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If you are a fitness professional fortunate enough to work in a facility with a variety of barbells you no doubt have discovered that they…

I love using Boxing Workouts when running a Bootcamp! They’re fun, a great workout, and they allow your participants to pair up and get to…

We’ve all heard it from someone before about various movements: “Ugh, that’ll wreck your shoulder!” or “That’s bad for your knees!” and maybe “Flexing your…

The purpose of this article is two-fold, first to review the fact that we live in a toxic environment and that fat cells are used…

The new year is upon us and that means many individuals discover a renewed sense of commitment to and enthusiasm for personal health and fitness…

Oh, social media, how I love and despise you in equal measure. Social media provides just as many benefits as it does barriers or downsides.…

Food consumed as fuel for life’s demanding activities not only provides energy, but also has a direct effect on circulating blood glucose levels. Understanding a…

Everybody’s focused on cutting calories around the holidays. If you’ve already got a handle on your physical health, it’s a perfect time to turn your…

While we are all familiar with aerobic activity, defined in the early 1970s by Dr. Kenneth Cooper as activity during which the cardiorespiratory system provides enough oxygen for muscular effort, most of us associate anaerobic activity with that very hard effort we do during intervals. The fact is that each non-sequential muscular effort, such as turning your head, entails some measure of energy production in the absence of oxygen, qualifying it as anaerobic.

As personal trainers, we are called to serve a variety of clients, including and most often, clients affected by overweight and obesity. As part of…

Walking and using the elliptical machine are activities often employed as part of a general fitness program. While they are alike in many respects, it’s important…

The quadriceps femoris muscles (quads) are the most voluminous muscles in the body— the quad muscles together contain more mass than any other muscle group—…