A great way to build balanced lower body strength! Knee Dominant Unilateral Progression UpFit Training Academy Jacob O’Connor, Brian Santanelli Personal training and group fitness programs often take advantage of unilateral movements. Unilateral is just our way of saying using one side of the body at a time. These movements require a degree of balance […]
It’s Time to Strengthen Your Strongest Joint The Importance of Hip Strength and Stability UpFit Training Academy Jacob O’Connor, Brian Santanelli The importance of strong and stable hips cannot be overemphasized. Whether it be for performance, aesthetics, or general health the hips should be a focus for the majority of personal training programs. The hips […]
Sick of Slouching? It’s Time to Build Your Back Perfect Your Posture with These Movements UpFit Training Academy Jacob O’Connor, Brian Santanelli Personal training and small group programs are often designed with the goal of improving muscular strength. As important as muscular strength is, maintaining a balance is perhaps just as essential. One of […]
The Importance of Upper Body Strength UpFit Training Academy Jacob O’Connor, Brian Santanelli For many people upper body strength is not among their top priorities or goals in regards to their personal training. While this aspect of fitness may not be as focused on as others such as weight loss, it’s importance should not be […]
There’s a reason most people regain the weight lost after a successful dieting period. Diets are not sustainable. Our body is smart enough to revert back to our previous heavier selves. There’s got to be a better way; a long term, lifestyle approach that can keep weight “yo-yo” ing at bay. In comes the idea […]
The Importance of Proper Hip Hinge Mechanics Combating Back Pain with Strength Upfit Training Academy -Jacob O’Connor, Brian Santanelli- The vast majority of us have experienced back pain at some point in our lives. The individuals who haven’t yet experienced back pain are lucky outliers among a sea of people who at some degree share […]
Different backgrounds, experiences, strengths, weaknesses, and stories. Leg lengths, hand sizes, past injuries, fears, motivations, and dreams. Fitting square pieces into round holes will rub squares the wrong way. Can we mold our plan of fitness and health to collaborate and work with our multi shaped clients? This doesn’t mean straying away from the […]
Building a Strong Foundation for Fundamental Movement UpFit Training Academy – Squat Progression Jacob O’Connor Unfortunately, the word basic is commonly interpreted as easy or unchallenging. Too often we are influenced by snippets of physical feats performed for social media. Impressive as they are, most of this content is made for views rather than results […]
What does protein have to do with it? At first apprehensive about showing her picture, Jill decided that her story was worth sharing! This is Jill with Wes, and this is what she said to me when I asked her how she dropped 40 lbs since training with us… “Well coming here to workout, […]
What does protein have to do with it? At first apprehensive about showing her picture, Jill decided that her story was worth sharing! This is Jill with Wes, and this is what she said to me when I asked her how she dropped 40 lbs since training with us… “Well coming here to workout, […]
