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High bar Barbell Back Squat — 13 points of performance to improve your technique on the squat and reduce the risk of injury. This overview discusses techniques to properly generate core bracing to help prevent lower back pain. This article includes video demonstrations on key squat faults such as “butt winking” and “broken wrist faults.”
Read more13 Performance Tips for High-Bar Barbell Back Squat
The 12 Workouts of Christmas has been one of the toughest and most rewarding workouts we have done. A Big congratulations to our Winners…
Hip Strength and Mobility. Dawn and Paul Present 2 powerful Corrective Exercises for strengthening the hips and groin. These make excellent warmups for beginner and intermediate clients.
Read moreHip Mobility and Groin Stability Correctional Exercises
Our 12 Workouts of Christmas is back featuring 12 amazing exercises. This year, we have included 3 unique workouts. A beginner level, intermediate level, and advanced level. Let’s Get Fit and Healthy this Christmas
I’ve been reading books on Yoga, CrossFit, and Movement for 10 years. Here is my review of the top 200 books on books on CrossFit, Mobility, Yoga, Physical Therapy, Mobility and Personal Training.
Read moreBooks on Yoga Personal Training Mobility Strength CrossFit
Ample Meal Replacement Powder. A well-balanced meal delivery service for people interested in weight loss. Read our review and save 15% with our coupon code.
One of the greatest values I can provide you as a mentor is the ability to see ahead what you cannot. To help prepare you for the challenges that lay ahead. To set you on the right course so that you may improve. To be a source of support when you make mistakes. And to be Relentless in demanding that you improve.
Trifecta Nutrition Meal Delivery Service has a well-balanced meal delivery service for people interested in weight loss. Read our review and save 20% with our coupon code.
The Sand & Steel TEN. A complete Top 10 List of Essential Exercise Techniques that every personal trainer and yoga teacher should know.
A comprehensive fact sheet on water and hydration for performance and weight loss. Podcast with Paul on all the healthy alternatives to plain water
The authors of this post (David and Paul Roberts) discuss varying viewpoints on whether the ketogenic diet should be implemented. Here’s what you need to know about going Keto.
Read moreKetogenic Diet vs the Zone Diet – 2 Authors Clash Opinions
I enjoy teaching and practicing: Bikram Yoga, Rocket Yoga, Astanga Yoga, and Hatha Yoga. These are some of the latest asanas and poses I have been practicing. Through yoga, I have vastly improved my strength, lost weight, and drastically improved my flexibility. I especially love teaching inversions, arm balances, and handstands.
Read moreYoga Poses and Yoga Asanas – Building a Yoga Practice
At Sand & Steel, the majority of my clients are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. Most people start feeling the effects of aging in their mid-thirties, but by age 50 they really start to notice a change. It becomes harder to lose weight, injuries heal slower, and energy levels generally decline. If you are going to be working with clients in this age population, you’ll need to know how to perform a senior fitness assessment. Here’s how it should be done.
Newsletter: Yoga Strong Program, September Sale Ends Soon, Client Appreciation Day Announced.
Revolved Triangle Pose – Parivrtta Trikonasana: Tips and videos on alignment, partner guiding, & yoga sequencing. Improve thoracic spinal mobility.
Fitness Tracker Comparison. Fitness Trackers can track how much food you are eating, how many steps you take, and give an approximation of how many calories you burn. In this article we compare 6 of the best fitness trackers on the market.
Considering buying Pea Protein from Naked Nutrition? Marketing Manager Melissa sent a 30 day supply. We used the whole container, and here’s what we think of Naked’s Pea Protein Powder.
Mobility = POWER! If your body isn’t capable of getting in the right angles and positions, it will obstruct the natural trajectory of the barbell, which is STRAIGHT UP! In this article we will go through a set of stretching exercises that will improve your weightlifting. This set of stretching excercises is a “Swiss Army Knife” that every lifter should always have with them.
TRX Suspension Trainer Programming, Workouts, and Scaling. During the Seminar, we’ll teach you how to perform over 20 TRX exercises such as the atomic pushup and the TRX Pike. We’ll cover scaling options and cover points of performance for safe execution of these exercises. The seminar will feature a detailed comparison of the TRX Suspension Trainer against its closest rivals (Olympic Rings and Jungle Gym Trainer.) We’ll be covering common movement faults and how to use the TRX Suspension Trainer Safely.
The Hang Clean – Break down the power clean and improve your hip extension from the hang. Drills and variants (tall clean, etc) included.
This article discusses the finishing or receiving position for the barbell power clean. More specifically, we’ll be addressing hand and foot placement on the barbell. We will cover points of performance for the front rack. The front squat will also be discussed in detail. Proper performance of a barbell power clean in weightlifting requires mastery of the finishing position discussed infra.
Welcome Coaches Darren and Flavio. Olympic Lifting Seminars coming in August and September. Free Sessions, Private Yoga, Get Steel Strong Special Hours, and more.
Paul on Yoga. Through my practice of Yoga, I have mastered techniques like the handstand and forearms balances. Yoga has brought me strength that I could never develop from weight lifting alone. When I teach private yoga, I customize the lesson to the individual. Unlike other teachers who force you to conform to their program, we write a program designed for you.
Over 25 videos on barbell exercises including power lifting, Olympic lifting, CrossFit, and Bodybuilding
Arm Balance, Handstands, and Inversions Workshop. Workshop covering handstands, inversions, and arm balances. Rocket Yoga and Iyengar Inspired.
Read moreArm Balances and Inversion Weekend with Special Guest, Carson Calhoun
Tom L. wins our Client Transformation of the Month. In just 30 days, Tom L. lost 11 pounds and put on 2 pounds of muscle. Here’s how he did it.
If you are running a gym, bootcamp, or CrossFit Box, you are going to need Gym Management Software. We have been using EZFacility for four years, and here is what we think.
Many Thanks to our Military and Armed Forces for Keeping Us Safe! Let us Help you Stay Strong! Save 15% with Coupon Code: Military Discount . Sale Ends July 31.
Core and Lower Back. Strength & Mobility Workshop. Lower back can be very painful and it’s very challenging to treat. Saturday June 9, 2018 @ 11:00-1:00PM . Methods and techniques for improving strength and mobility in the core lower back. Alignment and Execution of Corrective Exercises and Stretches. Get Ticket
If you are a member of the LGBT community, you can save 15% percent with your personal trainer. 15% off with coupon code: LGBT PRIDE You can use the coupon on personal training, the Starter Pack, and/or our Pride Powerlifting Seminar. Sand & Steel is celebrating Pride Month for our Gay and Lesbian clients. Having a gym and a personal trainer that accepts you for who you are is important to making improvements. This article highlights some of our gay and lesbian clients plus some of our coaches who are part of our LGBT community.
Social Client of the Month $49 Gift Certificate. Congratulations to Victoria for winning our social client of the month. Victoria had the highest number of Facebook shares and Instagram likes.
Supervised Coaching at our Personal Training Studio. Safer Training, Better Results, More Consistent Experience. Two Personal Trainers are Better Than One
Join as us as we celebrate Health with Delray Business Association.
Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 9AM -1PM
Whether you have a shoulder injury like an impingement or need stability exercises for your rotator cuff, the key to helping you get better is strengthening the weakened muscle and mobilizing the relevant fascia. Here are 10 amazing Shoulder Rotator Cuff Exercises and Stretches that you can do with your personal trainer.
Healthy Fats vs Unhealthy Fats. Guest Poster Mar and Paul breakdown what’s healthy, and what’s not.
In this article, we will be discussing the chest fly. We’ll be covering several variations such as Low to Mid Cable Flys, Neutral Grip Cable Flys, Pronated Grip Cable Flys, and 1 Arm Cable Flys. We’ll also compare the Standing Chest Fly and Seated Chest Fly. Finally, we will discuss the role of Pectoris Major and Pectoris Minor in Cable Flys.
Sand & Steel specializes in forging elite personal trainers. The Personal Trainer and Yoga Teacher Manual is your guide for how to train clients, how to scale workouts, how to mobilize muscles and help clients recover from injuries.
The Sand & Steel Fitness Assessment has been constantly developed and refined since we opened our doors in 2014. We have done thousands of these fitness assessments over the course of five years. Here’s what we’ve learned and how we use the Fitness Assessment to build client specific programs.
Read moreFitness Assessment: Building Biomechanics for Weight Lifting
Tough Love, Standards, and how we forge the best coaches in Washington DC. Our blueprint guide to getting consistent client results safely and efficiently.
Read moreHigher Standards for Personal Trainers and Yoga Teachers
Dan R. wins our Client Transformation of the Month. In just 60 days, Dan lost 3 pounds of body fat and gained 2 pounds of muscle. Here’s how he did it.
We wanted to congratulate Luis on building amazing strength in ground breaking time. Barbell clean weight up 75% in 4 weeks. Luis completed one of our must challenging beginner programs. Congratulations Luis!
April 22 Newsletter: 75% Off Drinks, Money Back Guarantee, Memorial Day Sessions, Pride Month, Luis Transformation Story
The CrossFit Scaling Course teaches and tests CrossFit coaches on how to scale exercises and workouts. I finished the course, and here’s what I thought and what I learned.
Read moreCrossFit Scaling Course Certification Review by Paul Roberts
An in-depth review of the Brute Force Sandbag Exercise Equipment + access to our full database on Sandbag Exercises. We’ll be reviewing the Brute Force Brand Sandbag and comparing it to its close competitors Ultimate Sandbag and the Rogue Sandbag. Our Exercise Database features exercises and techniques (over 15 videos). Finally, we cover one of our favorite workouts 📺 using the Brute Force Sandbag.
The MWOD Certification Review by Paul on Movement & Mobility 101. Kelly Starrett’s Movement & Mobility certification is my fifth certification in mobility. Here’s my review of the certification, plus a list of new things I learned from the man himself, Kelly Starrett.
If you are a mobility and movement coach, the MWOD Movement and Mobility Certification is a must have. Yes, it will take some work to finish, but it will help you become a better personal trainer. You will be able to take care of your athletes better and keep them moving safely for years to come.
