by Bill McDonald, Carlsbad, California Personal Training For years and years there has been astigmatism that women should stay away from weight training or resistance training. The concern has been that training with weights would jeopardize a woman’s chances of having a feminine physique. The myth although unfounded is understandable. If you look at the [...]
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How to Communicate the Need for Physical Activity to Older Adults
November 23rd, 2011 
admin By Brian Danley; Cupertino, California Personal Training. As a fitness training professional, it will undoubtedly be an increasingly challenging task to attract adults who are 50 years of age or older as clients. This age group is particularly skeptical and oftentimes cynical about fitness and health advertising and services. So how does a professional personal [...]
Face To Face With Fear
September 27th, 2011 admin By Gabrielle LeBlanc; Personal Training and Sports Conditioning; New Orleans Personal Trainer. One of life’s toughest lessons is confronting that dark, yet very real, place that if most often ignored, dealing with it, then through it, transforming yourself into a stronger you. This is something that everyone will go through constantly in life, and until [...]
How to Start Your Exercise Routine
May 20th, 2011 admin Dave Nevue serves personal training clients in Palmer, Massachusetts. Everyone wants immediate results. There is no one workout that will work for everyone; no magic pill and no magic diet. Everyone has a different body type and a proper workout should be designed for that body type, including the stress levels in a person’s life, [...]
The Aspirations of Ardour
November 18th, 2010 admin By Gabrielle LeBlanc; Personal Training and Sports Conditioning; New Orleans Personal Trainer. Have you ever wondered what makes an athlete go through such harsh conditions for rewards that just don’t seem worth it? A marathon runner, for example, on the last mile who falls to the ground simply from muscle fatigue, who lifts her head [...]
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No Comments »So You Want To Sculpt Your Body?
October 28th, 2010 admin By Martin Mark; Personal Training Professional; Pompano Beach, Florida. ‘Physique Heaven’ Really Can Be Yours So, you want to sculpt your body…..that could be anything from losing a few pounds and gaining some muscle, to becoming a competitive fitness model. Good for you, what ever your goals are it is far better to do something [...]
The Beauty of Balance & Nutrition
October 4th, 2010 admin By Gabrielle LeBlanc; Personal Training and Sports Conditioning; New Orleans Personal Trainer. Eating with the flow of the universe. The philosophy of balance is far more complex than we may believe. In this article, I’d like to introduce to you how I incorporate balance into nutrition and eating for your body and with the flow [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Motivation, Mind/Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Strength & Resistanse Training, Weight Management Tags: atkins diet, Balance, Gabrielle LeBlanc, International Sports Sciences Association, new orleans, New Orleans personal trainer, New Orleans strength and conditioning, perform better in sports, United States Food and Drug Administration, vegetarian diet, weight loss No Comments »Microperiodization of Speed, Strength, and Muscle; The Ultimate Bench Workout
September 3rd, 2010 admin By Justin Negrete; Madison, Wisconsin Personal Trainer. We all know in order to get strong you need to lift heavy weights. This type of lower repetition, heavy weight sets can increase myofibrillated hypertrophy, which makes muscle more dense . We have also heard of a method popularized by powerlifters in which you lift lighter weights [...]
Posted in Exercise Programs, Lifestyle & Motivation, Sport Specific, Strength & Resistanse Training Tags: agility, athletic performance, bench press, chest, Dr Squat, explosive strength, hypertrophy, International Sports Sciences Association, perform better, personal trianer, power, powerlifting, training for sport 2 Comments »Why Do Older Adults Fall Down?
August 4th, 2010 admin By James Lanza; Northridge, CA Personal Training. I wrote an article a while back about balance. How we lose it as we get older. Because of the loss of muscle tissue we pretty much spend our adult life as if we were living inside of a pinball machine. We bang into the furniture, we bump [...]
Posted in Exercise Programs, Lifestyle & Motivation, Mind/Body, Strength & Resistanse Training Tags: athletic performance, atkins diet, basketball, explosive speed training, explosive strength, fast feet, fat loss, football speed, International Sports Sciences Association, james lanza, liberation diet, northridge personal trainer, nutrition, perform better in sports, personal training certification, specialist in sports conditioning, speed strength, strength training, United States Food and Drug Administration, vegetarian diet, weight loss No Comments »Study Finds Older Adults Can Live Better Through Exercise
August 4th, 2010 admin By Brian Danley; Cupertino, California Personal Training. The Effect Of Exercise Training On Performance Of Activities Of Daily Living In Older Adults. Exercise training programs improve the cognitive and physical performance of the activities of daily living (ADLs) in older adults. This article reviews two studies which support the concept that the efficacy of a [...]
Posted in Exercise Programs, Lifestyle & Motivation, Mind/Body, Strength & Resistanse Training, Weight Management Tags: athletic performance, atkins diet, Dr Squat, explosive speed training, explosive strength, fast feet, FDA, fitness for older adults, Fred Hatfield, International Sports Sciences Association, ISSA, james lanza, liberation diet, northridge personal trainer, perform better in sports, skiing, specialist in sports conditioning, strength training, training for sport, vegan diet, weight loss No Comments »
