Found a new potential facility in Macclesfield, have all the new kit ready to be ordered and am in talks with Anvil Strength about them designing our customised rigs. Working from a much larger facility will allow us to be open to gym members 7 days a week and our instructors will be taking multiple large scale [...]
The Box Squat. Seems to be like Marmite. People either love them or hate them. Some strength and conditioning coaches will steer very clear of them, claiming that, amongst other things, they provide no athletic benefit due to the knee-shin-hip angle and most people will claim that it has no carry over what so ever [...]
When I get new clients in looking to train, often the movement/exercise that needs the most attention is the squat. It is essential that the squat is taught to all clients, even if a clients goal is to build upper body strength... They still have to squat down to pick up the weights. The squat is [...]
By Ash Cox - 5S Coach / Redwood Performance. So, you’ve been on a program for weeks, possibly months on end. There has been ups and downs PBs set and records broken. The programme has been followed to the letter! So you test, adjust and start the whole process again. This time round you start [...]
I'm doing anywhere from 20-30 hours of 1 to 1 Personal Training a week and most of my sessions take place in the 5S Functional Fitness Facility in Macclesfield (When training in the facility it is just the coach and the client). One of my real passions is taking group sessions and classes, especially when I'm [...]
Been doing quite a lot of sports therapy work on shoulders recently... Its comes hand in hand when working with clients that do a lot of resistance training or take part in sports which involve a lot of upper body work (Such as boxing). The most common of the issues I see involve the Rotator [...]
Have a try of my workout today focused primarily on strength in the posterior chain, core and a final intensity session at the end aimed at improving anaerobic function. The main lift is done at a percentage of 1 rep max. Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) gives you more flexibility with the weights, the scale runs [...]
Have a try of my workout today focused primarily on strength in the posterior chain, core and a final intensity session at the end aimed at improving anaerobic function. The main lift is done at a percentage of 1 rep max. Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) gives you more flexibility with the weights, the scale runs [...]
There's several lifts in the gym that come to mind when we want to predict values of strength. Some of the more obvious ones are the Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Strict Press and all their variants. Then we have more niche lifts that measure power as well as strength. Obvious ones in this category are [...]
I don't do a great deal of home visit sports therapy sessions just due to the fact that I spend most of my time instructing at the 5S Functional Fitness Facility and working in the 5S Sports Therapy Clinic in Macclesfield. Home visits are a great option for clients who prefer to have their sports therapist come to [...]
