Feb 17 2010

Weight Training Is Like Sex…Everyone Thinks They Do It Right!

deajim06Two girls at the beach were admiring the passing scene, which included a bodybuilder who was strutting his best.  “That’s my type,” said the first girl. “Well, I don’t know,” the other replied.  ”I have a friend who married a man that owns a two-car garage, but he just keeps a bicycle in it!

 

There’s a postulate in quantum physics that states, “We don’t know how much we don’t know.”  This statement rings out such resounding truth when it comes to weight training… and, yes, sexbut for now we’ll stick to the topic of weight training. 

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Feb 1 2010

Fat Burning Zone? Let’s Do The Math

I want you to do me a favor. I know you’re gonna hate it, but please do it anyway. I promise you it will make life so much simpler…make things so much clearer…and save us so much time in the coming months.

I want you to go back to school with me for a minute, and review some simple math.

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Aug 1 2009

Shake That Ass… A Sure-Fire Way To Glutes of Steel!

922934The buns are getting loads of press lately. It seems a perky posterior is as high a priority for many women as a pair of equally perky breasts. Some women are going to great lengths to achieve a more voluminous back-side, including undergoing buttock implants, augmentation and fat injections – extreme procedures when trying to eradicate a saggy, unimpressive derriere.

Haven’t these people heard of weight training?

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Jul 15 2009

Training Myths and the Female Athlete

_MG_7977sAs a personal trainer, I have been approached many times by clients or other women in the gym asking me questions on the best ways to “tone up, lose cellulite, get a butt that ’sticks out’, get a sexy stomach…” the list goes on.

My answers are always the same. There is no magic pill or powder or even secret that trainers, professional athletes or fitness models are keeping from the general public. It all comes down to hard work, being conscious of your diet and, most importantly, being consistent.

If it were easy everyone would be in perfect shape all of the time. To quote Bill Cosby,

“In order to succeed, the desire for success
must be greater than the fear of failure.”

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Sep 30 2008

Why Fad Diets Don’t Work

For more than 20 years the media has bombarded us with a perpetual diet craze. An avalanche of fad diets are announced one after another as breaking news while producing zero true results.

Sure, you may lose 5, 10 or even 20 pounds on a fad diet…but you’ll gain it all back and then some. How can I be so confident that your results will be short lived?

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Jul 31 2008

Vacation Shockers… 5 Tips To Keep You Fit

Summer vacation is a wonderful time to get away from it all-a cruise, a camping trip or even an African safari – an opportunity to take yourself miles away from ordinary…

But did you know that the average person gains almost a pound a day while on vacation?

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Jul 15 2008

STRETCHING: Is It Worth Your Time?

Have you ever started a workout with the intent of stretching – but you never seem to actually get around to it? This brings up an interesting topic, and a certain question that I am asked often.

Should you really stretch?

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