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Timonium Personal Training Blog
by Stephen Holt, Timonium Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach
Core Training Exercise – UEFT
UEFT stands for Upper Extremity Functional Test. [Back off, PTs. We're not using this as a true test.] The UEFT (sometimes called CKCUEST or Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity...
At-Home Core Training Exercise – Banana
The "Banana" is a simple core training exercise anyone can do at home. It fits in the "Core f/t" section in our 3-4-5 Total Body Fitness System. It works your true core (abs AND...
Core Training Exercise – Woodchop
The Woodchop is one of the fundamental transverse plane/rotation exercises. Here's how you do it: Grab the handle with both hands and stand sideways relative to the cable. Assume...
1-Arm Horizontal Row – Timonium Personal Trainer
The 1-Arm Horizontal Row obviously fits into our 1-Arm Pull in our Strength Training Matrix. HOW TO DO IT Grab the handle of the cable machine and take a large step backward. Sit...
Do This Core Exercise at Home
This is one of my "favorite" core exercises. (Although you know any thinking trainer will tell you what the trainer likes is nearly irrelevant.) Anyway ... One of the biggest of...
What “Personalized Fitness for Women Over 40” Really Means
People ask me this question all the time: “You say 29 Again specializes in ‘Personalized Fitness and Nutrition for Women over 40,” but exactly how is what you do different?” The...
Home Core Training Exercise – Unsupported Heel Slide
A loyal client at my Timonium gym recently asked me : "How Can I Train My Core Muscles at Home?" I recommended this simple home core training exercise [suitable for beginners] we...
What You Asked For: Nutrition Coaching
[actual ProCoaching client] Here's what you asked for. But first ... In last week's survey, everyone (yep, 100.00 %) implied they know exactly what exercises to do. Really?...