The sun is out and shining in Seattle which means it’s running season. When thinking about running, it’s easy to focus solely on running itself to improve our speed and endurance. To effectively take your running to the next level, cross training should be incorporated into your fitness routine. These exercises will not only make…
Whether you’re a runner, rower, soccer player, or do any sport that uses your legs, plyometric training can improve your performance. Plyometrics are a series of jumping exercises to teach you how to exert maximum force in a minimum time. Athletes us plyometric training to increase their speed and explosive power. There are several simple,…
By Flow Coach, Mackennon Klink, B.S, CSCS, Pn1 As you begin to move more, you will make many mistakes on your journey. And you know what? Good. This is totally normal. Every mistake you can possible make hasbeen done a thousand times before. However, ifwedon’t learn from our past or history, we are doomed to…
Getting hurt sucks! We exercise to lose weight, build muscle, feel better, and improve quality of life. However, it is tough to do any of these while sidelined with an injury. Though it is next to impossible to prevent ALL injuries, there are steps that we can take to reduce the likelihood and, in the…
Mobility is a big buzz word in the health, fitness, and performance world. Open any fitness magazine or Instagram page and you can read about ways to improve mobility. While the information is abundant, there is still a lot of confusion as to what it is and how to add it into your everyday life. …
Learn how to accurately gauge your level of intensity to ensure that you don’t fall short of your goals! Has this happened to you ? You’ve committed to going to the gym consistently and are completing your workouts and making progress. Occasionally, however, those dumbbells you used last week seem to be heavier and now…
By Flow Coach Mackennon Klink, BS, CSCS, PN1 Whether it is a kitchen remodel, job promotion, or increasing “followers” on Instagram, there is no better feeling than to see how far you have come after starting something. This holds true for your fitness goals as we know there is no bigger discouragement than lack of…
Have you ever had a workout where everything just feels “blah”? Exercises that normally are performed with style and grace feel uncoordinated, clumsy, and “harder than it normally is”. Though we understand that some days will just be better than others, no one should feel as if they have taken several steps backward. So, before…
Summer in the Pacific Northwest = time to get outside, right? Except for when you can’t, because aches and pains are getting in your way, or worse: you’re sidelined by injury. How can you stay outdoors, do everything you love to do and potentially reduce the occurrence of injury? Easy. Train inside to maximize running…
An essential element of training for any serious athletic competition, periodization is “an organized approach to training that involves progressive cycling of various aspects of a training program during a specific period of time.” It allows for customized, systematic training programming that cycles progress with competition preparation. In practice, periodization is the program design strategy…
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