What is Functional Training?
In order to perform most sports and physical activities, you need a base level of fitness. Whether you play soccer or basketball or you are training for a marathon, it is an essential component of any … Read More
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Creating workouts that are personalized to your body
Everyone has their own journey in life, it usually consists of ups and downs. If you are like me, when you are “up” you feel strong, confident and healthy! When you’re “down” you feel weak, … Read More
The benefits of using a tempo in your workouts
High Intensity Training (HIT) is a method of training that focuses on slow, quality movements. At Muscles in Motion, your trainer creates a full body routine that includes approximately 8-12 exercises.
Each exercise that you … Read More
Does the order of exercises matter?
When completing a resistance training session, it is typically best for the sequencing to first focus on large muscles and complex exercises and then progress down to smaller muscle groups and isolated exercises.
Your bigger muscle groups are your hamstrings, … Read More
The truth: how quality sleep affects your workouts.
The better rested you are, the better your mind and body function — and that includes at the gym.
Adequate sleep has been proved to help motivate people to stick to their exercise plans and work out the … Read More
Keeping your muscles under tension while lifting weights.
The significance of knowing the amount of time your muscles spend under tension in your workout.Tracking your time during each exercise is more accurate than simply reaching a specific set of reps. Being accurate will help … Read More
Proper Breathing is essential during your workout!
Think of breathing as part of good form during your workout.
Why does it matter?
Using proper breathing techniques ensure adequate amounts of oxygen and iron are getting to your blood, muscles and brain.
The … Read More
Is It Necessary to do a Warm-Up Set?
When performing high intensity strength training using proper form and a slow, controlled speed of motion additional warm up sets are almost never necessary. In most cases they provide little or no benefit while wasting time … Read More
The Benefit of Single Set Training
A single set is a performed with the greatest possible effort and concentration, where you continue moving the weight until further movement becomes impossible. In other words, a single set is one performed with a … Read More
The Value of Supervision in the Gym
Have you ever walked into a gym and felt so overwhelmed you turned around and walked back out? ?Not only are there a lot of machines, bands & dumbbells to choose from at the gym…There … Read More