Rehabilitation

In this post we look at why you should train the muscles of your feet and three useful exercises to get you started. Picture this, you go to the Doctor because you have a pain in your toe. After careful examination she says you have two options: 1)  live with the pain for the rest […]

In this post we look at how to shoulder press without getting pain in your shoulder.  When was the last time you spent some time with your arms over your head?  Perhaps when you were wrestling with a suitcase in the overhead compartment on a flight?  Or trying to fix a light fitting at home?  […]

In this post we look at how to select exercises for injury rehab and one important factor to consider. Part of my job is to investigate why people have previously failed rehab, or more accurately, why rehab has failed them.  One common reason is they are performing multiple exercises for the same muscles.  Whilst the […]

In this post we look at why ‘great bang for your buck’ exercises don’t work. You’ve no doubt seen these type of exercises on social media, where there’s more choreography involved than a West End musical.  The sort of exercise where you have to control nearly every joint in your body, whilst moving a limb […]

In this post we look at the variety of ways you can perform a single repetition and the likely adaptations this will produce. The value of a personal trainer is sometimes gauged on the variety of exercises they create.  Doing something different doesn’t need to involve something that looks different however.  It can be applying […]