5 Best Full Body Resistance Band Warm Up Exercises
Resistance bands are a great strength training tool you should use with warm-up exercises to increase mobility and activate the muscles your workout targets. These are the 5 best full-body resistance band warm-up exercises to take your workout to the next level. You can do them at home or in the gym. Read More
How To Create A Positive Mindset So You Can Lose Weight
How many before and after photos with workout results have you seen looking for a Certified Personal Trainer? Dozens! You won’t find many of those, if any, at Emily Ackart Fitness and Nutrition. I believe those photos don’t tell the real story. They set unrealistic expectations for everyone because most people can’t achieve those results. With my programs, I emphasize a positive mindset. It may require mindset shifts to lose weight and create a healthy lifestyle. Read More
TRX Lunge Progressions and Modifications to Strengthen Your Glutes
Lunges are a perfect exercise to tighten your butt. If you want to strengthen your glutes, focus on the lunge. There are many ways to progress a TRX lunge to get a cardio workout in, while also focusing only on your buttocks. Read More
Best Plank Exercises You Need To Strengthen Your Core
The plank is a perfect exercise to strengthen your core. Planks don’t take a lot of time to do, but there are lots of benefits if you do them right and often. These are the best plank exercises to tighten your abs.
How To Do The Perfect Lunge
Lunges. You either love ’em or hate ’em. Personally, I LOVE them and as a Certified Personal Trainer, you’ll find them in my workouts. They’re great to do on their own or in combination with other exercises. Lunges work your glutes better than many other popular exercises. Here’s how to do the perfect lunge so you work your butt like never before!
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How To Get An Incredibly Strong Core With These Anti-Rotation and Rotation Exercises
Lunge and rotation exercises are great total body exercises that build your flexibility and the strength you need to help avoid injury. These are the best rotation exercises to build your core muscles. Add them to a lunge rotate workout to find your strength for a perfect lunge. Read More
7 Ways To Overcome Gymtimidation So You’re Confident At The Gym
Walking into a new gym is intimidating whether you’re a certified personal trainer, a fitness enthusiast, or working toward your fitness goals. Gymtimidation is real! So, these 7 steps will help you overcome gymtimidation so you’re not afraid to step inside the gym and take the next step toward reaching your goals!
9 TRX Workout Tips Beginners Need To Know To Maximize Results
The TRX is a go-to fitness tool because it builds strength, flexibility, and mobility quickly. It’s perfect for beginners and advanced fitness levels because adjustments are easy. When you’re getting started with the TRX suspension trainer, these 9 tips will help you maximize full-body results.
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10 Great Cardio Exercises You Can Do With Your Children
We think of our workouts as exercises strung together at the gym or in our basement. However, that’s not always possible especially when you have children. So, these are my tips for working out with your kids.
9 Workout Motivation Tips
Guess what?! As much as I love getting my sweat on, I have days when the struggle is real with my fitness. Nope, you’re not alone. Here are my favorite motivation tips.