Gadi Fitness

Was a tough one had alot of wind on the way back

No better feeling

Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife .
1 year down ✅

Happy BD to my beautiful wife ! 🎂 🎉 🥳

3 Rules for strength coaches & personal trainer 📜

1) Form over dazzel 💎
For years in the corporate gyms I've seen many trainers both In a group setting and 1 on 1 make clients do some gimiky sh*t.
Like some kind of squat press to pushup to sn**ch thingi.
I get tailoring exercises for that neash athlete but since most personal training clients are beginners to intermediates keep the basics. A squat is a squat it can be modified but if your client isn't hitting depth don't do the gimiky stuff. Focus on improving form with things like box squat ect...
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2) Progressive overload 📈
One of the most important rules to strengthen and build muscle. Now there's different ways to this: making the weights heavier, increasing the eccentric tempo ect. Again I've seen trainers not push their clients hard enough. Their should be a balance and there are some exceptions. With certain exercises I like to use the R.I.R system (reps in reserve)

3) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH 📖
Early in my career I have been guilty of this 😢
I might do a different routine than my clients or train more or less intense but I still do the same movements, the squat, chest press, lunges ect..
IF YOU DON'T DO BURPEES DONT MAKE YOU CLIENTS DO IT! 😡

Thanks to everyone who came to the Gadi Fitness Christmas party!
Had a blast! Looking forward to 2023

Had an awesome time at the metung 10km fun run hit 43:07.

One of the best tools I like to use with clients is heart rate monitors.
It's always hard to assess how much rest time we should take between sets. I keep seeing Fitness influences say leave 1 min in-between sets. But not all exercises are equal and neither is everyone's fitness level. A 10 rep max back squat is certainly going to impact your heart r as the differently than a 10 rep max bicep curls.
After using heart rate technology with my clients for the last 3 years I feel much more confident pushing them to their limits in a safe and sustainable way leaving an inadequate time to recover.
Nowadays the technology is much more accessible thanks to smart watches but take into account those ecg sessions aren't 100 percent accurate.
Watch out where you get your fitness info from and know what works for you!

Shout out to a long time member who smashed the 2022 trail run series Coming first in her age group of all events!