Xariann
Level 1 Valued Member
I just wanted to post here about my experience with a StrongFirst trainer yesterday because I was totally blown away. I am on the middle of getting a personal trainer certification and that's definitely set my aspirations now.
I found her by chance as she works at the gym I go to.
So we went over the kettlebell swing, which another trainer had already looked at. But because going heavier was causing shoulder pain (I have recurring pain which I am getting checked, and I had to drop my MMA because of it) asked to be rechecked.
Holy moly, the difference in instruction was night and day. So you are not supposed to swing with the shoulders and I wasn't. However I wasn't retracting them enough, even though I thought I did. So now I was squeezing really hard and one swing took a lot more energy than it used to and I was out of breath much faster. My shoulder was very happy. It really felt like a full body movement finally.
Then she looked at my squat. I have been trying to go lower for a while now and all the trainers were like, "It's fine, you'll get more mobility." And my stiffness is quite bad, so here I am thinking that going below parallel with a weight will take me a long time.
She takes a good look, in 5 minutes I am squatting a#@ to grass.
Definitely a keeper this one!
I found her by chance as she works at the gym I go to.
So we went over the kettlebell swing, which another trainer had already looked at. But because going heavier was causing shoulder pain (I have recurring pain which I am getting checked, and I had to drop my MMA because of it) asked to be rechecked.
Holy moly, the difference in instruction was night and day. So you are not supposed to swing with the shoulders and I wasn't. However I wasn't retracting them enough, even though I thought I did. So now I was squeezing really hard and one swing took a lot more energy than it used to and I was out of breath much faster. My shoulder was very happy. It really felt like a full body movement finally.
Then she looked at my squat. I have been trying to go lower for a while now and all the trainers were like, "It's fine, you'll get more mobility." And my stiffness is quite bad, so here I am thinking that going below parallel with a weight will take me a long time.
She takes a good look, in 5 minutes I am squatting a#@ to grass.
Definitely a keeper this one!