http://mtspecialist.com Move Better, Feel Better, Perform Better… Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:58:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris Poljacik has been my personal trainer for the past 18 months. When we first started working together, I was in terrible shape. Having suffered a broken back in an automobile accident two months earlier, I was physically weak and had lost a lot of flexibility. To top things off, ... http://mtspecialist.com/2008/12/21/joy-kenseth-injury-rehabilitation/ Dec, 5th and 6th Master Trainer and owner Chris Poljacik traveled to Hamiliton Ontario Canada to conduct a Movement Training Specialist Certification. The group Consisted of 17 trainers from 5 different clubs who were eager advance there functional training knowledge and business skills. The two day workshop was ... http://mtspecialist.com/2008/12/21/mts-a-big-hit-in-hammilton-ontario/ Back in the game! "On November 10th I injured my right shoulder during a tennis match: a torn rotator cuff, according to a DHMC orthopedic surgeon. I worked with the DHMC re-hab staff for a month, and then I started working twice a week with Chris Poljacik, a Movement Training Specialist. Chris ... http://mtspecialist.com/2008/10/25/rotator-cuff-rehab/ This spring I ran my first marathon. I have been a long distance runner since I was 15 years old had attempted to train for the full marathon distance of 26.2 miles on multiple occasions but had never succeeded because chronic nagging injuries interrupted my training causing me to ... http://mtspecialist.com/2008/05/22/marathon-success/ Are you ready to take your training skills to the next level? Get results from your “toughest” clients? Build a massive waiting list? Improve your client’s mobility and function better than your local physical therapist? Are you ready to be a fitness professional that is described as the “complete package?” Just ... http://mtspecialist.com/2008/05/22/by-vince-delmonte-edge-fitness-business-consultant/ THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFTING By Logan Schwartz The history of weight training has changed dynamically with the advent of Applied Functional Science. Traditional weight training basically had two main objectives. Athletes lifted to either increase muscle mass, i.e. hypertrophy, or they trained to increase strength. The theory was that the more force ... http://mtspecialist.com/2008/05/09/principals-of-lifting/