Core Control For Functional Lifting
August 11, 2011
Core Control is crucial when it comes to carrying or lifting weight. In the gym environment or in our daily lives, when we pick up any weight be it 5kg or 50kg, any deviation of the spinal column from vertical requires activation of the stabilising muscles which are the Transverse Abdominus muscles.
Core Muscles in Your Trunk
Activation of the Transverse Abdominus is not as easy as just bracing or ‘sucking the gut in’. Actual engaging requires a sequence of muscle activation that begins from the Pelvic Floor muscles.
Improper core activation will still put your spine at risk. So be warned. If you are not sure if you are activating your Transverse Abdominus, chances are you are not. Chances are all your object or weight lifting efforts will be risking you severe spinal injury or a trip to the Physio or Chiro.
A reduction of your Functional Capacities is not ideal and not favourable in your world, therefore every precaution must be taken to ensure that we remain injury free.
Contact Exfx Fitness today to find out how you can locate your Transverse Abdominus muscles, turn them on every time like the flick of a switch and be able to lift objects with significant weight safely.
Ridiculous Offer for Saturday 26 February!
February 25, 2011
Hello Exfx’ers
Just a quick heads up on the upcoming offer that is going to happen tomorrow on our associates website. OurDeal will be promoting one of our Craziest Offer Ever!
An amazing deal that you do not want to miss out on.
Check out the Promotions page.
Australian Institute of Fitness – Careers Partner
January 21, 2011
We are proud to announce that Exfx Fitness is a new Careers Partner with the Australian Institute of Fitness™.
This partnership will allow Exfx Fitness to access quality trainers who have graduated from the Australian Institute of Fitness™ and attained the Master Trainer Level 1 criteria.
As our operations will expand and grow, it is comforting to know that we will have the support and be staffed by quality professionals from the Australian Institute of Fitness™.
Bjorn Voon
Exfx Fitness
Beautiful Pilates
April 16, 2010
Pilates, the art of exercise. If you have not tried it before, it will amaze you. The sheer beauty of the art will allow you to stretch and strengthen at the same time.
Pilates exercises are majestic, beautiful and graceful. All of which require a high degree of concentration to ensure the optimum benefit from each movement. The balance of muscle strengthening and stretching depends on the experience of the instructor and also the variations of the art from different schools of instruction.
At Exfx Fitness, we make sure that you will enter our classes feeling unbalanced and you will leave feeling straightened and energized. Our instructors are trained in the contemporary way that will focus very much on musculoskeletal balance.
Come on a journey without any pilates equipment as a start. Learn to enjoy simple movements in your body. Connect your mind with your body and feel what it really is like to move as one. Allow us unblock clogged energy pathways that you have unknowingly created with your lifestyle and your stature. When you are ready we have a whole array of foam rollers, toning balls and other pieces of equipment that will make the classes even more fun.
Your body needs to be reset into its natural and neutral posture. Like all machines, every now and again there needs to be a master reset to ensure longevity. The same goes for our bodies.
Increase your functional strength with an art that has been embraced by dancers, ballerinas and elite athletes alike.
Return your body to its natural state. Today.
