Comments for Freestyle Fitness Addiction

Comment on Grad School, Fighting, Figure, Etc~ by Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:47:58 +0000

I am so proud of you! So glad you’re back! Good luck with school; I”m planning to go to
back in January if I can get $- and am so anxious and excited!!! I agree with April-
post videos!

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo)

Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:54:18 +0000

Thanks for bringing this to the blogosphere- I have heard it only once from a trainer but never saw it in ‘print’! Great job!

Comment on Grad School, Fighting, Figure, Etc~ by april

april — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:11:19 +0000

Yay your back posting!!

I can’t wait until you start fighting for real.. because of course you’ll get videos right??

Hope your other classes were better!!

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:45:27 +0000

I love that stretch! Actually, I love that picture of you in the doorway! How are you doing? Haven’t heard from you in awhile, and was randomly thinking of you this morning! Have a fantastic Saturday!
XOXO
Barbara

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by Heather (Where's the Beach)

Heather (Where's the Beach) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:23:30 +0000

I do have tight hip flexors due to a very old ballet injury that I never quite got balanced out. I will definitely start to concentrate on making sure I’m not bending forward. I sit almost all day as well and I know that does not do me any good. I have been splitting up leg workouts even, 1 day being ham and glute focused. My booty is getting higher/tighter, but hams still not there at all. I have been doing roll-ins and hip lifts on the ball for glute, outer thigh, inner thigh, dead lifts, step ups, alternating front lunges, front leg elevated lunges, you name it….

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by admin

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:25:09 +0000

A few things to consider, Heather…first of all, posture. Do you have anterior pelvic tilt/tight hip flexors? If so, you may be leaning forward onto your quads as opposed to tucking your pelvis, which activates your glutes. So you may want to make sure your hip flexors are appropriately lengthened, and you exhibit proper posture. After that, you can do glute isolation exercises firstly to activate them, such as side lying leg raises, clamshells, stability ball wall leg raises, stability ball kickbacks, supermans, bridges, single leg bridges, etc…once they are activated, then we work on integration. We work the glutes in the context of movement patterns, such as tube walking, lunges, squats, single leg squats, etc. Following the progression of LENGTHEN, then ACTIVATE, then INTEGRATE leads to more success. Have you tried this? Let me know!

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:17:16 +0000

I love that stretch in the doorway!

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by Heather (Where's the Beach)

Heather (Where's the Beach) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:07:33 +0000

Great post. I am most def. quad dominant no matter how much work I seem to do for the hams. I’m at a loss basically as to what to do to fix the problem.

Comment on Most of You: Pull More, Push Less. by april

april — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:24:23 +0000

Awesome post.. I’ve been wondering about a lot of this! I noticed I’ve been kind of like a hunch back lately.. I’m thinking it’s probaly tight pecs from sitting all day. Better stretch!!

P.S. Love the pics!!

Comment on Time Management Reflection by april

april — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:21:30 +0000

I agree with lindsay! Priorities are always important and should be taken into consideration when making decisions!