Every adult’s favorite pastime and every child’s worst nightmare, BEDTIME! Today, we are going to discuss why getting good sleep will benefit your health and fitness journey and I’ll give you a few tips on what has helped my sleep game. Compared to studies and what the experts say, it’s recommended that as adults we Read More
Category: Fitness
4 Exercises You Should Be Doing to Bulletproof Your Shoulders
Welcome back to TeamQuinnFit, today I’m going to share with you four of my favorite exercises to strengthen your shoulders. The shoulders are a highly mobile joint with a lot of muscles connecting in and out and all between your shoulder girdle and rotator cuff. The risk of injury goes up when there is weakness Read More
The 5 Kings of Barbell Training
Let’s talk about resistance training, more specifically the five most effective exercises you should be doing. The exercises I’m talking about often listed as the top four( but myself and many others believe there to be five) are: Barbell Squat- Whether it’s back squat, front squat, sumo squat or even zercher squat the barbell squat Read More
How to Build An Inexpensive At-Home Gym
Are you tired and driving to and from the gym? Wasting time and energy thinking it’s the only place to get a good workout? Does group fitness intimidate you or you just find the workouts unnecessary and ridiculous? Or are you just bored of the same old same old gym routine and fell?! Well, then Read More
The Key is Consistency
“A inferior workout program done consistently is far more effective then a superior workout program done inconsistently”. – Sal Di Stefano, MindPump Media What is the number one key to unlock success and to achieve your goals? No, it’s not the new supplement line at your local GNC nor is it the new fab Read More
The Big 3 of Core Stability
Today’s topic is core stability and how the “McGill Big 3” are the best place for all levels from your weekend warrior to your professional athlete. First, let us discuss the core. No, it’s not those muscles that you try to do a thousand crunches to see at the beach or that you extreme diet Read More
The Kettlebell Swing: Hard Style
We’re going to dive into one of my favorite exercises and an exercise with amazing carryover into many many many human movements and exercises… The Kettlebell Swing, the Russian army knife of exercise. When it comes to the kettlebell swing it is the best exercise for almost everyone- beginners to elite athletes, youngsters to the Read More
Staying on Track by Tracking Your Nutrition: Part 3
Macronutrient Calculators Alright, so we have a way to track our movement and calories burned and a way to track what we eat, but how do we figure out how much or how little we should be eating? How do I find out my calories and my macros? That is what today’s blog will discuss, Read More
Staying on Track by Tracking Your Nutrition: Part 2
Calorie & Macro Counter Apps So we have our fitness tracker and it’s been counting how many calories we burn or at least an estimate of what we are burning on average daily. So, let’s take the next step in Tracking. Calorie & macronutrient counters, over the years these have become highly recommended and highly Read More
Staying on Track by Tracking Your Nutrition – Part One: Fitness Trackers
Let’s talk about nutrition! One of the most controversial subjects in the worlds of health, fitness and wellness. Now, before we go one I want to clarify one thing. I am NOT a registered dietitian . I AM a certified sports nutrition specialist and a Precision Nutrition certified coach with 6+ years of coaching and Read More