Food Focus: The Egg

Is it healthy to eat an entire egg?

Give your opinions, and the answer will soon follow.

The Squat:

Positioning is very important in most exercises to increase effectiveness and to avoid injury.  Proper positioning while squatting, feet should be shoulder width apart angled outward slightly.  Always looking forward, torso upright, shoulders back and always moving in a straight line up and down (never swaying in various directions).  Now at the base of the movement, you should feel like you are about to sit in a chair... calf and hamstring nor chest and thigh should meet, then back to an upright standing position.  If you feel off balance, check your foot positioning and at the base of the movement push back further into the invisible seat.  See illustration below.

 

 

Thanks to :http://www.marylandaau.com/images/squat.gif for this illustration, feel free to browse this link for further information.

What's needed to be healthier?

When it comes to living a healthy lifestyle, people often hear: "You need to exercise and eat healthy!" But what does that really mean??  Kilter Athletics will attempt to explain what is needed to be healthier with as much detail as possible. 

Also, everyweek a food item will be highlighted, it's nutritional content and explainations about it's role on the human body will be exposed to you. A list will also be posted indicating which foods are encouraged and which foods should be avoided.  All of this coupled with the weekly workouts, you should be well on your way to a healthier you in 2010...shall we begin???

The co-founder of Kilter Athletics - hard at work

Introducing Grant Belton....also one of our personal trainers and spinning instructors (who has a passion for lifting).  This is the person that would be answering your questions about fitness and working out.  He'll also be creating your workouts on a weekly basis, displaying his unique approach to fitness...apart from being different, it's a lot of fun - some pain of course, but it's the kind that has a great end result.

Starting next week, weekly fitness updates....

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