3 Reasons You Need to Work Out When Life Gets Hectic
“People sacrifice their health to build wealth, then they spend all of their wealth trying to get their health back”. Those are the wise words of one of my longest standing clients. He makes a good point in that as we get older something inevitably changes in our lives, they get busier and we cut things out to make time for work. Do you remember what it was like to be bored? I can honestly say that there are times where I miss the abundant amount of down time that
Back Pain and Golf: The Fix is Simpler Than You Think
Back Pain and Golf: The Fix is Simpler Than You Think I’m sure you’ve heard one of your friends talk about it, or experienced it yourself, or maybe you’ve even both discussed it together. Back pain is so common that it’s estimated 85% of Americans will suffer from it at some point in their life. As we get out to the range and on to the course more often, many people will start to experience that aching back creeping in again. The fortunate thing about back pain is that it’s very
The Daily Lift – Tuesday 2/13/18
All workouts should be preceded by a proper dynamic warmup. If you haven't done a dynamic warmup before check out this one on our youtube channel! While you're there check out our instructional videos on any exercises that you're not familiar with! Tuesday 2/13 Sets Exercise Reps x3 SetsAs Little Rest as Possible Medicine Ball Side Toss x8E Single Leg Contralateral Dumbbell RDL x10E Stability Ball Plank Circles x15E Knee Hug Elevated Hip Extensions x10E Dumbbell Curl/Press/Upright Row x8 Band Monster Walks x10 Yards E Contralateral Supermans x15E Single Arm Cable Pulldowns x10E *The Daily Lift is a general fitness program to help increase strength, power, and endurance. If you would like
We were featured in the Cranston Herald!
Check out this great article in the Cranston Herald about some of the services that we offer and the incredible clients that we have! The focus of this article is on the work that we do to help people pass the RI PPA, a physical assessment that anyone who want to be a firefighter must pass. The article also touches on our work with the Cranston East Football team as well as one of our most inspiring clients. Clink the link below to read the article! Cranston gym trains aspiring firefighters
The Fundamentals of Foam Rolling (Self-Myofascial Release)
The Fundamentals of Foam Rolling (Self-Myofascial Release) Written By: Michael Lefebvre of Olympia Fitness and Performance. B.S Oftentimes When leading a client through a foam rolling series. I'll get asked questions like "What's the point of this? What is this even doing?" (Usually the discomfort naturally elicits a curse word or two but that's beside the point). My initial response is usually "well, do you know what Fascia is?" Nine times out of ten the answer will be no. I occasionally have to remind
Process vs. Outcome in Exercise: Are You Having Fun?
In 1960, the US Men's Olympic team won a gold medal in Squaw Valley. The majority of the members of that team, including Bob Cleary, worked full-time jobs apart from hockey. Cleary, interviewed in 2010 for USA Hockey Magazine, recalled "I couldn't try out for the Olympic Team at first because I just got married and opened an insurance business. I couldn't afford to be away for all the time leading up to the Games." (1) The NHL contained only 6 teams, and TV coverage was in its infancy. On
The State of Fitness in America and How it’s Affecting our Youth
This weekend I had the privilege of giving a presentation for the Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters on the necessity of fitness for Fire Fighters. We've trained first responders at our facility for years and I've always felt strongly about the necessity of fitness for dangerous jobs, like Fire Fighting. Once I started doing the research though, I realized that it's not just first responders who need to be doing something about their physical fitness for health and safety reasons, it's everyone. I know from my own work
Protect Your Back Through Golf Season With These Two Moves
Exercise 1: Lateral Band Walks for Hip StabilityWith the recent emphasis on the importance of fitness in golf, we often hear people talk about “core strength”. Many people think of this as meaning that you have strong abs, but the core is much more than that. The core is where all movement begins and is responsible for transferring power from the lower body to the upper body in most athletic movements. One often over looked part of the core is our hips.Many people think of the hips as being
The Fitness Hat Trick
Members at our gym are truly fortunate, not just because they workout in a super cool facility being trained by professional, highly educated and certified trainers, but also because they benefit from the collaboration of two other excellent professional resources; Specialized Orthopedics Physical Therapy and Power of Touch Sports Massage. If understanding how your body works, how to improve how your body works and how to address injuries and nagging or chronic pain is important to you, Olympia Fitness & Performance has got it all. This group of professionals talk
My Story—the Lowlight Reel
My Story - the Lowlight Reel From time to time when I'm training at the gym, someone will say to me "Oh that's so easy for you." I appreciate the compliment, but in my head I think "If only you could see all of the failures, and all the repetition behind this." I grew up skating on outdoor ice. My parents hired a bulldozer when I was little, and made a small rink in our backyard, complete with lights, boards, and a hut with a wood stove. I spent many happy hours noodling around on that