Master the Basics – Q Angle
Quadriceps angle is the angle of the femur in relation to the width of the hips and base of support (your feet)
Master the Basics
Master the Basics – Push, Pull, Squat, Hinge, Lunge, Rotate
What’s unique about strength training is that weight, and multiple accumulated repetitions are put through the body.
Master the Basics – Overload
Progressive overload is the focus of layering a slight incremental increase in training stress one on top of the other session after session, week after week so you continue to improve at a given task.
Master the Basics – Neutral Spine
Neutral Spine refers to the natural curves of the spine including a slight kyphotic curve to the upper back, with curves in the opposite direction.
Master the Basics – Mind to Muscle Connection (MMC)
The ability to consciously connect to a target muscle to ‘feel’ it working is a feature of resistance training.
Master the Basics – Lunges
You haven’t got to look too far in the gym to find a trainee or trainer saying you “shouldn’t lunge” or you “shouldn’t take your knee past your toe” because it causes knee pain.
Master the Basics – Kinematics and Kinetics
Kinematics and Kinetics are areas of study in physics that can better help us understand how humans move (human biomechanics).
Master the Basics – Jumping
Incorporating jumping exercises into your training could be the single most important thing you could do.
Master the Basics – Intensity
Training goals can be helpful, but equally, they can be detrimental to progress and motivation. It all depends on the person setting the goal.
Master the Basics – High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
Training goals can be helpful, but equally, they can be detrimental to progress and motivation. It all depends on the person setting the goal.
