For years, there has been a plethora of fitness commercials ranging from equipment to weight loss programs. They all have their own philosophy that they believe will give people the figure they want. The surprising thing is that many of their philosophies have little scientific research or backing that validates what they’re trying to sell. Now I am not trying
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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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So you come home from a long day of work, you grab something to eat, and you head to the gym for a quick workout. While driving, you start to feel sluggish, then tired, then wanting to make that U-turn to head back home because now you don’t feel like going to the gym. So instead of making that U-turn,
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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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The Olympics are finally here! One of the more controversial issues that arose from the 2012 Olympics concerned Ye Shiwen, a 16 year old Chinese swimmer. Shiwen managed to take home the gold medal in the 400m individual medley by shaving 5 seconds off her personal best time and beating the previous world record by over 1 second! Not only
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If you are like the large percentage, you have at least heard of, if not watched the show “The Biggest Loser.” Finally, a show that taught overweight Americans how to effectively lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle, or so we thought. Contestants are literally losing 100s of pounds per season, not to mention “The Biggest Loser” record of two
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