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Rhabdomyolysis and Personal Training Facts You Need To Know

December 30, 2011

It’s ironic that most people have never heard of rhabdomyolysis, even though you’ve probably seen it mentioned on TV every day!  Rhabdomyolysis is a condition that results in the death of your muscle cells from a stress (like exercise) that overwhelms the body’s ability to adapt.  Basically the muscle cells rupture and release their cellular [...]

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Overtraining Syndrome: Signs Symptoms and How to Deal With It

December 14, 2011

Personal trainers who work with athletes or those involved in long term intense exercise programs need to be aware of a condition called overtraining syndrome. I feel this condition may be under diagnosed in the fitness industry because of hard core, boot-camp type workouts which have grown in popularity over the past few years. Let [...]

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Jack Lalanne The Biggest Name in Fitness History

August 13, 2011

Personal trainers need to know who Jack Lalanne was.  But, if your under 30, Jack Lalanne was probably the guy you saw selling juicers on TV.  Jack was more important than Arnold.   Jack was more important than Joe Weider and Ronnie Coleman.  Jack was the Captain America of fitness. While Jack passed away in [...]

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True or False

July 21, 2011

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of exercise and health questions. In spite of the widespread abundance of books, videos and the internet, many of the same questions remain unanswered in the minds of people. Here is a run down of some of the most frequently asked questions I get on a [...]

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Exercise Training Tips

July 21, 2011

It seems that these days, everybody is trying live a healthier lifestyle. For many, this means working out. Unfortunately, many people either have misguided ideas about how to exercise or are working out in ways that may be totally counterproductive to their goals. So, to help you better understand how your bodies respond to exercise, [...]

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The Mystery of DOMS

July 21, 2011

Everybody has felt muscle soreness a day or so after a workout. But, have you ever asked yourself what that muscle pain was? Where is the pain coming from? Was it lactic acid that made your muscles sore? Let me see if I can answer some of your muscle soreness questions by telling you the [...]

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Exercise The Fountain of Youth

August 26, 2010

“I’m too old to exercise”. Who among us has not heard this excuse? It’s too bad that people take the path of least resistance as they grow older.  Perhaps they defeated inside and think that there is nothing they can do to change their current health? Not only is this thinking wrong, it also can [...]

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10 Minutes of Exercise Lasts 1 Hour Later

June 2, 2010

You have probably heard the news that just 10 minutes of brisk walking can produce fat burning changes that can last for up to 1 hour after exercise. This announcement made headlines but there is something that none of the news agencies picked up on. This so called “new discovery” is nothing new! Here is [...]

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