Elevated Push Up Technique INTENT! Its so important in everything we do in the gym if you are trying to improve athletic performance. Check out this demonstration of an elevated push up technique at Vector Health in Rockhampton with the intent to provide POWER. Power = work done in the time taken. Its the GOLD […]
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Did you know that female AFL players are 9.2 times more likely to rupture their ACL’s than male AFL players? Thats pretty serious. So, thats for every 1 ACL injury to a male AFL player there is 9 girls or women being injured. There are many factors that are in play here, as to why.
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This is a wall-squat variation I use to emphasise the need for neutral spine during an isometric quad contraction. Shelby cannot dorsio-flex her right foot, so squatting bilaterally is not possible, however we want to improve her ability to hold a good position on a horse as she is an equestrian athlete. The normal wall
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After working with adolescent netballers, I have found that knee valgus is a common under acknowledged and unrealised misalignment where their knees bend inwards when they jump, land or; in extreme cases walk and run. Some cases of knee valgus can be discovered from knee pain, however a lot of cases go unnoticed. It is
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Knee Valgus is the motion where the knee travels in a medial (towards the midline of the body) direction compared to the foot or hip. In squatting it can be caused by a few factors. Its critical to try to solve the problem and in a post its difficult to pinpoint the cause of everyone’s
The process of learning as a junior athlete should be ongoing. Well done to Cooper here, this was a great birthday PB! We worked a little on how to hold Cooper’s spine in neutral during a squat in this session. SOme people are a fan of belts, some are not. I use them as a
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One of the things in the gym that is really important for swimmers is the ability to hold positions that relate back to swimming. The Horizontal Behind Head Press (Prone Scarecrow Press) is one of the movement patterns we work on for especially swimming athletes. So, Tommy has been in the gym for less than
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To try to emphasise driving kicking from the hip joint and to get Glutes to work really hard, we do this drill from time to time with our swimming athletes. Good one to do in warm up if you have a bench that you can do with. You need to work on keeping your trunk
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Many occupations do manual handling. If we compare sport and work, I see one of the biggest differences in the physical preparation area is the lack of physical preparation education that is provided to employees about how to try to help keep your body’s physical function as good as possible for as long as possible.
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All of us at Vector Health, especially Rachel Warcon (Sports Performance Coach), want to personally congratulate The Cathedral College Firsts Team on their outstanding campaign last week competing in The Confraternity Shield. We entered this campaign to prove a point, backing it up with strong defence, game after game. Presenting a team bond that is
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Performance Coaching is an interactive and empowering process that allows you, as the client to more set the direction than if you were just being trained. At Vector Health, we encourage you to set the direction and then let us come up with the plan, and the resources to help you achieve your goals. One
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So often #TEAMVHAP are asked about what seniors health programs we offer. Our team always aims to provided unrivalled, individual care to each senior who enters our Gym. The scientific evidence behind training programs for seniors health interventions focuses on the physical and social benefits of exercise. It has been said that the social benefits of exercise
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Being told that you, or someone you love has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease can be overwhelming, frightening and daunting experience for all. As we are at the end of Lung Health Awareness Month I feel it is important to pass a personal message on as someone who helped a family member live his life to
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