Good morning and welcome to a Wednesday! 

We're going to start something new this week that will run every Wednesday on my blog...it's called the Hump Day Health Kick with Uber trainer Matt Makischuck from Ultimate Fitness. Matt was my trainer  and number one cheerleader throughout B101's Ultimate Loser Contest and I could not have been more thrilled with the results.

He has given me the tools I've needed to leave the nest and go out on my own in the  weight room...and although it was a little scary at first navigating it by myself...it's getting easier and more comfortable everyday...the reason we're doing this is because of the overwhelming amount of inquiries we've had about Matt from listeners throughout the contest...and since he cant train everybody...we thought it would be cool to have him pass along some of his pearls of wisdom on a weekly basis here on my blog...he's a fountain of knowledge( I can hear his wife Melanie snickering as I write this) and has a real passion for health and fitness....I've learned some eye-opening things about health, nutrition, and wellness  throughout the three months I worked with him and really wanted to pass some of them along to you...one of the biggest ones was why you should NEVER drink wine WITH dinner...I'll get Matt to blog about that soon...it's a shocker!

Now...Without further ado...here's Matt...enjoy!

The Hump Day Health Kick

By: The “Uber Trainer” Matt Makischuk (CFT)

 Well, I’d like to kick off my premier blog with a quote from one of my trainers in the past. “If you ain’t hurtin, you aint workin hard enough!” That phrase has really pushed me and motivated me for years, but there is a big difference between muscle pain that we all get as we are pumping out those last few reps, and actual pain that could cause injury and immobilization which could prevent you from training and achieving your goals.

There are a few key areas where you might feel the bad kind of pain you want to avoid. They are: the knees, the lower back and the neck. If you feel a pain that is excruciating in one of these three areas when you train, immediately stop what you are doing and assess what you are doing. Are you training with too much weight? Are you lifting too quickly? Are you not breathing properly? Is your form/technique off? One or all of the above are possibilities. You want to make sure that when you are training, you are training properly, so you can achieve the results that YOU desire! So in closing…if you feel pain in any other area while you are training, Suck it up buttercups and keep moving forward!

Train Hard!

Matt.