Blogs, Videos & More – Brock Armstrong – Fitness & Movement Coach

January 22, 2023January 23, 2023

All-or-nothing, vacations, worthiness and a chair workout

I got a wonderful email from a wonderful listener the other day. This is what Wonderful Listener had to say:

“I wanted to drop you a quick note to tell you how much I appreciated your last three podcasts. Each with their own particular spin, reinforced the valuable messages of avoiding all-or-nothing thinking, focusing on what you can do rather than what you can’t, and the power of a little planning, and habits. I’ve heard you speak about these in the past, but I find the reinforcement really valuable. I thought of you recently when I was doing “ladder squats” on the slide when I took some of the grandchildren to the playground.😉”

January 20, 2023

Are You Planking Wrong?

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Boring old crunches are easily the most common of the exercises if you want to get phenomenal abdominals – but are they the most effective or fun way to strengthen your core? Probably not. So let’s look at planking instead and make sure you aren’t making some pretty common and easy-to-correct mistakes.

January 16, 2023January 7, 2023

Low-Stress Ways to Stay Active on Vacation

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I just got back from a sunny getaway (it’s what we Canadians do at this time of year) and you know what, I’m going to say it: We should all take a break from work and getting away is a great way to do that. But getting away doesn’t have to mean getting away from our physical fitness goals.

January 12, 2023

Sitting and Standing – workout of the week

Do you usually use your hands and arms to get in and out of a chair? If you do, you are missing a great opportunity to build some strength, balance and mobility.

January 8, 2023January 9, 2023

Everyday movement, success, plus a great core exercise

Before we dig into what I have been up to in the past two weeks, I want to share something I did yesterday that I think you will like (and hopefully emulate).

It was a busy day, with more appointments and hurdles than usual. That meant I didn’t get my usual morning walk and workout in – oh no! But do not fear, dear reader, I had a solution! I just set an alarm on my watch to go off every 30 minutes and when it would go off, I would stop what I was doing and do either:

And you know what? By the end of the day, I had accumulated a heck of a workout!

January 6, 2023

Lift One Arm, Bend One Leg?

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Single limb, or unilateral training, is an often overlooked part of resistance training but there are a few really good reasons why you could start adding them to your plan.

January 2, 2023December 19, 2022

Some Simple Ways to Move More – every. single. day.

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The evidence is all around us—we can’t offset or undo hours and hours of sitting still with a single bout of exercise. And who would even want to when there are so many easy and fun ways to inject more movement right into your day?

December 25, 2022December 20, 2022

Holiday exercise, why you’re stuck, and a 2-minute workout

I know I KNOW. For those of you who celebrate Xmas, today is a terrible day to be sending you an email newsletter! But what can I do? I am a slave to my schedule. So here you go – consider this your pan-religious, pansexual, personal pan pizza winter holiday edition of my Candlenights movement digest.

Quick reminder: enrollment is now open for the next cohort of our fun and mind-changing Weighless program, which will kick off on January 6. If you’re not familiar with our work in the Weighless program, you can check out this replay of a recent workshop (The 5 Things You Need to Succeed) and learn more about us and the program.

December 19, 2022December 12, 2022

You Can Keep Moving During the Holidays – Really!

Travel time, fancy meals & drinks, and time constraints don’t have to hamper your movement goals. Being active during the holiday season is simpler than you think, and BONUS: it can even help you de-stress!

December 15, 2022

Video: 2-Minute Movement Snack

Here is a two-minute routine you can do anytime you need a boost or a break. As you can probably tell, my heart and respiration rate are way up by the end of this simple snack.