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 [...]
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Food Nutrition Labels – A Real Life Comparison
August 4th, 2010
admin By Linda Okwor; Marina Del Rey, CA Personal Training. A Deeper Look into the Realities of an Everyday Food label. Here are some things to visualize when you are looking at a food label: Every 5 grams of fat is a teaspoon of fat (or a pat of butter). In the example above, each cup [...]
Exercise Makes You Better Looking, Northridge Fitness Trainer Reports
July 8th, 2010
admin By James Lanza; Northridge, CA Personal Training. Cancel your face lifts, your lipo procedures, your make-up sessions and get into the studio! I’ve been a Fitness Professional for many years, and I’m here to tell you that I’ve seen transformations that rival some plastic surgeons I know. All it takes is time. And a little [...]
Muscle Power Training for Older Adults
May 27th, 2010
admin 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) [...]
Creatine and Beta-Alanine; Are they really The ULTIMATE anaerobic combination?
May 27th, 2010
admin 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 [...]
How to Stay Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 2 of 3
March 16th, 2010
admin 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 Accountable to Your Physical Fitness Goals, Part 1 of 3
March 10th, 2010
admin By Sean Flower New Jersey Personal Trainer Contact Sean at Personal Trainer Central When I was invited to contribute an article, I was initially excited about the opportunity. However, as I started to decide about what topic I should focus on, I simply couldn’t decide. There are just so many aspects to health and fitness; [...]
How to Stay Fast, Quick, Explosive and Strong All Year
February 27th, 2010
admin 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
February 13th, 2010
admin 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 [...]
Why Do Weight Loss Diets Fail?
November 29th, 2009
admin by Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. International Sports Sciences Association FACT: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come down hard on the weight loss moguls because of their FALSE CLAIMS of providing you with PERMANENT weight loss. FACT: The FDA has done so because well over 90 percent of the people who buy into [...]






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