Fitness Lab

Hi there Today i want to talk about "functional training" since i have been "accused" and find "guilty" to be too much functional in my training programs.  Obviously this open sentence is just a provocation to get your attention but, yes, the truth is that i like and apply the ideas of f.t. for the simple reason that my body and my job need extra attentions and solutions.  F.t., like some other training styles or methodologies, helps me find some missing links between human biomechanic and sport performance and connecting them with a "classic"  strength training, which is still a big foundamental part of the physical training. But the thing is that even though f.t. nowadays is a very trand topic in the sport and fitness industry, it is still not very clear style or method of training like body building, pilates, cardio, hiit, power lifting....because it doesn't include a specific list of exercises and intensity like the others. So it is subje...

Hi  Thank you for reaching part 2. With these 2 posts I aim to clarify the subject warming-up and ultimately give you more tools to properly organize your daily warm-up routine. As i said in part 1, there are many variables you should consider when preparing for your training. Before illustrate them, i would like to list some extrapoints in order to give you even more details to keep in mind: -there are different levels of warming up (exercises choise, intensity, duration, progression), the more you are an expert and in a good shape, the more your warm-up level can raise up. What for somebody is a warm-up, for somebody else can be a work-out. -what ever is your level, focus and intensions don't need to be warming-up; this means that the warm-up has to be done at your best from the beginning. No sloppy reps but only good quality movement and intensity.  -theoretically, harder is your work-out, better you should warm-up. -the more your sport is about sprinting and speed or load,...

 Hi and welcome. as a first post of my blog i want to talk about WARM-UP since it is the first part of the training. Indeed, the warm-up is meant to be the time frame used to progressively raise the internal temperature and prepare the body for the, theoretically but not necessarily, hardest and more intense time that follow, the "work-out".  The possible choises of warming-up exercises are basically infinity because there are so many factors and variables  (which i will share later on)  that interfer, simultaneously, in the way, intensity and duration of the warm-up; but physiology and biomechanic help us identify some lines.  So, if you are confuse and uncertain on what to do first when you enter in the gym, this post may give you some tips in order to, on the short and long run, decrease the risk of injury, staying healty, massimize your time in the gym and, ultimately improve your fitness level and performance. Even more if you are little bit into social med...

Hello there This is a quick post to introduce the most key facts about myself that are ultimately shaping the content here in this blog. At 14 i start going to the gym beacuse i twisted my ankle by playing volleyball which i did from 6 to 26 in a semi professional way. Than i started my carrer as a S&C coach where i honestly got much better results than as a player.  I also broke  my posterior cross ligament (PCL) at 16 in a motobike accident and the doctor that time told me that i should keep my leg muscle strong beacuse he didnt want me to do surgery. Became natural to me go to the gym and proudly i can say that the PCL is still broken and i played 10 years without and still doing basically anything i want with my training.  I also suffer low back for decades. Sooo my mindset into training and movement is obviously more related to how to use it to help the person feelling better and reaching pain free. I did my studied my courses partecipate at the last 3 Olympics a...