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Trifocus Fitness Academy - ligaments
What are ligaments and what do they do?
Ligaments are bands of tough elastic connective tissue, that contain strong collagen fibres, around your joints. They connect bones together, give your joints support and limit your movement. This ensures that the bones in your joints don’t twist too much or move too far apart and become dislocated. The ligaments…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - isometric exercises
What are isometric exercises?
When you are performing isometric exercises, the length of the muscle you are exercising and the angle of the affected joint does not change. Because isometric exercises are done in one fixed position, they’ll only improve strength in that particular position. If you want to improve your entire body’s strength,…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy -therapy
Why doing a life coaching course is a phenomenal idea
A lot of people get the terms ‘life coaching’ and ‘psychotherapy’ confused and often they think that they are one and the same thing. During psychotherapy sessions – which people call ‘therapy’ for short – you talk about certain issues during the time you have with your psychologist. The goal…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - sleep better
How yoga can help you to sleep better
Being deprived of sleep deprivation as well as stress can lead to a downward spiral. Often, we have trouble falling asleep as we’re worried or anxious. Because we didn’t get enough sleep this makes us stressed the following day. According to a study which was carried out recently, sleep deprivation…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - recovery days
Why recovery days are so important in your training programme
In quite a lot of training and exercise programmes, one of the most important components is often left out or neglected. This component is rest and recovery. It is important to plan or schedule recovery days in between training. This is because not planning recovery days in between your workout…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Pilates instructor course
The beauty of doing a Pilates instructor course
When most people hear the word ‘Pilates’ they think about the many Hollywood starlets who swear by this exercise modality and mention, in every single magazine interview that they go on, how their Pilates instructor helps them with maintaining their gorgeous physiques. Yes, Pilates is a great way to develop…
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