Anything can be overcome. It is all in your mind. I do a lot of training that involves mind muscle connection, which involves firing up the central nervous system so you are activating the specific muscle you are working on. Quite often people are in the gym, going through the motions, without actually activating the muscle that you need.
Casa London: And that can be detrimental?
Michelle: Definitely! When I am working on mind muscle connection with clients and they are down in a squat position, I will have them stop and actually start to flex or contract their glutes before they push back up again and it seems like it might be easy but if your brain isn’t used to doing that it can be incredibly hard to do.
Casa London: Is that something that is unique to your training?
Michelle: It is out there, but I think that it gives the training that I do a little bit of an edge. You can work with a trainer and you can still be going through the motions or focus more on the cardio side of things. But I like to concentrate more on activating the certain areas that we are trying to target. For me, a big issue I had, was that after my spinal injury my glutes weren’t firing, so I have been through those problems myself. It means when I work with people that I can easily identify and correct the muscles that should be firing.
Casa London: What do you do with a perspective client when they first come to you? What is your process?
Michelle: I do a quick assessment, see
where their fitness levels are at,
where their strengths are,
where any
deficiencies are, and
take a look at any
corrective work that
we need to do.
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