Update 9/5/20. New Year’s Day is traditionally the starting day to drag out those legendary weight loss programs. “Lose twenty pounds in twenty days” a local chiropractor posted in two-foot tall letters on his billboard. When did chiropractors become weight loss and lifestyle coaches? It’s hard enough to rise above the noise and distortion of […]
[Continue reading...]Personal Trainers Story
I’m a worshiper in the temple of science. If a factoid doesn’t have a solid foundation of research and logic behind it I judge it to be of no consequence other than as an insight into the mindset of the individual propagating the nonsense. Good science is an observation of nature that can be repeated […]
[Continue reading...]Inspiration
Let us all take a moment to think about inspiration. Have you ever been inspired so intensely that your life was recognizably affected? Or perhaps you have inspired an individual that brought his or her life to a level of intrigue. Maybe you have touched numerous lives through your lifestyle or teachings or simply by […]
[Continue reading...]The Importance of Fat
For decades, the mantra for healthy eating has been “eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet.” Touted as a way to lose weight and prevent heart disease and other chronic conditions, millions of people have followed this advice. Seeing a tremendous marketing opportunity, food companies re-engineered thousands of foods to be low-fat or fat-free. The low-fat approach […]
[Continue reading...]Bodyweight Exercises
As a fifteen-year fitness professional, it never ceases to amaze me how many buff and seemingly seasoned gym goers fail to utilize bodyweight exercises in training programs. On a daily basis, I watch people bounce forty-five pound bars loaded with countless plates off of their chests as they use momentum to help bang out one […]
[Continue reading...]Cold Weather Exercise Training
To the people who don’t regularly engage in exercise – especially running, you may not get it. You know, some asshole you see all bundled up running outside in Siberia-esque weather that we experience in the north during the winter months. But to the non-exerciser, specifically the non-runner, this makes no sense. These people don’t […]
[Continue reading...]Football Players, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
Athletes may be under a false impression that they do not need to worry about heart disease and diabetes if a recent study is correct. This study, published in the Journal of Athletic Training, found that among college football players, almost one half (1/2) of college defense and offensive lineman had metabolic syndrome, a condition […]
[Continue reading...]Optimizing Soft Tissue Health
How many of you have experienced a nagging injury or have been plagued by muscular tightness, thus derailing you from the progress you were making in the gym? I often pose this question to people who regularly train and to fellow personal trainers. Usually, the responses consist of: “yes”, “I just fight through it” or […]
[Continue reading...]Bod Pod Benefits
When most people think of body composition testing, they immediately think of fat. While fat numbers might be eye opening for the client, they are not as useful as lean mass numbers to a personal trainer who knows lean mass is the metabolic engine that burns the fat people are most worried about. Since lean […]
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