functional capacity in aging adults. One of the biggest concerns for seniors, especially women, is osteoporosis. We often hear about seniors falling and breaking bones, but the reality is that their bones often break first, causing them to fall. Weight-bearing exercise…
The supine knee-in is an effective abdominal exercise when performed correctly. In most gyms, people hold a medicine ball or dumbbell between their feet for resistance, but since the weight acts downward, it tends to over-activate the hip flexors just to keep the weight off the ground. A better option is to use horizontal loading…
Here’s a superset routine that targets the entire body one joint at a time. It follows a split routine where the lower body is trained on Day 1 and the upper body on Day 2. Each workout starts with a proximal pair of exercises and progresses distally with each subsequent pair. In other words, larger…
Static stretching can be useful for increasing joint range of motion (ROM), but for it to be truly effective, you must stretch often. How often? Research indicates that daily stretching is best, and if you can do it multiple times a day, the results are even better. In a study conducted by Cipriani et al….
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