Shawn Adair - Vancouver Peronal Trainer and Strength Coach

 This sums up my training in 2016... Always  trying to combine a variety of training styles into my own because this is what I truly enjoy😊

Pre-hab, 

Powerlifting, 

Calisthenics, 

Bodybuilding, 

Yoga, 

Plyometrics, also just general body control and athleticism are my main areas. Find what training style(s) you enjoy that will help get you to your own personal goals, remember to always think outside the box and try different areas. It's amazing how adding in some calisthenics will help powerlifting or how some pre-hab will help you to breath and brace better for squats/deads🤔 explore more aspects don't get stuck in 1 modality...2017 will be even better 💪🏼😊

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💥 Poké-Posture💥

Sure it's great people are getting out and walking around to find Pokemon it's definitely an improvement of overall actively in the average population, I see more people outside now than in the past 10 years...but I find it really strange that even though they are outside everyone is blindly staring down into their phone the whole time while having horrible posture doing so.
Be aware of both your surroundings and your posture because people are spending hours in these positions, over time it will have a huge impact on your functionality and even decrease your lung capacity by 30%!

If your going to hunt for Pokemon bring your phone up to your face rather than face to phone, this will not just improve your posture but make you more aware of your surroundings as well👌🏻💪🏼
Ps. No I don't play Pokemon haha

-Shawn Adair
The Bar - Strength and Conditioning
Vancouver BC

Do you know how to perform a proper push up with regressions if needed

A staple exercise in calisthenics and general fitness, the average person should be able to perform at least 1 body weight push up with decent form but you would be amazed to know how many cant. There are a lot of different ways to teach push ups depending on each individual's stability,mobility,strength and body control.
This is how I personally teach the push up to clients and others around me, I've applied these techniques over the last few years with great results from all different types of people. In this video I'm showing some very common mistakes most people make, also how to properly progress the push up so that anyone can learn no matter what level your at.

Run through this check list next time you do some push ups,

The set up
-Hands pointed forward
-Shoulders over wrist
-Screw hands down to develop torque and stability in the shoulder
-Pack scaps (shoulder blades)
-Chin tucked
-Ribcage down/Neutral Spine
-Contract glutes
-Whole body tension

Try to keep your body like this through the whole movement💪🏼 The execution
-Breath into your belly and compress your mid section activating your TVA
-Actively pull yourself down into position keeping your forearms pretty much vertical and until the elbow breaks 90"
-Think about "Pushing the floor away" as your coming back up and then exhale and repeat

That's a basic overview of the push up, it gets WAY more advanced like weighted, clapping, 180s, 360s ect... this is just a general overview hoping to help some of you as well, More videos coming soon! Let me know what exercises you want to see next, Vancouver Personal trainer - Shawn Adair