Stop posting Instagrams of bloody and cleaved hands! If your lack of proper hand maintenance prevents you from grasping the bar, this is more shameful than heroic. Anyone who is serious about their training understands that a day you can’t hold the weight is a day you can’t get better. Far too often proper hand care goes unaddressed by fitness novices and veterans alike and were here to HELP! Go take care of your hands, do it today, don’t delay!
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What did you learn at bootcamp class today? No seriously what did you learn?…or does that seem like an odd question to ask. My educated guess is that the answer would be ‘little to nothing’. Why you might ask, because for most trainers and clients it’s simply about the DOING. Show up -> Get Butt Kicked -> Go Home! Sound familiar? With that said, that’s not how we roll here at MSP Fitness.
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Today I’d like to steer the conversation towards the topic of strength. Not crazy adonis strength, but quality ‘I want to make everything in my life better and easier’ sort of strength. Why should you care about the importance of a quality strength component within your overall training program? Strength training increases metabolism, prevents injury, burns more calories, and enables you to actively engage with the world around you.
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The fitness industry is big business, and they know that the tougher a class sounds and looks, the more appealing it is to someone who wants fast results; and a bootcamp class sounds like the perfect choice. The truth of the matter is, slamming your body through a 60min cardio beat down session while incorporating movements you’ve not earned and can’t perform with any proficiency will lead to fatigue and injury.
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Burpees. Anyone who’s done them loathes them, everyone who hasn’t is scared of them, and for anyone else, you see them everywhere. Trouble is, many individuals struggle with the nuances of such a simple bodyweight movement. To get on the ground and get back up is about as “functional” as training can be; however improper implementation and poor coaching has left many with lacking performance or worse yet, at risk of injury. In this blog, supplemented by the video above, we’ll break down the burpee and give you the steps to developing mastery in one of the greatest exercises of all time.
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Continuing our series on getting strong, we take you through how to periodize week by week in order to progress your resistance training movements. We’ll discuss whether to go up, down, or stay at the same loads and when it’s appropriate to do so.
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