Strength AND Mobility...Here's How You Do BOTH
Confession. I don't 'follow' a lot of other Personal Trainers. When it comes to social media, I don't particularly care to see what other trainers put out, what their gyms do, or the info that they share.
Not that it's bad information, sometimes it's really good.
I am just too close to the information. When I see other Personal Trainers talking about how to craft the 'best' workout...or what exercise helps achieve (insert body part here)...or any of those buzzy topics, I just know that there is typically so much context that can't get shared through social media that I just tune out.
So, I take to my newsletter where I have your attention for 60 seconds (instead of the 2 seconds on social...)
I recently saw a Trainer say that 'Fitness isn't hard'...all you have to do is...
-Strength train 3x a week
-Do mobility work 4x a week
-Cardio 3-5x a week
When I look at that all I do is think "how does that work over a 7 day week?" And I think that many people have the same thought.
So, here is how I make it work for myself and my clients.
95% of my workouts follow this order...
Perform 3 moves in a row...
First move is a lower body strength movement...something like a squat or RDL come to mind.
Second move is an upper body strength move...Z press or 3 point row, for example.
Movement three is a mobility based movement that targets an area of need for my client. For most people, this is something around the hips, like this straight leg hamstring extension OR their upper back. This t-spine can opener variation is popular.
I do this 3 move format 3 times over in a workout...This gives my clients 9 total moves (plus a mobility based warm up) for the duration of the workout. Of those 3 movements, they train 3 lower body movements, 3 upper body movements, and 3 mobility movements. This is what we in the fitness biz call a 'total body' workout and it's pretty great if you are training 2-3 times a week.
It isn't the most groundbreaking information but what I will say is that it might be the most clarifying fitness information you'll see in 2024.
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