Training Youth Athletes: Build a Foundation

Appropriate training of youth athletes starts with understanding how they move. When you get a young athlete in, say it’s their first time training, you need to understand how they move, how their body works, and their body deficiencies. If they have trouble squatting, we’ll run them through some movement screening tests. You really want […]

ROM Machine – The 4 Minute Workout

The ROM machine is a time management tool. Research shows that doing an activity that takes just four short minutes will not create the feeling of boredom. Therefore, the four minutes that it takes to do the ROM machine is something that people will enjoy and not get bored doing and so will continue for […]

The Intense and Highly Effective ROM Machine Workout

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/211694241″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/211694241″][/su_vimeo] The ROM machine is a workout machine that uses your body mass in a four minute session of safe, non-impacting high intensity interval training. Learn more from an interview with a trainer. What is a ROM machine and what does it look like? Clint Bigham: The ROM machine stands for range of […]

Golf Fitness: Improve Performance and Avoid Injury

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/203341424″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/203341424″][/su_vimeo] Golf fitness training programs are customized for each golfer with a body composition analysis. We work on posture, core strength and stance to ultimately avoid injury, perform better, and stay strong and healthy. Is golf fitness a set program you follow or is it customized to each client or both? Clint Bigham: […]

Fitness Center Offers Unique Approach

The Daily Voice recently published an article about Ferraro Functional Fitness and how we stand out from other facilities. We are excited for the results that our clients are seeing especially at the start of a new year with health and fitness being a top resolution for so many of us.   Clients at Ferraro […]

3 Tips to Achieve Your Fitness Goals

Know Your Body: This tip may sound a little funny but it’s super important. Get used to your body and try to understand what makes your body feel good, what makes it feel bad, and how your body responds to certain workouts. Try some different things and you will see how your body responds. Understanding your […]

Tips From An Exercise Specialist That You May Not Know

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/198710306″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/198710306″][/su_vimeo] Exercise specialists have advice on all aspects of fitness at the individual level including diet, nutrition, creating a workout routine and more.  It is important to be knowledgeable about what to do both before and after you start a workout routine in order to reach your full potential. Should we stretch after every workout? […]

InBody Technology for Body Composition

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/191018630″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/191018630″][/su_vimeo] InBody technology uses electrical impedance to measure whole body composition including muscle mass and body fat percentage. When we refer to body composition analysis, what exactly are we analyzing? Amanda LaPointe: Basically, we’re analyzing the body composition, so what your body is made up of. Specifically when we’re referring to the analyzer […]

The Fascial Distortion Model™

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/179061484″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/179061484″][/su_vimeo] The Fascial Distortion Model™ is used to treat soft tissue injuries and musculoskeletal conditions and offers clear objectives and measurable results. How do you explain what Fascial Distortion Model™ is? Well, the Fascial Distortion Model™ – some people would think of it as a technique but it’s actually more of a treatment […]

Utilizing the Core

Why is it so important to utilize the core during sports rehab for any injury? The core encompasses the muscles of the back and abdomen which takes up a large part of the body. By building core strength, athletes support the limbs during functional movements like throwing, sprinting, jumping and landing motions. Core strengthening is […]