Muscle: Popliteus Origin/Insertion: Lateral condyle of femur & lateral meniscus Action: Flexes & rotates leg towards the midline of the body in order to unlock the knee when walking, running, or squatting; rotates the thigh away from the midline of the body when standing up. Let’s talk about the popliteus The A-List movie stars may Read more Meet Your Muscles: the Popliteus […]
Meet Your Muscles: Presenting the Piriformis
Small muscle, big problem The piriformis is a small pear-shaped muscle that sits deep within the glutes. That’s right, it’s one of them ass muscles. Or, more accurately, a hip muscle; the piriformis is responsible rotating the thigh laterally at the hip joint, as well as pulling the thigh away from the midline of the Read more Meet Your Muscles: Presenting the Piriformis […]
Gyms are ready, but are you?
Gyms across Canada are re-opening. With Toronto having entered Stage 2 of the province’s COVID recovery plan, it’s likely gyms will be ready to open by July. The question is, how ready are you? In an effort to cater my services more accurately to the needs of my clients (and potential clients), I’ve put together Read more Gyms are ready, but are you? […]
Wearbands Review
This month I’ve had the good fortune of receiving a pretty cool piece of training gear: Wearbands. Billed as “the world’s most versatile functional resistance system”, Wearbands is definitely the most unique training tool I’ve tried. From squatting and lunging, to running and jumping, nearly every aspect of training gets enhanced once you hook-up those Read more Wearbands Review […]
Physical Distancing Guidelines for Joggers
With gyms closed, serious strength training has taken a backseat to the other facets of physical health that tend to get ignored by meatheads like me. Mobility and cardio are my main focuses these days, even bought me a badass pair of Saucony running shoes. It’s a great time for running, what with fewer cars Read more Physical Distancing Guidelines for Joggers […]
Losing weight is simple…but it isn’t easy.
Weight loss is a tricky game. The internet is full of dramatic and inspiring success stories, stories like this one from Chef AJ who lost 100 pounds following a low-fat, plant-based diet. But of course, what works for one person doesn’t always work for another. This is why it’s important to conduct mini nutrition experiments Read more Losing weight is simple…but it isn’t easy. […]
Attention Newsletter Subscribers!
Some time last year (maybe even longer than that) I got annoyed with the email marketing platform I’d been using and set off to find a suitable replacement. During this time I tried three different services, but I’ve returned to the original platform, warts be damned. Here’s where things went sideways…actually, no, that’s not right. Read more Attention Newsletter Subscribers! […]
It’s the sugar, silly: carbophobia in the age of misinformation
One of the drawbacks to being a personal trainer is that search engine algorithms think I want nothing but fitness-related content in my newsfeed. Seems I spend so much time researching exercise technique and nutrition studies that the internet assumes I’m an insecure Gym Douche. How else do you explain the endless stream of bio-hacking Read more It’s the sugar, silly: carbophobia in the age of misinformation […]
About them eggs…
It’s been an interesting — dare I say, enlightening??? — few weeks. On August 20th I sent a newsletter to my subscribers in which I stated that I’d been eating eggs. Seems this confession rubbed some the wrong way. I was scheduled to speak at last weekend’s Veg Food Fest here in Toronto, on a Read more About them eggs… […]
Lumbar Stenosis — what is it and how can we treat it?
Stenosis is the narrowing of the space around the spinal nerves. It doesn’t take much imagination to envision how this much this condition hurts! A sinister companion to arthritis, stenosis can affect either the low back (lumbar stenosis), the upper back and neck (cervical stenosis), or both areas at the same time. Here I’ll give Read more Lumbar Stenosis — what is it and how can we treat it? […]