Dead lifting is one of the best exercises you can perform to increase your core strength and postural muscles. However many people have heard the saying ‘don’t dead lift, its bad for your back.’ Anything done without awareness and improper technique can be bad for you. You wouldn’t cross the street without looking both ways […]
April is Deadlift Month! Director for Agatsu Strength and Speed Tyson LaRone will be giving you weekly tips to help you get the most out of your training. Deadlifting is one of the most important foundational lifts you should be training for injury mitigation. It increases core stability, strength and improves your posture, which will […]
Having looked more closely at the foot structure, common mobility restrictions and how they might influence function up the kinetic chain, let’s round out our month of exploring feet with some application of what we’ve learned. What can we do with this information? 1-Start With Regular Joint Mobility Checks. Begin at the toes, moving up […]
If you’ve been keeping up with what we’re sharing, you’ve gotten to know your feet a little better. You have massaged your feet and noticed how the muscles connect to the main bones and wiggled and stretched your toes. You’ve balanced on one leg and walked around barefoot, to feel how you move across the […]
Here is our second instalment of How To Fix Your Feet by Sarah Woods. Firstly, if you want to fix something you have to assess what is going on before you can address it. Foot Dynamics What are the parts & functions? Each foot contains 26 bones, or roughly a quarter of the total bones […]
All March, we’re going to be doing a deep dive into feet because they are so important. By Senior Instructor Sarah Woods Let’s talk about some basics. When you wake up, you stretch out in bed and likely wiggle your toes. Then, swing your legs over the edge of the bed and your feet hit […]
Your Guide to Exercise for Fat Loss By Senior Instructor Tania Tetrault Vrga This is the most common question we get from people new to exercise. So we have put together a few tips to help you along your journey. Though fat loss is often the primary reason people start an exercise program, let me […]
Tyson LaRone, Strength & Speed Director and Senior Kettlebell Instructor “Functional Fitness”. A term so widely used and abused that I’ve almost grown to hate it, but at its core it refers to exactly what we are all striving for at Agatsu, which is to teach people to “train in a way that is safe […]
Growing up we were told to ‘stand up straight’ , ‘No sloughing’ & ‘Pay attention”. Well this is more important than you may think. Good posture supports good health both mentally and physically. Having better spinal alignment helps reduce pain in the body as it mitigates excess strain on your joints and muscles. Less pain, more gain. Better posture also helps […]
By Tania Tetrault Vrga I get it. It’s intimidating. Maybe you are brand new to the whole fitness thing, or maybe it’s been awhile since you set foot in the gym or joined an activity. Maybe you are waiting for the perfect time to start. You tell yourself that you just need to get in […]