Bicep Training Video

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Tom

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Make this the summer that the shirt comes off!

All you need is some focus, guts and determination.  Oh...and some wisdom.  Here are a few pearls of wisdom to help you get ready for summer:

Eat Healthy

Eat only fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and a little dairy.  No junk food.  No soft drinks.  No booze.  Eat a healthy satisfying breakfast every day. 

Bust Some Iron

Get to the gym and blast out a workout at least 4 times per week.  Be dedicated and tough on yourself.  Go to the gym when you're tired.  Get to the gym when your elbow hurts.  You want it? Pay for it.  Rep by rep.

Plan and Track

If you fail to plan: plan to fail.  Set some butch goals for yourself and establish realistic intermediate goals.  So...if you want to lose 20 pounds by July...break it down into 5 pound increments by set dates.  Weigh and measure yourself.  Reward yourself with a small (non-edible) treat if you think that will help.

See you at the beach!


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Benefits of Massage

Brookstone Massage Therapy

 

Who doesn't love getting a good massage?  The fact that there are many tangible benefits to massage makes you feel even better about investing in this treatment.

 

 

Increased Lymphatic Return

 

Lymphatic system is sort of like the body's sewage system.  Lymph is extra-cellular fluid that would build up in your limbs and elsewhere if it didn't get re-cycled and processed.  Massage is one means of encouraging the healthy flow of lymph.



 

Combat Stress

Massage will help you to relax.  Relaxation means that you're combating stress.  Stress attacks your immune system and leaves you susceptible to illness.  Get a massage.  Relax.  Stay well.

Loosen Tight Muscles

Tight, restrictive muscles will cause painful imbalances and interfere will your everyday activities.  Those aches and pains that creep up on you may be easily remedied on a Massage Therapist's table.  One treatment can loosen a tight muscle which may be causing you a lot of pain.

Book a massage soon for all that it can do for you.

Tom

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Hockey Season - Get Ready Now

This is a repost from a couple of years ago.  A timely re-read.

 

 

 

Ahhh...Summertime.  The hockey gear is all stuffed into the bag and fermenting in the garage.  The legs are getting mushy.  Abs are getting slack.  Cardio is dropping.  Summer is either and excuse to get soft and flabby or an opportunity to build-up your sharp end-of-season conditioning to a new zenith.  Here are a few exercises to get you started on your off-season.  I'll follow-up with more in August when its time to really amp-up for go-time!

Box Jumps

Box Jumps are an excellent exercise for glutes and quads.  These are prime skating muscles that you need to develop over the summer.  Stand in front of a knee-high box or platform, bend at the knees and waist, swing your arms and leap up onto the box.  Jump back down and do it again.  Aim for 20.  Each workout - add two more.

Running

Yeah, I know.  You hate running.  Too bad.  Its a great cardio-vascular exercise.  It keeps heart, lungs and legs in top order.  If you're lucky enough to live near a beach - run on the sand.  The soft sand creates a wicked workout for your calves too.  Run at least twice per week.  Aim for 5km each time.

Core Strength

Get ready for the Windshield Wiper.  This gut wrenching core workout will make you a monster on ice next fall.  Hang from a chin-up bar.  Hoist both feet up to the level of the bar.  Let them drop down to one side.  Crank them back to the other.  As fast as you can.  Try for about 20.

Upper Body

The Pull-Up is a great upper-body exercise.  You can do this at home or in the playground or at the gym.  I know - its tough.  Some guys can't even do one pull-up.  Keep trying.  Jump up into the up position and hold it as long as you can.  This will strengthen those muscles. Pull-ups work lats, biceps and strengthen grip (which is super important in hockey).

Stay focussed in the off-season and get ready to dominate the ice during try-outs.

Tom

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Lateral X

What's This?

A couple of months ago this beauty showed-up at the Base Gym in Oromocto where I train.  I'm attracted to new fitness gear like a raccoon to a dumpster, so I jumped on to give it a spin. 

I loved it.  The first time that I used the Lateral X, my quads burned like mad within minutes.  By the second or third time I used this machine I had adjusted to it and was getting a really good cardio workout.  I wish that I had one at home because time flies when I'm on this.

Here's what makes the Lateral X cool:  the foot pedals move in a sideways elliptical motion.  Sort of like a skating stride.  And...you can adjust the width on a scale of 1-10. 


Pedals Wide

Not only does adjusting the pedal width keep one amused while doing what could otherwise be boring cardio but it hits different areas of the thighs/glutes.  I like to slowly cycle the machine through all widths.

Pedals Narrow

The degree of resistance is also variable and is adds nicely to the level of exertion.  I have some clients who hate this machine but most like it.  There are the usual semi-automated programs on the machine and I've played with a few of them but like having the full control that "manual" offers.

See if your gym has a Lateral X.  If not, let them know that you want one.  Maybe you'll get a set of Hammies like these:

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