FUNCTIONAL TRAINING WOMENS BLOG
Women's Fitness Training and Gym in Brookvale, Northern Beaches.
The squat is an essential movement to not only any strength and fitness program but also for everyday functional movement....
If you watch any toddler, you'll see them perform a perfect squat technique to pick object off the ground and stand back up. Our bodies are made to be able to perform this movement...
Last week our amazing member Jully Andrade came up to me and said what's the point of weight training?
There are so many scientific benefits, but it led us to the following discussion...
Jully said :
Are you getting told you have overactive or tight upper traps in training?
Do you find you get tension headaches or that your upper traps are super tight during the day?
In this video, we teach you to:
🍑🍑🍑 It's time to create buns of steel! 🍑🍑🍑
Coach Elle and Coach Gee take you through a bunch of easy exercises you can do to activate your glutes!
Why? To make sure your glutes are working optimally in big compound movements like squats and deadlifts!
There aren't too many things in life which bug me, but the perpetual fear of women ‘getting too bulky’ if they lift weights is one them.
There are a few reasons for this; shall we have an in-depth look?
Gymnastics movements can be hard!
Especially as women, we rarely get the chance to build up our upper body strength...
But the good news is if you use your muscles they will get stronger even if you have very little upper body strength now! 💪💪💪
Ever feel like you're on the rowing machine and you can never quite get those meters to tick over faster? 🚣♀️🚣♀️🚣♀️
You see the person next to you gliding easily keeping a split of 2.00 or below and you're stuck up at 2.30???
Do you find you have tight shoulders?
Perhaps you're finding it hard to hit the correct overhead position in training?
Or sitting at a desk all day is causing you discomfort?
Weightlifting and being strong are becoming increasingly popular among women! 🏋️♀️🏋️♀️
Gone are the days we get told to just "go for a run" to get fit. We now know and feel the awesome benefits lifting weights has on our bodies minds and souls!
We all love a bit of #fitspo.
The tanned skin, the bright Nikes, booty shorts and colourful crops. It’s all very alluring and sexy. However, is it damaging our self-confidence?
As a coach, trainer, and owner of a women’s gym I am extremely concerned about some of the fitness inspiration that seems to be trolling the internet.
