Push-ups are hard! I know. 

So what do we do when something is hard? 

We slowly build up to it. We don’t throw ourselves into the exercise, doing as many repetitions as our workout buddy, who’s been doing 50 Push-ups a day for the past 20 years.

We’re smart. 

We start small. 

We don’t go all th...

A pet peeve of mine is fitness trainers overusing training tips. A big one that I’ve found is when they tell you to, “Pull Your Shoulders Down.” Although it is good advice, because of all the sitting and typing we do these days, you don’t want it to run your life. You don’t want your body to forget ...

Squeezing your shoulder blades together or pulling the shoulders back is something taught and retaught for every exercise we seem to do. Overdoing it can be a bad thing, so we should try and find some middle ground.

If you have a very round upper back (think hump) then you do need to think of this ...

If you have been following my previous blog posts, you’ll know that I’ve talked about posture on more than one occasion. That’s because how we hold ourselves most of the time, is how our body develops. It starts innocently with a habit. Whether it’s the overuse of smartphones, being stuck at a desk ...