Daily Training Tip #428

According to Mitch McLain, using a weed whip for two straight days is a great shoulder workout!


I'm not exactly sure if the research has been done to back Mitch up, but he is onto something. Using a weed whip, using a push mower, weeding your garden, being active outside, etc is a great way to fill your "active rest" days. Too many people just sit on the couch or have someone else do the work. Get off the couch and do it yourself! There are lots of ways to burn calories and stay active.

Don't tell Mitch, but he's missed so many spots with the weed whip, he has to do it again today!

Daily Training Tip #427

A new study found that short dynamic warmups are the best thing to do to get ready for competition or a workout. Numerous stretching and warmup tatics were studied and a short dynamic warmup came out on top in preparing  your body for action.

This is no news to MHC, we've been doing this for years!

Daily Training Tip #426

Sometimes injuries do occur. When they do, follow your doctor's orders exactly. It will probably benefit you to get multiple points of view from different doctors, but follow what they say. They are experts and know what is best. Follow their rest guidelines and their rehab guidelines. You'll be back on the ice in no time!

Daily Training Tip #425

Another great entire body circuit is completing a weight plate circuit. You should be completing a weight plate circuit once every other week. They are designed to improve the strength of the entire body. Make sure you use the correct poundage of weights.

Any weight plate will work, however, grip plates work very well for this workout. Pictured below are the new grip plates that were purchased by one of MHC's favorite campers. Thanks #74!

Daily Training Tip #424

Complete various physical tests on a regular basis, so you are able to track your improvement. Nobody cares about the orginal scores you received the first time. However, if no improvement is shown after training, then you need to rethink and recalculate what have you have been doing.

Daily Training Tip #423

If a group workout is suppose to start at say noon, you need to be ready to go by noon. So that means you need to arrive at the gym at least 15 minutes early and get warmed up so you are ready to go. If you're right on time, you're usually late!

Daily Training Tip #422

A new study just proved (again) that low-fat choclate milk beats all recovery drinks in terms of helping your body recover after a workout or competition.


Drink Milk!!