Posts Tagged ‘fast feet’

Know Yourself. Control Yourself. Be Yourself.

By Gabrielle LeBlanc; Personal Training and Sports Conditioning; New Orleans Personal Trainer. Overtime humans have lost the sense of their nature.  They’ve become so caught up in the media and how everyone else wants them to be, and lost who they truly are.  Believe it or not, we are not our careers, partners, friends, kids, [...]

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 [...]

Muscle Power Training for Older Adults

By Brian Danley Cupertino, California Personal Trainer Contact Brian at Personal Trainer Central Optimizing The Functional Abilities Of Older Adults By Power Training Traditionally, resistance training, consisting of several sets of heavier loads to maintain strength and reduce sarcopenia, has been the standard means to improve the performance of the activities of daily living (ADL) [...]

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 [...]

How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 3 of 3

By Sean Flower New Jersey Personal Trainer Contact Sean at Personal Trainer Central Read How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 1 of 3 here. Read How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 2 of 3 here. How to Write Your Own Personal Fitness Accountability Contract Now, the third [...]

How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 2 of 3

By Sean Flower New Jersey Personal Trainer Contact Sean at Personal Trainer Central To read How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 1 of 3 go here. Setting Goals The goal or goals you choose need to be specific and have a reasonable deadline. Remember, a goal without a deadline is not [...]

How to Stay Fast, Quick, Explosive and Strong All Year

By Daimond Dixon Personal Trainer in Grand Rapids, Michigan Sports Performance Specialist Contact Daimond To become a better athlete and to constantly improve means that you have to keep your skills sharp. Even if you are a multiple sport athlete who plays a different sport from one season to the next, you can still take [...]

How to Combine Box Jumps With Sprints

by Daimond Dixon Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Contact Daimond: Personal Trainer Central Combining the use of box jumps and sprints provides athletes with a perfect way to increase athletic speed and explosive reaction, at the same time. Plyometric training is very useful for training muscle fibers to react explosively with power.  Plyometric box jumps are [...]