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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Basic Exercise
What is a warm-up?
Before you get onto the elliptical machine or hit the running trails, consider doing a short warm-up first. A warm-up may add a few minutes to your exercise routine; however, this might also reduce stress on your heart in addition to your other muscles. Warm-ups generally involve performing your activity…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Personal Training
How to monitor exercise stress
At the present time, the most optimal way to stay healthy is to listen to your body. Recognising the early warning signs of overtraining and exercise fatigue, and adapting your training schedule appropriately, can assist with keeping you healthy. What is an exercise stress test? An exercise stress test is…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Personal Training
Theraband Exercises To Work Your Lower Body
If you would like to build muscle, as well as improve power and endurance, therabands are one of the best strength training tools that you can use. Unlike dumbbells and kettlebells, therabands put less pressure on the joints and can target small as well as large muscle groups at once.…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Pilates Instructor Course
3 Intermediate Pilates Exercises
Intermediate Pilates exercises are meant to be practised in the context of different exercises, at a variety of levels, which function together in order to create a balanced, dynamic workout. Before you include intermediate exercises into your routine, you should have command of the beginner and exercises. Here are three…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Yoga
How to do Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana
When you practise Standing Splits (Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana), focus on the stretch in your quad and hamstrings, not how high you can lift your leg. This asana is an Intermediate to Advanced Level pose which is practised for the deeper opening of the hips, and therefore forms part of the…
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Trifocus Fitness Academy - Pilates Instructor Course
How to do arm circles using the Pilates barrel
The Pilates barrel is a barrel-shaped workout device. A common addition to many Pilates studios as well as home gyms, the Pilates barrel is offered in three distinct styles and sizes: The biggest style is the Pilates ladder barrel, which sits about 9 meters off the ground. The step barrel…
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