Nutrition Seminar & Workout – OPEN TO ALL When: This Saturday the 18th at 11am Where: Capital Strength & ConditioningWhat: A one hour educational talk on how to eat for your fitness goals plus a one hour group boot camp workout following. All FREE! Bring your nutrition questions and wear workout gear for a fun group […]
Tri-set Upper Body Pulling
play A tri-set exercise group helps you smash your pulling musculature and upper body.In the video, Coach Matt is pairing chin ups, close grip rows and curls to work his lats, biceps and upper backStart with the most challenging movement, for 8-10 reps (chin ups)Do the medium range exercise, for 8-12 reps (landmine row)Finishing with […]
Personal Trainer Techniques: How to Fix Bench Press Shoulder Pain
play Showing you how to fix shoulder pain stemming from bad shoulder position while bench pressing:(1:00) Showing you how to improve the tissue quality on the back of your shoulder using a lacrosse ball.(2:00) Demonstrating exercises & stretches that will help improve your range of motion and internal rotation.Don’t let your bench press suffer, use […]
Tricep & Bench Builders: The JM Press
Demonstrating the JM Press: a hybrid between a close grip bench press and a skull crusher. → Set up at a bench with a shoulder width grip or a bit narrower→ Un-rack the bar and lock it out over your shoulders, keep elbows in while lowering the bar towards the next / chin area and drive […]
Personal Trainer Techniques: Dumbbell Curl-Press Complex
play Coach Matt demonstrates a curl-press complex: A great and effective way to smash your biceps, triceps and shoulders in one effective circuit. Here’s the blueprint:Curl to press (6-10 reps)Move on to presses (6-10 reps)Finish with curls (6-10 reps)This circuit allows you to move to a muscle group that is not as fatigued as the previous […]
Personal Training Tips: Lower Body Workout Finisher
Personal Training Tips: Lower Body Workout Finisher Showing you a great finisher that will provide a metabolic blast and give your muscle a great stimulus at the end of your workout. → (00:23)Dumbbell Walking Lunges. → (00:30) Reverse Lunges. → (00:45)Dumbbell Squats. → (1:11) Warrior Sit-ups.
Personal Trainer Techniques: Body Saw & Body Saw Curl
In this installment of personal trainer techniques, Matt and Elise demonstrate two advanced plank variations: the body saw and the body saw curl. This movement requires slider pads that reduce friction from the ground. If you don’t have furniture sliders, you can use suspension trainer like a TRX. However, furniture sliders can be found easy […]
Personal Trainer Matt Benching a New Personal Record!
Over the weekend, personal trainer and strength coach Matt hit a new personal best on the bench press. He has been recovering from achilles tendon rupture surgery. Using correct leg drive has been challenging since the injury, but now things are finally coming together! He ended up hitting 285lbs x 1 later that day. Here […]
