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Shoulder Rehab

Oct 18, 2011   //   by Allison Ethier   //   Personal Training  //  No Comments
I have a number of clients who come to me with shoulder issues.  Causes range from overtraining,  injuries that have been ignored, or poor posture from sitting around at the computer all day.  I am surprised at how many people cannot lift their arms straight over their head.
Anyhow, here is a video by the DieselCrew.com on Shoulder rehab.  They have many more videos on rehab of the shoulder on their youtube channel.
You cannot lift effectively if you are injured or in pain.
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Schedule:  5 circuits
Day 1: Circuit 1
Day 2: Circuit 2
Day 3: Circuit 3
Day 4: rest
Day 5: Circuit 4
Day 6: Circuit 5
Day 7: rest
Volume:  12-15 reps per movements, 3-4 x through each circuit

 

Circuit 1:
DB Retractions
DB Protractions
Posterior Capsule Stretch

Circuit 2:
DB Cuban Rotations
Band External Rotations

Band Pull Aparts
Band Shoulder Breakers
Band Presses

Circuit 3:

Pullup Retractions
Barbbell Shrug Ups
Pushups Plus
Posterior Capsule Stretch

Circuit 4:  
Incline DB Retractions
Prone Y’s – thumbs up
Prone Internal Rotations
EQI Pushups

Circuit 5:
Prone T’s (thumbs up)
Plate Halos

Additional Exercises
DB Seated Internal/External Rotations
EZ Curl Cuban Rotations
Horizontal Abduction External Rotation

The Flat Tire Phenomenon

Oct 13, 2011   //   by Allison Ethier   //   Blog, Motivation  //  No Comments

I read a lot of articles posted on – TNation.com.  Super informative site with years of information.  The site has been around for years – since 1998.

Here is a little excerpt from Christian Thibodeau and his explaination on why you are not seeing results in the mirror.  Training is important – yes, but if you don’t change the food – you really are spinning your wheels.

You can see the full article here.

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From:  5 Reasons for Failed Body Transformations by Christian Thibaudeau

“Your diet is going great. You’ve been solid for close to two weeks, and the results are starting to show. However, you’re beginning to get cravings for donuts and cakes and cakes made out of donuts.

You do your best to maintain your composure, but you finally give in and eat two Krispy Kreams.

You choked. The ball was dropped.

So, how do you react? Do you go back on your diet as soon as possible? No! You continue to stuff your face with everything that doesn’t fight back.

After all, since you’ve blown your diet, you might as well go hog wild and start again tomorrow on solid ground.

Big mistake. If you got a flat tire, would you go spike the three others with your trusty pocket knife? God, I hope you aren’t that dumb!

Well, continuing to pile on the junk after one cheat is about as smart.

While I’m never proud of clients who give in to temptation, a small, isolated culinary incident won’t completely ruin your efforts. At worst, it’ll put you back a day or two.

But if you turn that one nutritional brain fart into an all-out feast, you’re going to put a huge dent in your progress. After such a binge, it’ll take you around two days just to get back into an optimal fat burning mode. And I’m not even talking about the fat gain from the binge itself. A big food fest can set you back one or even two weeks!

Unplanned cheats are like a flat tire: You don’t want them, but they might happen (even to the strongest of wills). Just limit the damage by going right back to your regular plan.

Get to the Gym – Video

Oct 13, 2011   //   by Allison Ethier   //   Blog, Motivation  //  No Comments

Killer video.

Muscle is sexy.

Bottom line –  get your ‘ass to the gym’

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