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Trifocus Fitness Academy - shoulder girdle
What makes up the shoulder girdle and the shoulder joint?
The shoulder girdle, also known as the pectoral girdle, connects your arms to the bones and muscles along the axis of your body. You have two shoulder girdles that are responsible for supporting the shoulder regions on both sides of your body and enabling movement. Your shoulder girdle is made…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - strength training programme
How can you create a successful strength training programme?
If you want to create a successful strength training programme, you need to know what makes a good programme of this sort. Based on these criteria, you then have to choose which strength training programme works best for you or if you need to create a programme that is right…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - cardiovascular fitness programme
What are the benefits of a cardiovascular fitness programme?
Almost every well-balanced fitness programme has some kind of cardiovascular exercise (cardio) worked into it. The reality is, cardio is essential for your physical health. What is cardio? Cardio is when you do rhythmic exercises that raise your heart rate to where you burn the most fat and calories. Cardio…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - range of motion
Three examples of range of motion exercises
The term ‘range of motion’ refers to how much movement you can make around a specific joint or body part. When a joint is injured, a physical therapist will advise a series of range of motion exercises to alleviate the stress of the injured joint. Here are three types of…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - spotter
Why do you need a spotter during weight lifting?
When you are lifting weights, it can be easy to overestimate how heavy you can lift and how many reps you can do. When fatigue sets in, your spotter should be there to save you from a falling weight. But a spotter isn’t only there for your safety. There are…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - endurance training
What are the types of endurance training?
Endurance is the ability to do physical activity that increases your heart rate by 50% for as long as you can without getting tired. There are two types of endurance: Specific endurance Specific endurance is when you fight against fatigue in sport-specific conditions. For example, if you run 1 500m…
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