Amber Sayer

3 weeks ago | impactmagazine.ca | Amber Sayer

Working out twice a day, sometimes called “doubles” or “two-a-days,” can mean anything from running twice a day to running every morning and strength training in the evening to doing a yoga class at lunch and a cardio or strength workout at night, and anything in between. In a nutshell, it simply means you perform two bouts of exercise, either of the same or different types, within the same day but separated by a period of time.

3 weeks ago | triathlete.com | Amber Sayer

I work with athletes and non-athletes of all sorts in my role as a personal trainer and yoga teacher, and one of the most common complaints I hear is nagging stiffness and soreness in the upper back. Whether the ache is from an old injury or the cumulative effects of poor posture, what everyone wants to know is essentially the same: which stretches for upper back pain will bring relief?

1 month ago | triathlete.com | Amber Sayer

As a certified personal trainer and yoga teacher, I work with a lot of athletes who are reticent to try yoga. This happens for several reasons, among them the fact that learning the poses can be a lot harder than you’d think. There are literally hundreds of poses, each demanding strength and coordination. It’s essentially like learning an entirely different language. But if you already strength train at the gym, there are yoga poses that will feel very familiar to bodyweight strength exercises.

1 month ago | triathlete.com | Amber Sayer

Athletes, take note: Although you already know that the best way to release tension is stretching, you may need a reminder that research increasingly supports the fact that practicing stretches after a workout can literally minimize your aches and pains after resistance training of any sort. Your stretching routine doesn’t need to be particularly long or involved to be effective. But you do need to target all of the major muscles you just exhausted during any full-body workout.

1 month ago | outsideonline.com | Amber Sayer

From yoga to Pilates to more general workouts, the call for core strength is ubiquitous. As a yoga teacher, I constantly need to remind students to engage their core. It’s not about shame or even strength—it’s the knowledge that an activated core will deliver support and improved alignment while alleviating potential pain. Why Core Strength Is EssentialWhen contracted, the muscles of your core support the spine, help you maintain proper posture, and reduce your risk of injury.