“Where focus goes, energy flows.” When positive psychology began making a name for itself as a new field of research in the early 2000s, people flocked to book shelves to purchase its promise of happiness. At the core, we want to flourish and feel elated at all times, but without its contrast, can we really appreciate or understand what happiness …
5 Mistakes to Avoid in Deficit Training
If you ever wondered how to get more bang out of an exercise you already know and love, the deficit is where it’s at. Long before I became a trainer, deficit training wasn’t even on my radar. The only way I knew how to progress an exercise like the squat or lunge was to make the weight heavier or more …
5 Reasons You Should (or Shouldn’t) Back Squat
Over the years, I’ve grown to love squatting. I love how this exercise challenges me, pushes me, and has given me very strong legs. At my peak, I was squatting 190lbs for reps, and it was thrilling to see the weights go up as I grew more proficient with the lift. Eventually, a back injury reared its ugly head and …
Exercise You Should be Doing: The bird-dog plank row
There are only a few things in life that excite me. They are: My dog Coffee Other dogs Top Gun on repeat That just about sums up the “Trish’s Favorite Things” list, except when I uncover a new exercise that is so cool and badass like today’s Bird-dog plank row. What is it: An advanced variation of a few exercises …