Mechanix Fitness

11/11/2021

Already seen the gyms going quiet again
Why?🥲

Remember, if you’re starting back after a long time, your tendons have healed and your joints have been thanking you all this while.
You’d be surprised how fast you’ll get back but don’t forget to take the caution and learn from the past mistakes-

But it is very important to keep those niggling injuries away and get started with smarter training

1. Mobility is utmost important to consider. Do dynamic stretching and mobility drills prior to starting

2. Your personal record can wait for a week, rather focus on getting back that Gym routine and let your body absorb the new change

3. Train smart and save for the rest of the week. (Consistency over being persistent)

Don’t forget to take selfies and tag us

13/10/2021

Correct guesses wins 2 training sessions

Which 2 pieces of equipment I’m going to be training today?

02/09/2021

The “fitness guru” crap we’ve all fallen for

Now before Coming to the caption, we must admit that most of us are/have been gullible.
If this wasn’t true, then there would be more talk shows (statistically) with doctors.

When emotion supersedes reason, gullibility must follow.

And hence, “I am not lying- I am advertising”

                                                 

31/08/2021

🦠Covid has affected ALL of us in some way or the other. And as time and tide waits for none, it has impacted several meaningful milestones.

👨‍🎓
I always dreamt of wearing the graduation cap and the gown, and wanted my familt to see I got handed the testamur🎓 but the closure made 2020 bittersweet

🗓 Every day you wait is another day you won’t get back, and ultimately this means now is the time to self reflect, plan and organise what you’ve always wanted to do and blamed lack of time as an excuse to shadow lack of commitment.

Also, hang in there- we’d be out of this soon💪🏻

20/08/2021

The swing has a massive carry over to general activity and sports due to the powerful snapping hip extension involved. It is also great for mastering techniques, positions and postures for other exercises. The swing must be completed with competence

1. Start position – grasp the handles of the kettlebell with feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
2. In a standing tall position switch on the glutes, but keep the spine neutral.
3. While keeping the arms long and the shoulders relaxed, look forwards with the chest open.
4. Lowering phase– start the swing by lowering the kettlebell between the legs.
5. Drive the hips back, while also flexing the knees.
6. Continue to flex at the hip – ultimately hiking the kettlebell towards the buttocks.
7. Upward phase– drive through the heels while moving the hips forward dynamically.
8. As a result of the powerful dynamic hip thrust the kettlebell will arc upwards.
9. Keep the arms relaxed as the kettlebell arc is a consequence of the hip thrust – at the top of the arc there will be some ‘hang time’.
10. Make sure the glutes are squeezed and the core braced.
11. Begin the downward phase by letting the kettlebell naturally drop between the legs.
12. Push the hips back letting the kettlebell swing between the legs and keep the chest open.

19/08/2021

19/08/2021

🏟The swing has a massive carry over to general activity and sports due to the powerful snapping hip extension involved. It is also great for mastering techniques, positions and postures for other exercises. The swing must be completed with competence

⛔️There’s a difference between a dumbell and a kettlebell. And due to its shape ergonomics, a swing could best be performed with the kettlebell.

⚠️Please treat the swing like a swing though

1. Start position – grasp the handles of the kettlebell with feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
2. In a standing tall position switch on the glutes, but keep the spine neutral.
3. While keeping the arms long and the shoulders relaxed, look forwards with the chest open.
4. Lowering phase– start the swing by lowering the kettlebell between the legs.
5. Drive the hips back, while also flexing the knees.
6. Continue to flex at the hip – ultimately hiking the kettlebell towards the buttocks.
7. Upward phase– drive through the heels while moving the hips forward dynamically.
8. As a result of the powerful dynamic hip thrust the kettlebell will arc upwards.
9. Keep the arms relaxed as the kettlebell arc is a consequence of the hip thrust – at the top of the arc there will be some ‘hang time’.
10. Make sure the glutes are squeezed and the core braced.
11. Begin the downward phase by letting the kettlebell naturally drop between the legs.
12. Push the hips back letting the kettlebell swing between the legs and keep the chest open.

14/08/2021

⚠️CAUSES OF INJURY:

🤔Have you ever realised the left bicep is bigger than right?
Or
🧐 Especially one shoulder is lagging behind as compared to the other one.

👩🏼‍🦱Historically we’ve gotten famous statues that look so normal because they’re asymmetrical
Faces are asymmetrical.
✅It’s a part of being normal.

🌓However, we are still designed to function 50/50 on either side.

Now since Assymetry is very common, fixing it is more important since
Especially if you are lifting more weights, you are actually creating more problems than solving it.

UNLESS… You are doing it right.

There’s a strong consensus within the worldwide rehab profession that someone who’s gotten more assymetries have a more chance of injury

Causes of injury->

1. Excessive R/L Assymetry preference- Common pattern is the right handed person, tightness muscle imbalance, trigger points, pains. Weakness and de-conditioning of the non-dominant side.

2. Injury history
Unequivocally, the biggest asymmetry reason is previous injury- Babying that leg or arm is naturaly letting us protect that side. However, we are creating more problems than the solution themselves.

3. Lifestyle asymmetry. Work and sport

Even if you are a customer service role, or probably a tradie using one side to use the jackhammer, you’re a mum holding the kid on one side that is non dominant. You can learn to use the opposite side for jobs that are not critical.

Excellent inputs from

13/08/2021

Social media tries to throw these right on your face when you want to lose weight desperately.

⚠️Do you think you could sustain a nutrition program when you actually keep feeling like s**t eating restrictive foods voiding yourself of important nutrients, or you end up looking at the clock to eat at certain times of the day?

💡What if I tell you ANYTHING CAN MAKE YOU FAT if you eat too much of it and it contains calories
Carbs make you fat😥
Fats make you fat😥
Salads make you fat😥
ANYTHING MAKES YOU FAT.😩

💡Let me start by stating the FUNDAMENTAL LAW of nature. OR Fundamental law of Energy- which CAN NEITHER BE DESTROYED NOR BE CREATED.

🤬Chances are your favorite fitness blogger is trying to sell a system that is marketable (ketos**ttent fasting etc)

But the bottomline is that it all comes down to LESS CALORIES CONSUMED THAN EXPENDITURE = WEIGHT LOSS. Simple as that.

If you are still gaining weight because you’re not following the KETOSH*TTENT Fasting, its NOT what you think.

You’re taking in more calories than you think or expending less energy than you think

Despite some extreme claims about how fasting protocols are the absolute best for weight loss, the majority of the research only supports it being as good as continuous energy restriction, not superior to.

Stay away from the following:

Keto diet
Intermittent fasting
Paleo diet
Alkaline Diet
Blood type diet
Atkins
5:2
80/10/10
Liquid diet
Green Cleanse
Sacred heart
Cabbage soup
GM DietInt
Juice Cleanse Diet

Control is king 👑