Articles tagged with Personal trainer
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How Women Avoid Stooped Posture
You have to workout correctly to avoid stooped posture. Getting healthy and fit is more than just burning body fat and sculpting your body. Pictured below is good standing posture-the spine has its natural “S” curve (not sway back), the shoulders and back are not stooped, the pelvis is not tilted forward and the [...]
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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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In the Beginning, Hire A Personal Trainer
I recently read an article that offered inexpensive alternatives to hiring a personal trainer. The article mentioned places where you can get "how to" fitness information online. While, you can find a lot good fitness information and excellent exercise routines on the web, you will also find some information that's not worth following. Therefore, you [...]
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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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Workout Logs and Why You Should Have One
I am a huge proponent of workout logs and I always have been. In fact, you will hardly ever find me at the gym without a workout log of some sort in tow. There are several reasons why you should adopt a workout log. Here are just a few: To Increase efficiency. Everyone [...]
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When You Feel Over-Whelmed, It Is Okay to Take a Mental Break
I got an early morning text from a client saying that life was really busy for her this week, and she needed a break from her workout session. Part of my job as a personal trainer is to motivate my clients to stay on track to accomplish their fitness goals. And another [...]
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Tone Legs With Bodyweight Cardio
Tone your legs on cardio day! Doing bodyweight cardio is both a strength and cardio workout. It is one of the best ways to help tone your legs. Burn body fat like crazy with bodyweight workouts! Bodyweight workouts use natural body motions that don’t limit your natural range of motion like machine lifting does. And, doing [...]
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Women’s Fat Storing Enzymes
Women’s bodies, because of necessary genetics, have twice the amount fat storing (lipogenic) enzymes and half the amount of fat releasing (lipolytic) enzymes as men’s bodies. It is important for you to know this difference. Men have more testosterone than women (no big surprise!). This allows men to produce more human growth hormone as well as [...]
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Can You Imagine It ?
When I spend a lot of time with people 1-2-1, I am always looking for why they do what they do. People don't randomly do things. There will always be a good reason (to them) that they have a particular behaviour or characteristic. Therefore, one technique I use is the "As If" technique. You can do [...]
