Sunday 1 July 2018

Dorsiflexion - The importance of ankle mobility

Having troubles with your squats or deadlifts? Do your knees collapse inwards during leg exercise? Need to do exercises with your heels on weight plates to get better range of motion? Good bet that you're suffering from a lack of ankle dorsiflexion, which is the ability of your foot and shin to move closer together.

Lack of mobility in the ankle can cause problems and functional compensations that radiate up throughout your entire kinetic system not just affecting your knee and hip alignment. Concurrently the hip itself can also affect ankle mobility.

Monday 25 June 2018

Latest Updates

Latest updates to Gym Pal includes a new blog layout along with a self-made logo to add a bit more punch than a plain text title.

I've also uploaded the first page, or article so to speak, Work Out Every Day, detailing a simple principle that I follow, which will help get people more active. It will no doubt go through several revisions as I cut down on any waffling and add more specific points and/or images, but for now it's out there!

Tuesday 19 June 2018

Introduction

Hi and welcome to Gym Pal, a personal training, health, fitness and well-being service based in Northern Ireland. More information to follow.