It’s important to workout, it’s important to be consistent, and it’s important to do it right. These are all things that most of us know, but unfortunately, the questions can often be, “What do I actually do?” What are the most effective exercises to do? How should I warm-up? How many sets and reps should…
Walk into any gym and what is one of the main components that stands out the most? A giant rack of Dumbbells that runs the length of the gym. This is, of course, a must for any gym, but it takes up a tonne of space. If you workout at home, or want to start…
Welcome to our 10th post at youtrainyou.com! If you have been following along, around the time we wrote our 4th post, we started to introduce the actual exercises Shelley and I use ourselves when we train, as well as the exercises we use with our personal training clients. We have covered a lot of material,…
Do you know how to cook the perfect steak on the BBQ? I wouldn’t consider myself a great cook by no means, but I can cook a mean steak, at least that’s what Shelley tells me. Why am I talking about cooking a steak in a post about how to warm-up before strength training? Well…
Have you ever had a massage? How did you feel after? Pretty good right? You feel a little (or a lot) more relaxed, and your muscles that were worked on feel loosened up. Drive around in your local town and notice how many Massage Therapy Clinics there are. Have a look at how many Physiotherapy…
In one of our previous posts, we discussed the Pro’s and Con’s of working out at home vs. working out in a gym. The article was based on our own personal experiences with both, but we determined a resounding winner for working out at home. If you are with us on this, then great. So…
I guess the title implies you should read Part 1 of this little series of posts. You can still definitely gain some valuable information from reading this second part alone, but I do strongly recommend reading part 1. If you are planning to continue reading anyway, then let me give you brief rundown of what…
Following up on our last post, we thought it would be a good idea to talk about how training your core to gain enhanced stability is also critical for those of you out there with lower back pain. Over the 12 years that I have worked as a personal trainer, my niche tended to gravitate…
No More Crunches? Sit-ups? Russian Twists? Bicycles? Side-Bends? How will I ever train my core and get a six-pack? First of all, no amount of core training exercises is going to give you a six-pack. If you want to start getting closer to a six-pack, then start laying off the six-packs! I’m just messing around,…
Hi I’m Shelley. In case you haven’t noticed, Rodney has been doing all the writing on our site so far. You will soon find out, Rodney is the technical one and I’m the real one. Well, he’s real too, just not as much as me, but that’s why it works for us. He can help…
