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Originally coined by Chila, Peckham and Manheim, back in 1981 and used for the title of their course at Michigan State University: ‘‘Myofascial Release’’

What is fascia tissue?

Fascia is the body’s connective tissue. It's fibrous cobweb-like connective tissue found throughout the whole of the body runing from head to toe. Your fascia provides a framework that helps support and protect individual muscle groups, organs, and the entire body as a unit.

What is a strength curve?

A strength curve is a graphical representation of how a muscle generates and applies force in a specific direction. This force is then represented using three basic categories: ascending, descending and bell-shaped.

Eccentric contraction explained:

An eccentric contraction occurs when a muscle lengthens under load. An example of this would be when you're lowing yourself into a squatting position. Generally speaking, a muscle can be upto 150% stronger during an eccentric contraction than a concentric contraction. 

Concentric contraction explained:

A concentric contraction occurs when a muscle shortens. An example of this would be when you're coming up from a bottom of a squat.

What are muscle fascicles?

In anatomy, a muscle fascicle is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium, a type of connective tissue.

Who is Michael Goulden?

Michael Goulden is the founder of a training company and is a resistance training specialist in exercise mechanics. He has been integrating exercise mechanics with neuromuscular preparation to create a uniquely sustainable approach to health, fitness and performance.

Who is Charles Poliquin?

Charles Poliquin is recognised as one of the world’s most accomplished strength coaches, and has produced hundreds of medals, wins and personal bests for elite athletes in over 17 different sports, including athletes for both the summer and winter Olympics, the NHL, and NFL.

Who is Ben Pakulski?

Ben Pakulski, nicknamed the Pak-Man, holds an Honors Degree in Kinesiology and is an IFBB professional bodybuilder and winner of the 2008 Mr. Canada competition. In the IFBB, he finished 2nd twice in 2008.

What is a level 5 trainer?

Our level five trainers are our ‘elite’. They’re seriously experienced, and incredibly knowledgeable. They have all gone above and beyond, attending numerous industry events, clocking up multiple courses, and spending numerous hours learning through practical experience with clients. They have shown unparalleled dedication to becoming the best personal trainers possible, and have been recognised in the health and fitness industry for their level of excellence.

What is a level 4 trainer?

Our level four trainers have gone the extra mile. All of them have further industry qualifications, whether in nutrition, post-natal exercise, endurance or hypertrophy. They have attended workshops, webinars and courses to lift their learning above others in the area. They are likely to have been a personal trainer for several years, and be pushing to learn more about how they can offer the best possible advice to you.

What is a level 3 trainer?

Our level three trainers are fully qualified, with industry-recognised qualifications, but are relatively new to personal training. What they lack in experience, they will make up for in dedication and enthusiasm. All our level three trainers work closely with a more senior member of the team to ensure the Hall Training quality of service is maintained, and you make constant progress towards your goals.

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Hall Training Systems has rebranded to Hall Personal Training, and today unveiled its new logo, tagline and website to support its evolution over the last year.

The underlying ethos of the brand remains the same: we are still committed to providing the very best service to our clients, going above and beyond other personal trainers in Oxford. We are still committed to achieving results through science, but we blend the most up to date health and fitness theory with our years of industry experience, ensuring the best approach for each client as an individual. Finally, we still take a ‘systemised’ approach. Now this doesn’t mean cookie cutter programmes or nutrition - that is completely against what we stand for! For each individual we do everything from scratch, based on your individual goals, exercise history and the time available. But it means we have tools and systems that we know work, and processes we can employ to make sure our results are among the best in the industry, let alone in Oxford. 

So, why the rebrand?

Well, when it was founded, Hall Training Systems was the brainchild of our founder, Chris. He loves practical application and science and information, and treating clients as individuals - and the old brand reflected that. But since then, the company has grown, and we now work with an amazing, hand-picked team of personal trainers across Oxford. When we got together to decide what makes us us and sets us apart, our truly personal approach for each individual client shone through. So we wanted to put the personal back into personal training, and back into our brand. We’ve kept the good of the old Hall Training, and made it better.

Now for the strapline...

“Results through science” has been replaced with “Stronger. Healthier. Happier.” Results through science is what we focus on as professionals, but it’s not why our clients come to us. We spoke to our awesome community and asked them to summarise why they wanted a personal trainer in the first place, and most importantly, what we’ve helped them achieve. Being stronger, healthier and happier people was the unanimous feedback we received, and what we, as a team, want our clients to feel when they work with us. From the comments that came back to us, it looks like we’re getting it right!
 

Finally, you’ll notice we have a shiny new website! We owe our thanks to the fantastic team at Rare Form New Media in Oxford for their help with this. We wanted something that reflected our vision for our clients, our ethos as a team (friendly and approachable, down to earth, but damn good at our jobs), and the fact that we work with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Hopefully you agree that this is what we now have. We hope you enjoy exploring it!