by Nia Shanks | Follow her on Twitter here
If you have any nagging aches or pains in your elbows or shoulders, then pay attention. If you want to prevent aches or pains in your elbows and shoulders but still want to train hard and get results, then pay attention.
My goal with this article is to share with you two very affordable training tools I have been using in my training, and with my clients, to take unnecessary stress and strain off my elbows and shoulders while still allowing me to train hard and frequently.
Over the past few weeks I’ve increased the frequency of my training, and I started to notice my left elbow acting up; this happened in the past when I increased my training frequency so I … Click to continue reading
by Nia Shanks | Follow her on Twitter here
In the third and final part of “A Day in the Life of Nia Shanks”, I share a glimpse into my daily life: work, play, and random stuff.
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by Nia Shanks | Follow her on Twitter here
Note – For more information on “fun workouts” be sure to check out Have a Fun Workout.
It was a breezy, blue sky Sunday afternoon with temperatures in the low 90s. We stood in the middle of a large park with soccer fields, hair being blown from the wind, my crazy dog running around with her tongue hanging from her mouth, and we stared at the toys we brought with us: three kettlebells and one 50 pound homemade sandbag.
Let the fun begin.
It was Memorial Day, and being a Monday I was scheduled to perform squats, according to my current training program. However, it was a beautiful sunny day, and we couldn’t resist the urge to go outside and train.
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