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Spooner FIT

4 01, 2024

How to Start Weightlifting

2024-01-18T15:52:33-07:00

By: Landon Davis, CSCS, FRCms

Anyone can weightlift. But where do you start? And why would you? Weightlifting has a multitude of benefits, ranging from:

  • Improves overall health- including heart, cardiovascular, muscle, and bone
  • Builds muscular strength
  • Improves bone density (Before age 25)
  • Maintains bone density (After age 25)
  • Decreases risk of falls as you […]
How to Start Weightlifting2024-01-18T15:52:33-07:00
21 09, 2023

Mindfulness for Chronic Pain

2023-09-21T17:30:50-07:00

By: Gail Kaiser, PT, OCS, TPS

No one wants to be in pain. And certainly no one wants to be in pain for a long time. Chronic pain has many causes and many paths to finding relief. Mindfulness is one tool you can utilize to help you find relief.

What is Chronic Pain?

Generally, pain […]

Mindfulness for Chronic Pain2023-09-21T17:30:50-07:00
7 09, 2023

Goals, Progress, and Recovery with Spooner FIT

2023-09-08T14:06:05-07:00

By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS, and Austin Kitteringham, CSCS, FAFS

How do you track your progress? Is it adding weight to your lifts? Is it cutting time off of your run? Or is it by moving better and feeling better in your day-to-day life?

Progress and tracking your progress are unique […]

Goals, Progress, and Recovery with Spooner FIT2023-09-08T14:06:05-07:00
27 07, 2023

Training at Every Stage 

2024-04-19T12:06:32-07:00

By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS

I believe we as movement professionals (therapists, personal trainers, coaches, etc.), are drawn to witnessing transformation. Perhaps that’s an athlete we have worked with from their youth into adulthood or coaching someone through new habits to achieve goals towards their body composition, or someone going from being in […]

Training at Every Stage 2024-04-19T12:06:32-07:00
13 07, 2023

How to Track Your Macros with Spooner FIT

2023-09-08T14:10:58-07:00

By: Austin Kitteringham, CSCS

Food is fuel. It is absolutely essential to your survival and for your functional and athletic performance.

The nutrients you ingest should be aligned with the goals you have. There isn’t a universal plan or diet that works for every single person. I don’t like to label certain foods as […]

How to Track Your Macros with Spooner FIT2023-09-08T14:10:58-07:00
4 05, 2023

Female Athletes: 3 Weight Lifting Myths

2023-09-08T14:12:47-07:00

Written by: Molly Ahlemeier, CSCS 

There are many myths that surround lifting that for too long have deterred female athletes either from resistance training altogether or from exercising in this way consistently. That is why it is important to understand the benefits of resistance training for females and […]

Female Athletes: 3 Weight Lifting Myths2023-09-08T14:12:47-07:00
7 07, 2022

How to Build Tendon Strength: Eccentric, Isometric, and Plyometric Training

2023-10-26T15:45:20-07:00

Connective tissue health is not a common concern for fitness training goals, but it should be considered for longevity of training. Tendons, ligaments, and fascia are all connective tissues which are made of collagen, and collagen synthesis is the growth of those tissues. Connective tissue health, such as tendons, play a large role in injury […]

How to Build Tendon Strength: Eccentric, Isometric, and Plyometric Training2023-10-26T15:45:20-07:00
4 01, 2021

Why My Clients Train Me

2023-09-08T15:02:45-07:00
by Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS
Spooner Coordinator of FIT

I already know what you’re thinking: “Brian, your clients pay for you to exercise?” Yes, that’s exactly what I am saying. I should preface myself by saying that not ALL of my clients “train me.” But some of them […]

Why My Clients Train Me2023-09-08T15:02:45-07:00
19 11, 2020

10 Exercises to Improve Your Vertical Jump

2023-09-08T15:13:00-07:00

By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS, FIT Coordinator

In sports, your vertical jump can be the deciding factor between a win and a loss. It can differentiate whether or not you secure that rebound, block that volleyball spike, or come down with that last second hail-mary. Furthermore, having a good vertical jump is often correlated with several […]

10 Exercises to Improve Your Vertical Jump2023-09-08T15:13:00-07:00

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