Training For What?

 If you're not an athlete, move star, or a warrior then what are you training for? Everyday life. Your training must be focused on training to meet the demands of your everyday existence. 

 Training, for you, must improve your mobility, strength, and cardio - BUT it must be focused on sustainability, longevity, and strengthening your weaknesses. 

 Everyday training should be movement based, but not stunt or trick based. Movements like squats, push ups, chin ups, rows, hinging, and core specific movements have a great carry over to everyday life. They're not glamorous like stunts, but stunts/tricks have a higher degree of risk involved and less carry over into daily activities. They're specialized and specific. For everyday fitness, we need to be general. You need to be able to do many things, kind of well. 

 Train to be able to hike, carry home groceries, pick things up, and move well forever. Train for your life. 

- Tim 

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Quick Thoughts: Chin Up Bars - They're Everywhere

 The common excuse, "I couldn't do the chin ups because I don't have a chin up bar", it's something I hear all the time when programming chin ups for clients. 

 Really? You couldn't find a chin up bar? 

 Buying a door way chin up bar costs around $30, it's not crazy expensive. Buying a set of gymnastics rings is around $30-$50, also not going to break the bank. But I get it, maybe the budget just didn't allow for you to buy one this week, or this month. That's ok ... but don't tell me you couldn't find a chin up bar. 

 They're literally all around you! 

 Here's a list of things I've used as a chin up bar - you can use them too ... 

- Soccer nets

- Tree branches

- Jungle gyms 

- Street light polls

- Door frames 

- Elevator door frames

- Bathroom stalls 

- Wall ledges 

- Open doors (with a wedge shoved under the door to prevent it from ripping off the wall) 

- and more 

 Get out there and get training your chin ups and pull ups. Minimalist training allows you to make use of everyday objects in order to enhance your training, as long as you open your mind. 

- Tim 

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The Iron Cobra - How To Prone Cobra Without The Pain

 The prone cobra, or locust pose, is a favourite of most yogi's and fitness professionals when they're developing a clients core strength. The only thing is, depending on the person, it may be causing more harm than good. 

 With the traditional prone cobra, there's a large amount of stress put on the lumbar spine (lower spine) due to most people hinging from that area during the movement. This may cause pain for those with existing back pain or even those without pain. 

 Many people have issues when they hyper extend through the spine, this is why I hardly ever program the prone cobra for clients. However, I do prescribe what I like to call the "Iron Cobra". 

The Iron Cobra focuses on the thoracic spine (mid back) and flattens the lower back avoiding the stress that's placed on it from the prone cobra. The thoracic musculature is an area I find lacking in many clients. 

 This usually shows up in the form of bad posture - rounded shoulders & hunching of the mid back. The Iron Cobra helps develop the strength of those dormant thoracic muscles, improves your posture, and it avoids hyper extension.  

Watch the YouTube video to learn how to perform the Iron Cobra. 

- Tim 

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How To Fix Your Squat And Get A Better Life

 The squat is an essential human movement that gets used daily for a multitude of tasks. We squat to get up from our chairs, we squat to pick up objects from the ground, we can even use the squat as a resting position.

 However, most people have trouble performing the squat. If you have trouble performing a full squat, it means your full movement potential is limited. If your movement potential is limited then you're more likely to become injured. 

In my latest article for Whole Life Challenge I teach you why must be able to squat, what common issues are preventing your from squatting with ease, and how you can correct those issues. 

Learn more in my latest article here. 

- Tim 

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