Abbi Rennes

I will preface this by saying I used to do bootcamp-style classes 3x a week for 4 years in a row. Some of what I'm about to tell you is from personal experience, but today I am going to take it a step further and show you what I believe to be the crux of the issue I'm finding with bootcamp gyms—they sell you a dream of incredible composition results that are NOT realistic without cross-training or not attending a bootcamp gym as much as advertised. LET'S START WITH WHAT I'M NOT SAYING I know...

I see a lot of posts talking about what people do in terms of exercise, but not a lot about what it's like to have a trainer, the ways different trainers organize their programming, and what an onboarding experience looks like for someone new to personal training, cross-training, or a general fitness journey. To keep this post from being miles long, I will focus on how I organize the first 12 weeks with someone who is new to the gym entirely, someone trying strength training for the first...

Training for pole has its own unique skills and challenges. Part of this challenge is navigating all the unnatural movements that pole dance requires compared to the demands of our daily life. In order to do this, it requires training for motor control - otherwise known as motor learning. WHY SHOULD INSTRUCTORS FOCUS ON MOTOR LEARNING? The point of motor learning is to enhance the smoothness, accuracy, and even the speed of a movement pattern by training the brain to make it "second nature."...