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Not Getting Results in the Gym and Always Injured? Your Eyes Maybe to Blame!

We are multisensory individuals, meaning that we don’t just depend on our physical body to coordinate movements, but rather that coordination is dependent on the quality of the information from multiple systems and sensors. Most commonly people try and improve movement by training someone to move better, or by “releasing” tight areas of the body, even certified trainers and therapists do this as it is standard protocol. If our inability to move well is due to the lack of integration between these [...]

February 11, 2019 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments

Using Eccentric Training To Maximize Workouts

Many people do not focus on the tempo of each repetition. They lower the weight as fast as they pick the weight up and fail to understand that muscles must be stimulated under a specific time under tension to elicit muscle hypertrophy. There are three types of muscle contractions in a movement Eccentric contraction is lengthening of a muscle, also known as “breaking” or lowering the weight. Isometric contraction is when the muscle develops tension while its length remains unchanged. Concentric contraction is shortening of the [...]

December 13, 2018 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments

Improving Your Squat 101 – 4 Must Use Tips

There is no question that in order to perform a squat, you need healthy ankles, knees and hips. Muscle imbalances can develop in the majority of the sedentary population who sits on a chair all day. This can affect your ability to perform a safe and effective squat. If your hip flexors are dysfunctional, it will cause excessive flexion in the lumbar spine, pulling your torso forward. Squatting with tight psoas resembles something closer to a Good Morning knee bend [...]

November 28, 2018 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments

Want To Lose Muscle, Gain Fat & Be Less Healthy? – Do Cardio

For the general public, most of us exercise to improve our physical appearance or improve general health and prevent disease. What does the general population do to get to their goal? We often hear: running, cycling, swimming, or any other moderate-intensity, prolonged, steady-state aerobic activity. You can easily spot this demographic walking into any commercial or residential gym. Those who continue to run, swim, and cycle further and more frequently are losing muscle; and as it continues to decline they’re [...]

November 27, 2018 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments

Rapid Fat Loss For Men Lower Body – Sample Workout Included

Need to lose fat fast? Try this… Below is a sample routine we provide to men looking to lose fat rapidly. Please note that these clients already have high levels of fitness, are structurally balanced meaning they can maintain perfect execution through a full range of motion on exercises like squats, deadlifts, presses, etc. If you are super motivated and proficient with execution, then give it a try and let us know how you feel after it! Here is the workout and [...]

October 19, 2018 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments

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Rapid Fat Loss For Women Lower Body – Sample Workout Included

Interested in Rapid Fat Loss? Below is a sample routine we provide to women looking to lose fat rapidly. Please note that these clients already have high levels of fitness, are structurally balanced meaning they can maintain perfect execution through a full range of motion on exercises like squats, deadlifts, presses, etc. If you are super motivated and proficient with execution, then give it a try and let us know how you feel after it! Here is the workout and provided you [...]

October 18, 2018 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments

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The Top 3 Glute Exercises You Must Train!

When it comes to glute training most people opt-in for a variety of banded isolation exercises or super heavy compound lifts like squats. The reality is you must look at the anatomy and function of the glutes and select exercises and emphasize the execution that will help you develop the most pain-free! This article with explains 3 exercises which target the glutes in the “short” range where the area of most opportunity is and where so many people miss! Anatomy There are 3 [...]

October 11, 2018 By Link Integrated Health Training 0 Comments