In 2009, at age 49, Jack was obese (5’10”, 260 pounds, size 44 waist), had high blood pressure, and was experiencing chronic, severe knee pain. His physician was concerned about heart disease and was considering scheduling a stress test to evaluate Jack’s cardiopulmonary health status. Knee replacement surgery was a real possibility. Jack says: “I [...]
I wanted to remind everyone of their fitness goals and homework assignments that they set in Sept. I have gone through and made some comments in red so please find your name and comment. Srimal – Consistent couples training in the home at 6 am 2 days/wk despite full time job and two children [...]
Functional Training Workout for the Week If you are training with me on Monday or Tuesday this week, one-on-one or in one of my groups (Mon 10 am & 5:30 pm and Tues 9:15 am), I have planned a Kettlebell & TRX Workout for you. We will have 10 exercises per modality. It is your [...]
Here is the list of Goals and Homework for all clients who participated – 50% of our clients! Thank you and thank yourself because you are on your way to making them happen! Please not that I also participated because without goals, how can we achieve what we want? We will remind you from time [...]
To lose weight and keep it off, Ellen recommends the following: 1. Weight training 2x/week. 2. 200 minutes of cardiovascular exercise per week. 3. Eat all the fruits and vegetables you can daily. 4. Drink 64 ounces of water. 5. One gram of protein for every 2 lbs of body weight. 6. Avoid fats like the [...]
The double crunch is a great twist in the regular crunch because it works both your lower and upper abdominal muscles as well as obliques. The movement of rolling the spine upward allows for deep muscle movement and helps give you that flat stomach you always wanted! 1) Lay on your back with your knees [...]
Stretching does not alleviate muscle soreness or prevent injury. However, it can make you a more powerful athlete as it produces a large range of motion increasing torque. Check out this link written by Dr. Mirkin, a physican is well known to be the expert on fitness. http://www.drmirkin.com/fitness/1394.html
Do you want to get into shape fast? Do you want an effective workout you can do in a short amount of time? Do you want to feel exhilarated when you finish your workout? If you answered yes to these three questions, then interval training is the workout for you. Interval training is cardiovascular exercise that [...]
No, they are the same pound for pound. A pound of fat and a pound of muscle weigh exactly the same- 1 pound. Muscle tissue is more DENSE than fat tissue, meaning that the pound of muscle takes up less space than the pound of fat. This is why a person who is 130 lbs. [...]
A Great Article written by one of my colleagues on Losing Weight…Ellen Nutrition Principle #5 to Losing Weight and Looking and Feeling your Best by Sherri McMillan Nutrition habit #5 – Control your Portion Sizes This is an important principle – you’ve got to pay attention to your portion sizes. We are victims of a [...]