by kimberly pzegeo | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week’s education was led by Sarah Cahill, where it was a continuation of what we did two weeks ago, but during this week’s education we were tested on multiple lifts, where we were then evaluated on our proficiency of each lift. The lifts performed were broken...
by ruth norwinda | Jan 31, 2011 | Intern, Ruth Norwinda
Week 3 was my first real learning session in which we covered Romanian dead lifts, single leg RDL and split squats. Sarah had us think about not what muscles we generally feel when carrying out these exercises, but rather what muscles we SHOULD be feeling and covering...
by kelsey wipper | Jan 30, 2011 | Blog, Intern, Kelsey Wipper
It seems that one wouldn’t have to explain why lower body strength training is important; we are constantly using our lower body: whether it be in the form of walking, running, lifting, or jumping. But, if you think about your recent trips to the gym, how many of...
by mark bruno | Jan 29, 2011 | Blog, Intern, Mark Bruno
This week’s focus is on lower body exercises. There are various forms for lower body training, but I will talk about the squat, RDL, single leg RDL, and the split squat. The squat is one of the core non-power exercises and is also the first lift in the sport...