What to Expect When Hiring a Personal Trainer

The title of this blog post should actually be changed to “What to Expect When Hiring a Good Personal Trainer.” Unfortunately, not all personal trainers are created equal because the process of acquiring an education to become one is not standardized. Technically, anyone with a spare grand of cash and fairly decent memorization and testing

How to Build an Hourglass Body

There are certainly more important things to be concerned with in life than aesthetics, however, it would be naive to not acknowledge how much appearance can improve your self confidence. The latest fixation in mainstream media is the attainment of an hourglass shape, particularly for women-identifying people. This entails a heavy top and bottom shape

How to Create a Training Program Using Movement Patterns

When creating a well-rounded strength training program, it’s important to know the basic movement patterns associated with different major muscle groups in order to develop a balanced physique. Core movement patterns that cover the entire body include: Squats – Quads and Glutes Hinges – Glutes and Hamstrings Horizontal Hip Extension – Glutes and Hamstrings  Vertical

How to Design Your Own Strength Training Program

#1 Establish Your Personal Strength Training Goals  Check out my latest blog post about training goals: https://coachtashay.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/getting-bigger-or-getting-stronger/ It is important to establish whether you want to focus on getting bigger or getting stronger through strength training. Both can occur simultaneously, however, gains in strength must occur first before gains in muscular size. With altering training