Singapore Fitness Coach: Research Is a bit behind - Benefits of Jump Training

Jump Training - Men & Women, Boys and Girls, all our training programs have some form of reactive training

Part of any good training program (if you have no pre-existing medical problems) is "reactive" kind of training. That means jumping and bouncing stuff.

Besides being really good for fat-loss (try 25 burpees with a jump and see how your heart rate is!) they have an especially good other benefit, they improve bone density and mineral content. So ladies, say Bye Bye osteoporosis! And the good news is that the benefits last a long time. In the study, the benefits lasted more than 24 weeks after training stopped (and no... you shouldn't stop training).

But the results are clear (altho the study was done initially on rats...) reactive training has so many benefits, that if it is well coached and taught, it's a great addition to any training program.

Singapore Fitness Coach Talk: Setting and achieving goals

As a fitness and sports performance coach, getting athletes to set goals is critical. A person needs to see in the "mind's eye" what he/she is to become before it can be accomplished. I choose to see each and every client as being great. Sometimes better than even they see themselves.

How many people do you know (gym or otherwise) who constantly set, and peruse goals? I suspect that those who you know who do that are really successful.

This is the same for physical goals.

For the year 2008, one of mine is to dunk a basketball 2 handed. For that I will need to jump about 15cm more than I do now. (I can currently dunk a soccer ball 1 handed).

Let the training begin.

Here are some jump lunges