Articles tagged with Muscle
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2 Top Women’s Upper Body Exercises Burns More Fat
These 2 upper body exercises will burn more fat, and you don’t need any weights! That’s good news to women who are always afraid of “getting too bulky.” The 2 bodyweight exercises are pullups and triceps dips on bars. You will get even better fat-burning results if you do these exercises as [...]
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Exercise of the Week; the Seated Row
The seated row is also an exercise that targets the muscles of the upper back. I like to incorporate two movements (please see my post dated October 10th) for the upper back because these muscles are often neglected and weak in most clients that I see. Weak upper back muscles not only lead to posture [...]
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Shape and Tone Your Glutes for Summer
To be effective, glutes should be trained with cardio and strength training. The American Council on Exercise (ACE) research found that the top cardio exercises for shaping your glutes (and legs) are: lunges, walking uphill, stair climbing, jogging and running. No big surprises here and no gimmicks! Just hard work! And [...]
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My Workout Routine
I work out in a public gym: nothing fancy but it’s got all the essentials for an effective workout. All you need is your bodyweight, free weights, pull-up bar, and a stability ball and you can create a great workout. Anyway, I was stretching after my workout a few days ago and observed some other people exercising. [...]
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The Mental And Physical Requirements Of Staying Fit and Firm With Age
Last Wednesday I spoke to a group of people at an Active Adult Community about the mental and physical requirements of staying healthy, fit and firm over the age of 50. I explained that they had to incorporate the following three things into their lives to do so: a positive mental attitude, a fitness program [...]
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Following A Workout Program
You should never go into the gym without a plan. Most people enter the gym and wing it. This usually leads to wasted time, trying to figure out what exercises to do. Before you know it, all your motivation is gone and your training session is a wash-out. This is by far one of the biggest mistakes [...]
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Once Lean and Toned, Always Lean and Toned?
So, you leaned out your body with hard work and clean eating? Great! Keep it going! You will stay lean and toned with more hard work and good nutrition. Even though muscle never changes to fat, you can lose muscle mass and the fat cells will fill up again, if you become [...]
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Tips For Fat-Burning Over 40
As a personal trainer, I am in and out of health clubs all day. I love to observe the things people do in their efforts to "get in shape". The major thing I notice, is the over-whelming amount of cardio I see women doing while neglecting to do much strength training. While cardio is [...]
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Hit the Switch
Humans are creatures of habit. We all have our regular routine that is seldom broken. Mine includes walking the dog every morning, eating a healthy breakfast, reading emails, exercising, and checking facebook (trying to break this habit). Having a routine is a great way to stay on track with your daily tasks. It allows you [...]
