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The Cardio Myth EXPOSED! So…this thing called cardio is a MUST. Not necessarily long, slow cardio like the images the word depicts when you hear “cardio” though. But WHY should you not do this? That is the question. Haven’t we in America been duped into believing that jogging for 5
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This kid get it. From the recent “Ted X” conference, Birke Baehr delivers a powerful 5 minute presentation uncovering some of the horrors in our food system. Take note to his best line regarding the price of organic food, “It seems to me that we can either pay the farmer or the hos
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Science has taught us that it is not fat that causes us to get fatter. It is carbohydrates. Insulin is the hormone that causes fat to stay on our body. I wish all personal trainers taught this belief. They do not. Many health professionals (personal trainers, strength coaches, nutritionists, dietici
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The government and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created the Healthy People 2010, which is “a broad collaborative effort that includes scientific expertise from the government, academia, and the private sector” creating a set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives f
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Many many many people have over-developed front deltoid muscles because it is almost always recruited in the majority of chest, triceps, and back exercises. And an over-developed front delt can result in chronic rotator cuff pain and that all-too-common protracted (forward extension), “hunched
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So for the month of June I am choosing to only eat meats, eggs, above ground vegetables, olive oil, coconut oil & avocado. Organic is preferred and HIGHLY recommended. Veggies served raw are also HIGHLY recommended (although I'm sure I'll cook some as well).
The results you will experience will
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The magic potion for losing that excess body fat is all around you! If you eat right and exercise at the intensity, frequency and duration proper for you, but still can't get rid of a little paunch here and there, you're probably just not drinking enough water. Also as a general rule of thumb you NE
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I thought it would be fun to show all of you a “show-off” move I did a few months back while training with some other personal trainer friends from my old gym. Showing off happens sometimes when we get together and lift weights…and since I LOVE turkish get-ups I figured I’d s
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We have another GREAT blog post this week by Randi Spence. A fantastic college basketball player and physical therapy student, Randi loves to learn and to share her knowledge with other people. One of her goals is to open her own Physical Therapy Facility upon graduation where she can help people be
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This blog was written by Randi Spence. She is a senior college basketball player studying physical therapy. She has a very good knowledge of the human body and has graciously written several blogs that will be posted in the coming weeks…. Vodka at night, Pickle juice in the morning to cure the
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