So what have you been up to??
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
Sorry it’s been so long since I blogged last!! I just wanted to check in with everyone to see what’s up? What have you been doing to keep yourself physically fit and busy during the pandemic? I personally am now going back to the gym three times a week with a bare bones three day split. I can’t remember a time when haven’t hit the iron and it’s really nice to be back in a gym environment. Otherwise I have been doing 2-3 days of elliptical a week and I try to get a least two days of marital arts training. Fortunately with the coming of Spring I can get back to more full fledged martial arts wor ..read more
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Wear it and wear it right!!
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
Here’s a message to anyone going gyms currently about mask wearing. Please make sure to wear a mask and wear it correctly as well as applying a little common sense. What to I mean by this, please let me explain. First and foremost when wearing a mask make sure it fits and make sure it is covering your nose 100% of the time. Let me explain further for those who may not understand… You don’t just wear a mask when NOT doing a set, or just keep it above your nose when NOT doing a set. No almost covering the nose, there is covering or there is not…not a hard concept. The most important time is duri ..read more
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Planning for the New Year
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
What is your exercise plan for the New Year? Do you have one? Is it even on the radar? Well this is a great time of year to start planning or revising your exercise goals for the coming year. Maybe this will be the year you start exercising, maybe this will be the year you set higher goals, or possibly start a new sport or exercise pursuit. I personally will be continuing to strengthen my right knee/leg (just recently got a partial knee replacement). I will also be focusing on improving my kicks as well. I got a new set of kicking targets that I am having fun with. I plan to keep with my lifti ..read more
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The Iron Neck
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
So here I am checking in again about the Iron Neck. First and foremost, training your neck is a tricky business and I would seek a professional’s advice.  I recently purchased the Iron Neck starter, and found that it didn’t provide the resistance I needed, but I realized immediately that this product had merit. I promptly returned the starter model and purchased the Iron Neck pro. I am happy to say that this model/product is pretty amazing. You can train your neck with a series of exercises without any flexion or extension for those with neck injuries, or anyone wanting to strengthen thei ..read more
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Training The Neck?!
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
Do any of you train your neck?? I actually apparently have “broken” my neck at some point during my life. I suffered a compression fracture at C3 in what I have narrowed down to two possible incidents, the details of which are not relevant. Irrespective my neck does give me issues on occasion and in the past ten years I have had 3 “episodes” that required physical therapy. What I have found that is that is that if I keep my neck strong I am much less likely to need physical therapy. On a quick FYI  note, if you’re in the same boat I wouldn’t recommend doing 20 plus front flips at jump zon ..read more
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What are your must haves for your exercise routines?!
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
Everyone has their kit, gym bag, equipment etc. that they need and use regularly. Personally if don’t have just what I need or am used to using I am ornery. If I’m lifting I will always have my belt, straps, elbow compression sleeves, knee wraps, bar clips and flat soled shoes. I may not use all of them for every workout but they are just must haves. If I’m practicing martial arts I like wearing wrestling shoes and knee braces. If I am practicing sticking and kicking, I of course need one or more heavy bags. By far my favorite heavy bags are the long Century Wave bags. When doing cardio, which ..read more
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What do you do to help get you through your workouts?
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
Having been an exercise enthusiast all my life there are times when it can be a bit of a grind. So what’s to be done to help with boredom or need for motivation? My first go to is of course music…if it drives I listen. Have a play list ready, and work on updating it every so often to keep it fresh. On occasion I might try a new supplement or revisit an old one. I’m actually about to try Animal Paks again. New fitness gear and clothing are great go to as well. New outfits, especially new t-shirts are top for me. Then of course any new fitness gear is epic, I am now trying out some new neck trai ..read more
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What is enough?
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
How much exercise do we need? You hear it all the time one hour of cardio day, make sure to lift weights, stretch, and so on. Well I’ll just let you know I do, and it’s not necessarily what I recommend as everyone is different but here it anyway. I like to lift three days a week, I usually will train a three day split routine that I vary every six weeks or so.  I train martial arts two to three times a week, which is a challenge these days as our school is still not open unfortunately. I will stretch on average two days a week, I could use more!! Cardio will usually be two to three days a ..read more
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Getting a personal trainer during Covid-19
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
Obviously the state of play for personal training has changed for personal trainers and their clients. My clients are in three camps – Some train at parks or tracks, some are doing virtual workouts and a very few are coming to the gym. These are established clients and the transition has been fairly easy. The bigger question for me and the industry is what to do with a new client that doesn’t want to go to the gym and really wants the in-person experience. Well it seems straight forward, just take it outside. But what happens with winter coming?! My answer is to to make your move now; get your ..read more
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The New Knee
JETT Training | Strength Training
by Eric Toussaint
7M ago
It seems that my favorite thing to blog about are my knees. So here’s the latest update. I just recently 7/27/20 had a Mako partial knee replace in my right knee (https://bit.ly/2YQGk76).  Within the past year I had both of my knees scoped to repair the meniscus. I was down to fifty percent of my cartilage left in my right knee and the medial aspect was bone on bone. The pain that it causing just got to a point where I had to make a move. It’s been a little over a month and my physical therapy is going well and I have no more joint pain. Of course I was in a lot of pain for the first week ..read more
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