If you have ever gone to a gym, you have most likely seen numerous occurrences of men lifting heavy weights and women lifting dinky, colored weights. I have been told far too many times by my female clients “I don’t want to lift big weights because I don’t want to bulk up or put on too much muscle.” It’s thought
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Winter is coming! The days are shortening, the mornings are darker, and there isn’t much day light to do your normal outdoor activities. So now you’re left doing them in the cold, dark weather. But hey, there’s nothing wrong with that if you are still getting the job done. Some people prefer to work in the cold. Some believe that
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The saying “No Pain No Gain” is one of the most commonly used expressions when it comes to getting results in the gym. If it doesn’t hurt, you aren’t working hard enough. That type of attitude may just end your active lifestyle a little sooner than expected!! Although there should be some discomfort in the muscle during exercise, there is
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Aside from the impending “Machine Apocalypse” cardio machines are notoriously untrustworthy, and people love to fall for their trickery because it makes them feel good about themselves. What I’m getting at here is not to believe the calorie numbers the machine spits out at you. Yeah, you burned calories for the hour you were on the treadmill, but it wasn’t
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The one thing I have noticed is that about 80-90 percent of the time I go to use a weight machine its adjustments are all out of whack. The seat will be set for someone seven feet tall while the arms and legs will be set at a position closer to someone around the height of five feet. Working at
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Working at a fitness facility I get asked a lot of questions, but there is one question in particular I get asked the most. It typically starts with an overweight individual coming over to me, grabbing their mid section, then they continue to shake it violently and ask, “what exercises can I do to get rid of this?” Aside from
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Far too often when people who workout stop seeing positive improvement in there body, they result to the idea that “more is better.” In my earlier years, I too fell victim to this philosophy. I was in the gym over two hours at a time doing an absurd amount of exercises and repetitions only to see no kind of results.
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It’s a sad day in age when more people are capable of getting injured with a personal trainer than training by themselves. It has become all too easy to obtain certifications for personal training and the personal training industry is growing rapidly each year. As a matter of fact, www.careerexplorer.net rated personal training as the 7th hottest job of 2012!
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What do you think of when you hear the word “cardio”? Do you think about hours of enjoyment? Maybe you think of it as a nice stress reliever after a long day of work. It’s possible you think about how much you hate the damn thing and imagine going all Office Space on its ass. If you are like me,
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Yeah, I heard this one way too many times. I’ve had mothers come up to me saying “I am worried about my kid!” “I am afraid that if he continues, this will make him short!” Oh, here’s a good one; “I don’t want him to be a little person!” If that’s not extreme, then what is? There are very few
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