Archive for June, 2008
« Previous EntriesI spent 22 hours on a plane in 8 days, is there anything I can do to help with jet lag?
Monday, June 30th, 2008Jet lag cannot be avoided if you are crossing time zones but it can be lessened. Jet lag is a phenomenon that is often explained by the interruption of one’s circadian rhythms, the body’s physiological sleep-waking patterns that are regulated by light, food and activity and are unique for every individual. Typically, when you cross [...]
Bunch of cardio exercises
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008Many people hate, dislike, abhor cardio workouts. Keep changing your routines to lessen the monotony of your client’s workout and increase, to the best of your ability, the pleasure they derive from your training session.
Select a few of these each time:
Springing frog
Medicine ball, skate
Medicine ball, squat pulses, jump after each 4 count
Power squat
L-step, power squat, [...]
I am so tired of pills that promise weight loss!
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008So, I am sitting on my couch working away with VH1 on the television so that I can listen to music for great songs to add to my workouts and a commercial for Lipozene comes on. A double blind study showed people lost a billion pounds (I am stretching it a bit) by taking this [...]
Cooling down as is important as working out
Saturday, June 21st, 2008After 22 years in the gym as a Group Fitness instructor I have seen my share of people who refuse to cool down and stretch after their workout. Actually, truth be told, I also was guilty of not cooling down. I would go from hard core jumping around for an hour as we used to [...]
Workout 17.2008 Music Mix
Friday, June 20th, 2008As usual, I am compiling my playlist for this weekend’s workouts and here is what I will be playing to try to pump up the masses!
Hell Yeah 4:08 Rev Theory
Viva la Vida 4:04 Coldplay
Blurry 5:04 Puddle of Mudd
Cry for You (Extended Mix) 5:26 September
If I Were U 3:23
Because of You (Bermudez & Griffin Ultimix) 5:23 Kelly Clarkson
Chasing Cars - Cuz u like this one 4:26 Snow Patrol Eyes
Pain 3:23 Three Days [...]
Be happy; that’s it!
Thursday, June 19th, 2008At the end of yoga, I often ask people to sit quietly and think about what makes them happy, really happy. I ask them to consider if they were to have just 24 hours left on this earth, what would they turn to. Then I ask them to make that the focus of their day, [...]
Can food make me calm?
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Okay, I have heard blue makes a person calm, the ocean relaxes the nervous system, but food? I have also heard that when stressed, many turn to junk food or emotional eating as a way to combat the stress, but that is referred to as “comfort food” not food to calm you down.
Comfort food often [...]
Older equals happier
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Ah to be happy, it’s what we all say we want and yet struggle to find. A thorough examination of happiness in America found the following:
Baby Boomers are not as content as other generations
African Americans are less happy than whites
Men are less happy than women
Happiness can rise and fall between eras
With age the differences narrow
Taking a break
Monday, June 16th, 2008I leave for vacation next week and unlike many people, I do not even consider doing exercise on my vacations. It is not that I do not think it is a great idea, it is more because my body deserves a break. I exercise for a living and every single day, seven days a week, I [...]
Why aren’t my abs ripped?
Sunday, June 15th, 2008I workout all the time, I eat right, and I drink plenty of fluids. I am in great shape but my abdominals are not as I would like; you know a six pack. What can I do to have washboard abs?
I hear this question all the time, literally. It seems the main goal people have [...]
