Interview With Celebrity Trainer Richard Callender

I had the great pleasure to interview the one and only Richard Callender.   As well as being the face of many celebrity fitness workout videos such as The Jordan Workout , Dancing on Ice and Vicky Entwhistle he is an established fitness presenter and now a featured Personal Trainer on ITVs the Biggest Loser. Richard has given some of his valuable time in this interview and he reveals such secrets such as; 1) How he got his lucky break to become an established media expert 2) The keys to his success and how you can benifit 3) The main programs that he is developing and how you can be a part of it. 4) 3 tips to become a more successful fitness expert And lots more!  To listen to this interview please click the link below. Read more

Interview with Greg Sellar of Gravity Training Systems

This is a brilliant interview with international presenter Greg Sellar. Greg has been a part of the global fitness industry for over 15 years.  After a successful training period in the USA, he left to set up residency in the UK with Marcus and began work on both the national and international presenting circuit. With much work throughout Europe presenting in over 20 countries, Greg continued his work for Les Mills International by becoming a National BTS Trainer with the UK team. Greg has his own limited company Greg Sellar Ltd., through which he now trains, tours and consults for several large fitness-based companies including JUMPYBUMPY, ALTeRD, fitness fx, Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) and Drummond Education. He is a JUMPYBUMPY, MOVE YA! and Physical Company-sponsored presenter and continues to develop training and workshops for instructors in the fitness industry. He is also Managing Director of GRAVITY UK LLP, the exclusive distributor for the GTS and GRAVITY programmes for the UK, Ireland and Channel Isles. This is a brilliant interview which as well as telling you everything that you need to know about the gravity trainer but were afraid to ask, will give you great Read more

Ball exercises that you can put into circuit classes

At a recent workshop on giving instructors ball exercises, I was faced with the issue of only having 6 stability balls amoung 12 instructors.  My original class went out of the window, and I had to think on my feet. So I decided to do a superset circuit class, with the instructors in pairs.  I then labeled them A and A.  Th As would pwerform the first exercise in the superset while the Bs performed the second exercise.  Then they switched.  They perform two sets of each exercises and they had minimal rest because they were alternating the movements. The result was a wicked class (even if I say so myself), as I was able to alternate the ball exercises with bodyweight exercises, so providing a really good workout, with minimal equipment! So what was the circuit?  Well this is just part of it which you can take away and use; Functional warm up 1.Squats 2. Press ups 3. Multidirectional lunges 4. Spidermen Superset A 1. Single legged deadlift 2. Prone Jacknife I Superset 2 1. Supine hip extension 2. T Press Ups Superset 3 1. Leg curl on the ball Read more

Functional Fitness Training In Your Classes

This an exclusive interview on functional fitness training in your classes.  Cherry Baker has over 30 years experience in teaching workshops and classes to literally 1000s of people.  She is an inspiration to many fitness instructors and this is a great insight into how you, as an instructor can incorporate functional fitness training in your classes in the correct way so that your clients will gain the maximum results in minimum time. So How do you add in functional fitness training in your classes? In this interview with Cherry you will learn;  

1. How conditioning has changed and developed throughout the years
2. Are side lying leg raises that bad? Is there a place for them in our classes?
3. What is the most important muscle in terms of core stability?  You may be surprised at the ansewer
4. What an ideal template would be for incorporating functional fitness training in your classes together with exercises that you could use within the class.

PLUS LOADS MORE!! To listen to this interview, either click the picture, or the link under it.  make sure that you a pen and paper handy as you will be taking notes, guaranteed!

  As usual please leave a comment, or if you have any questions then please add them here.   Enjoy   Linx          

Butt Training

Have your clients expressed concern that they are doing lots of traditional butt training but without success? Well current research suggests that with certain adjustments we can help our clients (and ourselves!) achieve their goals and do their butt training properley.
The problem it seems does not just stem from poorly toned gluteal muscles but in tight hip flexor, or iliopsoas muscles.

The iliopsoas is one of the major muscle complexes of the body. In the diagram, the iliopsoas is striped with fine lines. It goes from the spine through the abdomen and over the brim of the pelvis to the inner part of the upper thigh. Its normal function is involved with the entire working of the back, the hips, and the pelvic area. You can see, therefore, that it is one of the main controllers of posture in the body. The glute’s main function is hip extension, an action which is vital to activities such as running and walking.
Therefore, because muscles work in opposition, a tight iliopsoas will mechanically cause a decrease in hip extension as well as neurologically cause decreased neural drive to the glutes. When the neural drive of the glutes is decreased it will no longer produce the same amount of force with the proper timing. To compensate for this the hamstring muscles contract in an attempt to do the work of the gluteals. Because the hamstrings are not as strong as the gluteals, the action of the hip extension is weaker, so the lumbar spine extends to make up for this. This concept is known as synergistic dominance.
These disruptions lead to a decrease in the activity of the glutes, tight hamstrings and lower back (sound familiar?) And it is this decreased activity that can eventually lead to atrophy and/or a saggy appearance of the buttocks.
So what can we do? Well from this picture it seems clear that we need stretch the tight hip flexors, and then look at functional butt training exercises, that can re-educate the gluteal muscles to fire in the correct manner.
So What Are Effective Butt Training Exercises?
All of the following exercises are excellent for retraining the muscles, and getting them to fire properely and therefore work more muscles in this area. Be warned though, they absolutely do work!!




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