Prepare Your Workout Space
Begin by cleaning up the area that you intend to exercise in. If you have children and/or dogs, instruct them to stay out of this area, then tell them 300 more times. Don’t stress though! They won’t listen to you anyway.
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My Journey into SuperTotal Training
I’ve been lifting weights consistently since I was 14. I’ve done bodybuilding programs, CrossFit, powerlifting, and Olympic Weightlifting. Over the last 5 years, my training has been almost exclusively focused on preparing for weightlifting meets and adding kilos to my total. But that’s changed this year.
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I'll be training every 2-3 days, depending on my recovery between sessions. The majority of my training will consist of the squat, bench press, deadlift and overhead press, along with a handful of accessory movements for muscular balance. I'll be focusing most of my accessory work on my upper back and hamstrings, as those are weaknesses for me.
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When I sit back and think of how far we still have to go in North America and all over the world to improve women’s equality and parity in business, I have to admit that when I look at my own experience in business I am beyond fortunate to say that I have it pretty good! I have worked at Blended Athletics for the past 6 years as a coach, programmer and head of staff development. I am a part of a team of senior managers in which 50% of us are women. There is NO discrepancy at Blended as far as what the women earn compared to the men. At Blended there is a daily discussion around how we can make our gym a more welcoming place for women, how to program in a way that allows for men AND women to reach their training goals, and what can we do to make the women in our gym feel empowered. It’s not just our job to help women feel empowered while they are at the gym, it is our MISSION for the women at our gym to take that feeling of empowerment and to carry it with them when they go back to their jobs, their homes, back into society.
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One of the biggest reasons to do loaded carries is to strengthen the core while standing in an upright posture. The core is essentially all of the muscles that work together to support the spine and the pelvis. Having a strong core means that you can maintain a rigid torso and restrict movement at the spine. This allows you to effectively transfer power from the legs and hips into the bar when squatting, into the shoulders and arms when throwing, or to produce the maximal force during almost any athletic activity.
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