Mobility vs. Flexibility For Hockey Players
“I just have to stretch more.” “Don’t forget to stretch.” “I keep telling them they have to stretch!” Stretching has been heralded for decades as the key to flexibility. People are often made to feel if they get injured, or experience discomfort that it’s probably their fault because they didn’t stretch, or if they did […]
Questions To Ask When Hiring a Personal Trainer
Hiring a personal trainer is a phenomenal investment in yourself. It shows a commitment to taking care of yourself. To being able to take care of the one you love because you are healthy and strong enough. To being able to do the activities you enjoy because your body isn’t in constant pain. It’s also […]
In-Season Training for Hockey Players
Christmas is coming, snow is falling, the calendar is about to turn over and the hockey season is halfway done! For many teams and many hockey players, this is the make or break time. The playoff push. The chance to achieve personal goals by the end of the year. The time of year when we […]
REST DAYS: The Key to Progress
When you’re pumped up and motivated to get stronger, faster, fitter, or leaner it’s often assumed that more training = better results. However, the truth is your body doesn’t grow during the workouts themselves, it grows from recovering after them. Rest days are not weaknesses or lost progress, they’re the real key that turns hard […]
Running Shoes for training?
Should I get specific shoes for training? Unfortunately, many beginners don’t ask this question before starting at the gym. We LOVE that you went out and bought shoes to wear at the gym even before signing up. This simple act of spending $75 – $150 on a pair of shoes signals your commitment both mentally […]
What is Semi-Private Personal Training
You’ve heard of bootcamps, group fitness classes, group training and personal training, but what is semi-private personal training? Our model is very unique and most potential clients in the Oakville and Mississauga area have never heard of, much less experienced anything like it. PSP Well is a better way for people over 40 to train […]
Youth strength and conditioning: Too Young To Train?
Ultimately whether or not to incorporate traditional ‘resistance’ training in youth strength and conditioning depends on the individuals emotional maturity, and ability to demonstrate the patience and attention to detail required to safely work with more advanced modalities and structures.
Gain Muscle to Lose Weight?
This is the first of a two part blog focused on the benefits of resistance (weight) training. Part 1 will focus on the fat burning properties of resistance training and gaining muscle, while part two will cover a range of topics around mobility and disease prevention. weights? I don’t want to look like Arnold! A […]
Why Resistance Train Part 2: It’s about quality of life
One of my goals in writing these blog posts (and what got me started as a strength coach) is to help educate people on how to best take care of their bodies and maximize what they are capable of. It is important to me that my clients, athlete or general population, not only work hard and see results, […]
What ZONE Do You Train In?!
If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you! No Pain, No Gain! Pain is weakness leaving the body! and so on, and so forth. Cheerleader coaches have been hollering these sayings and others like them for decades. And while there is truth to the fact that we must challenge ourselves in order to elicit […]