Posts Tagged ‘atkins diet’

To Achieve Your Fitness Goals You Must First Create the Habit

By Robert Moffett; ISSA Certified Personal Trainer; Ocala, Florida Personal Trainer. It’s now the time of year when companies explode with convincing claims of new and improved ways to quickly lose weight and gain muscle.  They range from diet pills to exercise video’s guaranteeing miraculous results. The reality is, we all want to have the [...]

How To Gain Control Of Your Mind To Live A Healthier Life

By Gabrielle LeBlanc; Personal Training and Sports Conditioning; New Orleans Personal Trainer. Most people believe that, as we age, it is inevitable that we become frail and sedentary.  The main reason the majority of people become frail and sedentary as they become older is because they believe they will.  Don’t accept this conditioned mindset of [...]

The Aspirations of Ardour

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 [...]

The Beauty of Balance & Nutrition

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 [...]

Why Do Older Adults Fall Down?

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 [...]

Study Finds Older Adults Can Live Better Through Exercise

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 [...]

Northridge Personal Trainer Asks: Are Food Dyes and ADHD Related?

By James Lanza Northridge, CA Personal Trainer Contact James at Personal Trainer Central COLOR ME…BAD! As I was perusing my daily scientific fitness findings (DSFF) the other day, I came across an article that I found most sickening. Not because it had to deal with a morbidly gruesome corpse which was oozing thick, yellowish, gooey [...]

Creatine and Beta-Alanine; Are they really The ULTIMATE anaerobic combination?

By Justin Negrete Madison, Wisconsin Personal Trainer Contact Justin at Personal Trainer Central As a performance athlete, you want to get the most out of your training and nutrition plan. Supplementation can be highly beneficial if done correctly. By now, most of the weight lifting scene has heard of Creatine, and its performance increasing effects [...]

Let Us Build a Body. No Assembly Required!

By James Lanza Northridge, CA Personal Trainer Contact James at Personal Trainer Central Let Us Build a Body. No Assembly Required! Throughout my entire professional career I have always lived by, taught, educated and promoted one thing – a very important law of fitness called… “Use It or Lose It” Now this probably applies to [...]

How to Ease Post Workout Soreness

By Linda Okwor Marina Del Rey, CA Personal Trainer Contact Linda at Personal Trainer Central Tips to Ease Post Workout Soreness One of the draw backs of working out is the after work out soreness.  The truth is, soreness is a part of working out.  Some can be intense, others a gentle reminder that you [...]