This week we want you to TRY SOMETHING NEW! Whether it be a new class or a completely new activity, we want you to do something that scares or intimidates you! Here are some ideas: Rock climbing Mountain Biking Paddle boarding… Please send us a picture to info@sportspecialists.ca
Have you ever noticed how efficient children are when they run? It is effortless and efficient. This is because they innately know that using their legs AND their arms will help them get to where they have to go. Try running with your arms in your pockets! You won’t be going very far or fast! …
EVERYONE can do a CHIN UP! …the same way everyone has the capacity to squat, lunge and do a push up! Of course, over time, we lose some of those abilities because of lack or practice! However, the chin ups is as important to the upper body as a squat s to the lower body!…
Weight training that focuses on how the body moves rather than what the individual muscle is doing is a far more effective way to burn fat, create lean muscle tissue, and help prevent injuries in the long run. Compound exercises involve using more than just one joint to create movement. Examples of compound movements are:…
Ja·cob's lad·der noun A plant of the northeastern US with loose clusters of purplish-blue flowers and slender pointed leaves, rows of which are said to resemble a ladder. A rope ladder with wooden rungs, esp. for access to a ship up the side. OUR definition: A GREAT piece of equipment that will help burn oodles of…
A PHENOMENAL exercise to improve your core control is the Woodchop with a medicine ball or dumbbell. To execute the exercise: Get into a ½ kneeling position (you can narrow your base for more of a challenge) Grab a medicine ball, start from a high diagonal position, and “chop” it down to the opposite side…
Skiing takes its toll on knee and hip joints. If you were to watch a high level skier coming down the slopes, he/she is absorbing the bumps and deep snow by using their legs as if they were suspension coils, absorbing all impact while their upper torso remains virtually still. The Jack Knife is a…
We have mentioned it several times in our weekly fitness tips that the hip joints are designed to be mobile. What lies adjacent to the ball and socket joint is just as important; the knee and the lumbar spine and pelvis. These joints were designed to be stable joints. Therefore, it goes without saying that…
“ I’m skiing like a champ!” “ What are you working on to get stronger?” “ My flexibility!” “ Your what…? Really? Being more flexible makes you stronger?” Yes! Mobility will trump stability and strength every time! If your hips are NOT mobile then they cannot be FULLY stable and if the joint has issues…
Of all the well-known muscle groups in the lower body, the quadriceps group in the front of the thigh is the some of the most used and abused! The legs, from hips down, will get injured if the body does not understand how to eccentrically accept loads…in other words efficiently decelerate. This is where our…
