Here are some images I take whilst training women online. Not all online clients are pictured here due to privacy when they signed their waiver. This is just a handful of women who have been so kind to allow me to show you how effective online training can be.
Amanda. I have a men’s pushup series. I introduced this because I didn’t realise how many women wanted to achieve two things. Men’s pushups and a body-weight chin. We start with upward dogs and downward dogs and a movement called dancers bridge. I actually teach the women first how to stabilise the shoulder joint AND how to do push-ups correctly.
7 weeks later, Amanda is easily knocking out 10 gorgeous men’s pushups.
I check Amanda’s form on pushups. Men’s pushups are not difficult. If you learn how to harness the energy from the core. I take the secrets from Yoga, I teach you how to stabilise your shoulder joints and we do a lot of strengthening of the triceps. Do we do ridiculous tricep kickbacks. No we do not. They are pointless in conditioning triceps. You need to learn how to do dancers bridge!
Anterior tilt – posture related is almost gone.
Amanda’s squat progression. Notice the depth and form is changing.
Same photo as before. But Amanda is losing weight as well. We took some DEXA scans. Amanda will get these redone in 4 weeks time. Be interesting to see how much fat she has shed and how much muscle she has put on.
Fiona. Boston, Massachusetts. Referred to me by Liz Nelson. Has lost 25k with Liz and is now wanting to rebuild some muscle – but rebuild it correctly and efficiently.
Fiona. Boston, Massachusetts. I think I’ve convinced her only twice a week training is plenty!
Fiona. Boston, Massachusetts.
Fiona. Boston, Massachusetts. Fixing the squat over skype.
Hela Donela. Another online client. Central New South Wales
Hela Donela. Perfect squat. Well the first one wasn’t it. After first session – perfect squat. Should be confident now to go to gym and perform perfect back squats.
Adele. Was very kind to show photos. Adele was 55k and now is over 100k. But she is starting all over again.
Adele. Even after 3 weeks and a lot of mobility, Adele is starting to regain motion. Forget weight. Regain full range of motion in joints and then add weight.
Adele. Trying very hard to get movement back into those hips and knees and ankles. You can not exercise correctly or efficiently if your body is stiff and muscles are short. You will end up no better or worse with an injury.
Bronwyn. Doctor at Royal Brisbane Hospital. Very busy lady. Comes though to the studio every 4-6 weeks.
Bronwyn. Anterior tilt. With every move we do here, it lengthens the muscles and then strengthens. Most postural problems are solved because we are concentrating on just HUMAN movements.
Bronwyn. Not the best photo. But you can see Bronwyn, after week 6, her body composition is changing. Is it all due to the strength programme. No of course not. But it contributes enormously to the metabolism.
Carol. Start of programme. Was one strong lady to begin with. Just really fixed her form. Her back-squats have gone from 40k to 60k.
Carol.
Carol.
Carol. Last session.
1RM deadlift 12 weeks ago. Was 80k. Carol now does 5-7 of these. Striving for the 100k within 6 months.
Leah. Lives in Southport. Probably has one of the most prominent anterior tilts. We are working on a lot of lengthening of hip flexors and core stability exercises.
Leah. Prominent anterior tilt. Like Amanda and Bronwyn, this too will take care of itself.
Leah. First types of squat.
Leah. Lives in Southport. Leah came to visit me yesterday (12 Feb, 2012) and back-squatted 17.5k and front-squatted 15k. Compared to where she was 5 weeks ago – a huge improvement.
Leah. Prominent anterior tilt. Pressed 22.5k for 3 reps yesterday at my studio.
Leah. Deadlifted 60k for 3 reps yesterday at my studio.
Leah. Email of weights for week 6. I was about to change all that when she visited me yesterday. Gave her the confidence that with good form and technique, do not be shy with the weight. Your postural muscles and the muscles that grow and connect onto the spine want to work.
Sam. Young girl. Osteopenia of lumbar spine.
Sam. Learning to back-squat. Great squatter. Needs some core work to ensure weight (the bar) remains over shoe-laces.
Sam. Deadlift progressions. This is week 1. After each session I send you an analysis of your technique and form. Sometimes I send photos of other ladies so you can compare where you need to be.