Pissed Off Personal Trainer

Many elements of the fitness industry seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time convincing people, especially women, that they are weak. How often to you see fitness equipment for sale that is supposed to make things easier? Or tiny little dumbells and kettlbells that aren't even heavy enough to hold a door open? The image to the left has a half kilo dumbell! Unless you are recovering from an injury or have a serious injury I can not think of a single exercise were that weight would be appropriate. So if a weight isn't heavy enough to hold a door open yet you are perfectly capable of pushing or pulling that door open then logically you are strong enough to lift a heavier weight. This is the crux of the matter as even people who haven't ever lifted a dumbell before still move heavy items multiple times a day. It may be opening a door, shopping bags, children or even just moving themselves. I have lost count of how many times I have, for example, s...

Let be blunt, people are fucking addicted to core training. For years this was based on the false premise of localised/spot fat reduction. This was a concept spread by liars, and still is. However, the majority of people now know that training your core does not burn belly fat. So why on earth do some people spend so much time on their cores? Many work on the 'I know it wont burn any fat, but it can't hurt' principle. Well that’s bollucks because it can: ...some believe that repeated spine flexion is a good method to train the flexors (the rectus abdominis and the abdominal wall). Interestingly, these muscles are rarely used in this way because they are more often used to brace while stopping motion. Thus, they more often act as stabilizers than flexors. Furthermore, repeated bending of the spinal discs is a potent injury mechanism– Stuart McGill PhD So it can actually physically hurt and the time wasted could be used to properly train those muscles or prepare some ...