Body Weight Exercise Program: Exercises You Can Do at Home
The Lunge, Pushup, and Warrior 3 Pose. Sand & Steel breaks down these movements and shows you how to do them right. Sample Workout Included with Videos
Personal Training
Welcome to our Personal Trainer Resources section. If you are looking to learn about hiring a personal trainer in Alexandria, you’ve come to the right place. All of the articles you’ll find here are written by Personal Trainers in Old Town Alexandria.
Beginner Warm-up and Workout Program
Summary of Beginner Workout & Warm-up
Building beginner level programming can be challenging. Here’s a sample exercise workout that we’ve used with great success with hundreds of clients.
Finding the Best Personal Trainer
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Squat Warm-up Routine
Squat Warm-up Routine:
Warming up is essential to have a productive workout, and to limit injury risk. Their are many different styles of warm-ups, but today we are going to focus on a squat warm-up routine for mobility and flexibility. Before you get to the barbell or kettlebell it is important to get the body ready for action. You may not feel that you have any tight adductors or groin muscles, but they still could be holding back you squats. If you have the classic Butt Wink or limited squat depth then something is tight or not firing. Take the time to warm up and get your body set for squats. Squats a a great strength move and proper execution is key.
Transitioning From Exercising to Training
Is your workout routine really working for you? Are you conflating getting sweaty with getting results (e.g. an exercise routine vs training program)? Here are some tips to help you transition from simply working out, to building yourself a real workout program.
Strength Training Foundation Movements
There are 8 basic strength movements: the Squat, Lunge, Hinge, Push, Pull, Arc/Hollow, Twist/Resist Twist, and Gait. We’ll cover these techniques and discuss the proper form to do them safely. We’ll also discuss various techniques to test muscle function by selecting members from the audience, and demonstrating how to test for proper neural control of muscles, and how to utilize strength training to restore and improve muscle function.
Thanksgiving Workout
Traveling for the holidays? We have a great bodyweight workout for you!
Start with the Appetizer (warm-up) and go to town!
Medicine Ball Workout
Travelling For the Holidays
Don’t have a kettle bell to workout with? — No Problem
Medicine Ball are almost ubiquitous and can make for great calorie burning workouts. Here’s a sample workout you can do in about 30 minutes.
5 Functional Trainer Moves
5 Favorite Functional Trainer Exercises
Lat Pull Down • Chest Support Row • Face Pull • Tricep Pushdown • Reverse Fly with Rear Lunge
CrossFit Vs Orange Theory: Battle of the Orange Heart Rate Zone
We break down the differences between Orange Theory and CrossFit. Plus we’ll explain how you can do these style workouts at home or with your personal trainer.
Strength Training Equipment – Barbell vs Dumbbell vs Kettlebell vs Sandbell
The Barbell, Dumbbell, Kettle Bell, Sand Bell, and Club Bell go head-to-head in this strength training equipment showdown. Download our decision chart, and buy the right piece of equipment for your budget.
Personal Trainer: Tax Deduction, Insurance Coverage, and The Letter of Medical Necessity
Getting a Tax Deduction and Health Insurance Coverage for your Personal Training
Wondering if you can deduct personal training sessions a taxable deduction? What if you could actually have your insurance cover it? Step one is to use our Online Letter of Medical Necessity Generator. You’ll also find a sample PDF of Letter Medical Necessity to hand to your doctor.
Personal Training Conditioning Workouts Alexandria VA
Attention Personal Trainers — Looking for some conditioning workouts for your personal training clients? We’ve got your hook up here. Here’s 10 amazing personal trainer conditioning workouts that you can do with your client.
12 Days of Christmas Workout 2016
Traveling for the Holidays? Tackle this bodyweight Christmas themed workout.
InBody 570 Accuracy vs the Omron HBF-514 Accuracy
Fat Analyzer Showdown. InBody Body Composition Scanning
Transformation Series III – Boxed-In
Transformation Series III:
Tested, Toughened, and Ready To Tear you apart!
View 30 Amazing Workouts!