In my profession, I run into roller coaster dieters and they all have the same thought after they have lost a significant amount of weight… This time it will be different and the weight will stay off. Trust me, I wish it would but the reality is, most likely weight loss through dieting will notRead more
Here is the fitness question of the month for June. If you have a question about fitness, please contact me and I may answer your question in my blog. “A lot of fitness magazines recommend that you eat six meals a day and exercise in the morning. What if you have a 9 to 5Read more
Ok I started at 160 lbs I am 5 feet tall and now I weigh 135 lbs trying to get to 110 lbs what is the difference between fat loss and weight loss? And what has better results? I received this question from my website blog inquiries this week. It is a great question. ThereRead more
When it comes to being an advanced exerciser, you need to tune in to your body’s limitations and back off when it’s talking to you. Too many times I’ve seen people run themselves into the ground, causing injuries that set back their exercise progression. It is good to push and challenge the body, especially becauseRead more
The first thing everyone needs to understand is that you body is a unit and every part of it interacts with the other parts. If chronic tightness and weakness exist in any part of your body, it translates and effects another part biomechanically, creating strain and potential injury. This can even translate from joints as far away asRead more
Thank you Yanty for your question this week… “My calculations say ive gaenid 5 pounds of muscle?hey!.so ive been measuring my body fat every week, in the mornings along with my weight, waist circumference, lean mass and body fat in pounds. so my results seem to say that ive gained 5lbs of lean mass (muscle)Read more
Hill repeats are a great way to structure interval training into you cardiovascular workouts. Push the uphill portions of any given course, then, rest and recover on the flats and downhills. You can also stick to one hill and run/walk/cycle hard up, descend, then repeat. The key to any great interval workout is to push aboveRead more
For resistance training programs, your rep range will depend on your goals. The more muscle you want to gain from your program the lower your rep range should be. The basis of any resistance training program, should be between 4-20 repetitions to failure. If your goal is just muscle gain, you need to stimulate typeRead more
Since we do all of our resistance training indoors, most people who regularly exercise don’t have a problem getting in their normal resistance training workouts during the winter. The hard part is getting motivated to get out of your warm bed to go tackle an outdoor cardio workout in the cold. Lucky, here in California,Read more
Recently, I had a friend ask if super slow resistance training was better for building strength than standard paced resistance training. This is a really good question. It would make sense that if you were lifting super slow, there would be no momentum while you are lifting weights, thus, your muscle would have to workRead more
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