Tag: strength training

Functional Fitness

crossfit, fitness, functional health, transformation

Tiffany's avatarQuiet Gardens & Raging Seas

In August of 2017, my friend Jessie who is a Coach at a local Crossfit gym, invited me and back squat weightsseveral friends to a class she was teaching that was starting in September called Get Fit! I had tried a number of things over the years of young motherhood to manage my diet and fitness, like running and yoga and learning more about how to cook and eat in a balanced manner. I had run a number of 5K and 10K races and I frequently would run my energetic dog for exercise.

I was very intrigued by Crossfit when I started to meet more and more women who were involved in it and who had transformed their physical appearance by working out at Crossfit gyms. I had previously assumed this was a guy thing and that it would be ridiculously hard-too hard for me to ever succeed at as…

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Understanding the Strength vs. Flexibility Conundrum

Flexibility, PNF, range of motion, ROM, squat, static active stretch, strength, wall kick

Jacob's avatarMA UNLOCKED

I found a common concern that’s raised in martial arts circles regarding strength training and its effects on flexibility on a recent Reddit post.  Let’s read:

I’ve been struggling for years to find a balance between building muscle (especially legs) through weight training and improving flexibility. I feel like I’ve tried everything, or maybe i just wasn’t patient enough. I would train legs through weighted squats, then I’m so sore and tight (especially hamstrings) i cannot stretch probably for most of a week. So i would start to get bigger legs but then my flexibility and kicking would go down hill. Then i would freak out and back off weight training and focus on flexibility again but then my legs never seem to grow. I know it’s possible to do both within reason, are there others who have had similar experiences and if so how did you work around…

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