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Strategies for Exercise Adherence

Strategies to Enhance Adherence to your Goals Brandon Partin - NASM CPT, VC Introduction When it comes to setting goals it can often be difficult and complicated. Goal setting takes a lot of practice and needs to be done in a specific way to where your goals can be achievable and realistic to reach said goal. How to set your goals There is a blueprint that comes to creating goals that can be completed and it can be followed by an acronym known as SMART goals. SMART is defined as Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic , and Timely . This is an acronym you need to base your goals on for them to be completed. Specific simply means that you want your goal to be clearly defined, which means you don’t want your goals to be too vague. Measurable means that you want your goal to be tracked. This means having data to back it by journaling and keeping a log of what you’ve completed. Attainable/Achievable simply means that the goal needs to have a middle ground between not bein...

Why is Flexibility Training Important?

Why is flexibility training important? Brandon Partin - NASM CPT, VC Introduction Flexibility Training is one of the most important and fundamental training regimens when it comes to fitness. It is essential to correct any muscle imbalances, improper posture. enhancing overall stability and balance and so much more! How do we define flexibility? What exactly is it? Flexibility itself is defined as normal extensibility otherwise known as the capability to be elongated or stretched of the soft tissue allowing for complete range of motion or known as ROM . There can be a wide variety of factors that can influence flexibility, here are some of them as follows: Genetics, Joint Structure, Sex, Age, Body Composition, Activity Level and so on. What happens if we have poor flexibility? Poor flexibility can lead to something known as relative flexibility and this is where the body will seek the past of least resistance for functional movements. Relative flexibi...

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