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. [...]

Lifting Weights Can Reduce Cholesterol, Study Finds Weight training can lower cholesterol rates in adults, a study by researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine finds. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 29 studies that included 1,329 participants. Those who lifted weights for at least four weeks had a 3 percent drop in total [...]

Since Thanksgiving, this is what I hear from my clients: “I feel like a stuffed melon.” “I tried but after the wine, all of my plans fell by the way side.” “I just had a taste of this and that and then I said to heck with it. 10 Survival Tips for Holiday Parties Parties [...]

Many of us start to exercise for a variety of reasons. As a personal trainer and fitness professional, the #1 reason that I hear is – I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT! This is especially true to form in January when the New Year’s Resolutions pile in. Here are the questions that I hear over and [...]

The Top 18 Benefits of Weight Training 1. Weight training tones your muscles which looks great and raises your basal metabolism…which causes you to burn more calories 24 hours a day. You’ll even burn more calories while you’re sleeping. 2. Weight training can reverse the natural decline in your metabolism which begins around age 30. [...]

Many of my clients ask me why dumbbells vs. machines or why the ball abdominals vs. doing them on the floor? I have been privy to a website called, www.criticalbench.com. The website is written by avid weightlifters and bodybuilders but is an excellent website. Here is an excerpt from it which is a great explanation [...]