VeraForma

Guided hands-free workouts - like a personal trainer with you. By Brad Glaser, NASM master trainer, Irvine since 2008.

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Hips curling off the pad at the bottom of a leg press feels like depth. Over thousands of reps, your low back takes load meant for your legs. Stop where hips stay down. Workouts that watch your form: https://t.co/j9cWe8JCZf

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Bouncing out of the bottom of a calf raise lets your Achilles spring you up, not your calves. Pause one second at the bottom, rise slow, squeeze at the top. Fewer reps, more calf. Train it right: https://t.co/j9cWe8JCZf

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Fix It in Sixty Seconds: tight chest. Forearm on a doorframe at shoulder height, step through until the front of your shoulder opens. Ribs down, breathe 30 seconds, switch sides. More drills: https://t.co/9acgzuE8PX

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Front heel lifting on every lunge feels like nothing. Over thousands of reps, it shoves your weight onto your knee instead of your hip. Cue: drive through your whole front foot. Fix it here: https://t.co/m7558HbEXf

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Pushing off the bottom foot on a step-up? Your trailing leg just did the lift. Keep the back foot light, drive through the whole front foot, stand all the way up. Get workouts that coach it: https://t.co/j9cWe8JCZf

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Members rarely quit the gym. They quit the habit. VeraForma gives every member a coach for the days they can't get in. Free to the gym, single-use codes, no contract, and you never see member data. See how: https://t.co/xAcRLkK8wS

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On GLP-1 medication? When appetite drops, muscle can go along with the weight. Strength work helps you keep it. Guided hands-free workouts - like a personal trainer with you. See how it protects muscle: https://t.co/CBYpBA4eBU

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Over 60 and want to stay strong for the things you love? Strength is still yours to build. VeraForma coaches you in my voice, at your pace, with form checks along the way. See how: https://t.co/4AOLyFDbHq

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Leaning over a triceps pushdown and pumping your shoulders? Your body weight is moving the stack, not your triceps. Stand tall, pin elbows to your sides, move only the forearms. Build it right: https://t.co/Odz1itIlIQ

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Shrugging on every lateral raise feels like nothing. Over thousands of reps, your neck does the shoulder's job. Cue: shoulders down, away from your ears. Lift only to shoulder height. See the fix: https://t.co/m7558HbEXf

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Elbows flared wide on every bench press feels fine today. Over thousands of reps, the front of the shoulder takes the strain. Tuck them in a little, like you're bending the bar. See what it checks: https://t.co/m7558HbEXf

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A plank with your hips sagging isn't core work. It's your low back taking the load, hold after hold. Squeeze your glutes, pull ribs toward hips, hold less time with better shape. Train it right: https://t.co/j9cWe8JCZf

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Stopping a lat pulldown halfway up skips the stretch, which is half the point. Go lighter, let your arms get all the way long at the top, and pull the bar to your upper chest. Build a plan around full reps: https://t.co/j9cWe8JCZf

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A slightly rounded back on every deadlift won't hurt today. Over thousands of reps, it's how a sore low back shows up "out of nowhere." Hinge from the hips, chest proud, bar close.
Protect your back: https://t.co/Wot9CJ5KdY

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If you swing your body to curl the weight up, your back did the work, not your biceps. Elbows pinned, no rocking, 2 seconds down. Form beats load.

Train it that way: https://t.co/Odz1itIlIQ

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Rushing the lowering half of a push-up throws away half the rep. Take 3 seconds down, chest an inch off the floor, then press. Slower feels harder. That's the point. Form beats load. Train it: https://t.co/j9cWe8JCZf

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Nina has lost over 5% bodyfat in a couple months of training. Her strength and posture has dramatically improved and we corrected her muscle imbalance in her hip and low back causing her pain. A complete body… https://t.co/T7aSmXakTX

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Check your weight at least once a week. Even if you don't have a weight goal it is good to know to be conscious of it. You might find an anomoly by losing or gaining weight rapidly based off your lfiestyle and make plans to change it. #irvine

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Make sure you exercise with correct form and posture at all times. This ensures better movement patterns, decrease chance of injury, and helps stave off future muscle imbalances. More information about muscle imbalances at https://t.co/OQUY4maEbb #irvine

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Ignore BMI, it measures your height and weight. In reality Muscle weighs heavier than fat, so you could be obese in BMI but with low body fat %. Concern yourself with your body fat %, no matter what your weight is, your body fat % will determine how healthy you are. #irvine