Maintaining Balanced Athlete's
Jack is performing a "reverse fly" by sinking his bodyweight forward and pulling the TRX with straight arms to focus on the posterior part of his deltoid.
This exercise is an auxiliary exercise during one of Jack's upper body workout.
At GE we believe that we can work opposite muscles rather than talk between sets of BIG LIFTS (Bench-Squat-Deadlift), therefore making every workout somewhat of a "cardio" workout because your heart rate remains elevated - like it IS in a game!
Although we refer our client's to Physical Therapists if our athlete's are injured, our staff pride itself on keeping them balanced and playing injury-free.
We try to strengthen Jack's posterior upper body because he is very strong in his front deltoids and we need to ensure that his muscles work together so he does not become imbalanced.
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LOWER ABS & HIP FLEXOR EXERCISES!
Above is Brian performing RACK - LEG RASIES for his lower abs, hip flexors and lower back. Because he is only using a stability ball to balance on...the abs and back have to work in unison and overtime in order to balance on the ball and perform this exercise.
Hockey players use their abs and hips so often that these muscle groups have to be a major focal point in any pre-season routine to maximize injury prevention while they are on the ice.
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IN-SEASON - STRONG TO THE CORE!
Katie is performing a 60 sec. Pilates Ring Squeeze to focus on her inner/outer thigh muscles, while simultaneously recruiting her core.
Katie logs a lot of miles throughout the week and we try to maintain her body's symmetry by making her entire body work during her in-season Total Body workout.
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Stretching - a Key component of our Personal Training
Pictured is Krissi Gorsuch being stretched by Taylor Ciali following one of her Summer workouts.
Since the doors opened in 2003 we have stressed the importance of dynamically warming up prior to excercise and a proper cooldown following a hard workout.
Too many people & athletes, do not stretch properly or enough to maintain a balanced body. We make sure each client leaves GE with a total body stretch - after all it's part of our personal training protocol.
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Cory Connell - Cobras on the Mat
Cory is performing Cobras on the Mat.
Cory injured his shoulder during Spring Track & we continue to work on his shoulder stabilizaton and upper back strength so he's balanced when we perform Strength Training to increase his Lean Muscle.
Following his State Football Championship season, we are not only looking to get him Stronger & more explosive for his senior season but prepared to play at the next level.
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