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Monday, February 9th, 2009As a Personal Trainer I believe to excel at your trade you need to keep introducing new techniques and exercises to keep your clients motivated and continuing to see results. One method that can work to change up your current routine is to incorporate pyramid training. A pyramid training program is done by performing exercises [...]
How much longer until parents wake up? Children are in danger!
Monday, January 19th, 2009Last night as I watched the television I saw a headline, “1 out of 3 kids are now considered overweight or obese.” How can this continue to happen? Sure it’s easy to go through the drive-thru, yes its easier to say yes to cookies, cake and french fries instead of stand up and tell your [...]
It’s January 1st! What are your fitness resolutions?
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Each year we make a mental commitment to some sort of change in our lives. Here we are again, January 1st, 2009. What are your New Year’s Fitness/ Wellness Resolutions? My resolution this year is simply to eat better. I already workout two to three hours a day, I already have a balanced regime of [...]
Stay Fit While You Travel This Holiday Season
Saturday, December 20th, 2008This holiday season not only will you eat too much but you will probably miss a few workouts. Don’t be like most people and put off until January 1st what you can do today. Be proactive with your training plan prior to your trip. Here are four tips that will help you stay on track when you’re away [...]
Working Out with Friends Makes all the Difference!
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Is it just me or doesn’t everyone pull out their camera phones after a workout to take pictures? Ah, it’s all in good fun, the gym is a place to get into shape and be healthy but it is also a place to be happy and have fun. I often say in my classes, [...]
Five Best Butt Exercises
Sunday, November 30th, 2008I love to workout my gluteal area and funny enough so do many women. We are not often satisfied with what we were blessed with in the derriere. Some are too saggy, others too big, some are too round and others too flat; whatever your rear shape, odds are you want improvement. The following are [...]
Music Really makes a Difference
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008As usual, on Tuesday I go to Cable Organizer for one of our bi-weekly workouts. Tuesdays we run three miles and then do some other type of exercise followed by a stretch. Yesterday Paul, our co-fearless leader, decided he wanted to do cardio because he had spent all weekend downloading music.
Now typically I would not [...]
The Fountain of Youth? Just Might Be
Saturday, November 15th, 2008We buy the latest “quick weight loss/ body toning in 3 minutes a day” products, pop appetite suppressant pills, and seek out plastic surgery in the hopes of finding the perfect body as well as increasing our overall health but all we really need to do is follow some easy tips for real changes that [...]
Is there a difference amongst pedometers?
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Pedometers are small devices that you clip onto your hip or belt and it counts your steps. Millions of people use pedometers as part of a program to measure progress as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Pedometers range from cheap to expensive; inaccurate to quite precise. The following pedometers have been ranked and rated according to accuracy from most accurate to least:
Yamax SW-200, [...]
Without a goal how will you know when you’ve achieved it?
Saturday, October 18th, 2008It typically goes something like this: You decide you need to reach a fitness goal you stumbled upon when your pants didn’t zip up, you were winded after teaching your five year old how to ride a bicycle, or the pinch an inch test turned into “holy cow check this out I can pinch a foot!” The [...]
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