Who doesn’t love a good Super Bowl party? I may not be rooting for the Giants or the Patriots this Sunday, but I still plan on tuning in for the excitement of getting together with friends for football and of course, Madonna. Along with the commercials, another highlight of a good Super Bowl party is the food. Typical football foods include an array of high-fat chips and dips, fat-laden fried…
An oft-forgotten benefit of exercise is its effects on bone health. As adults get older, bones become more brittle and develop pores. While women are more likely to develop osteoporosis, this condition is also common in men, as is osteoarthritis.
Interestingly, the worst thing you can do when you develop osteoarthritis or osteoporosis is to become less active. An abundance of research has demonstrated that resistance training is effective for…
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A quick internet search of weight loss programs will provide more information on the subject than any normal human being could possibly digest. From low-carb diets, protein-based diets, rotating carbohydrate intake, and popular weight-loss programs such as Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem, you won’t have any trouble finding sites that claim they’ve discovered the secret to losing weight.
I’ve written about some of these diets in other posts, but…
Some days an extra ten minutes on the snooze button is enough to leave me running around flustered trying to get out the door in the morning. However I always make it a priority to make sure I have a lunch cooler filled with nutritious and filling foods to get me through the day at work. The key to healthy eating is planning ahead, but we have all encountered the…
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While women and men tend to differ in body size and composition, as well as hormonal characteristics, they do not differ in measures of relative strength, nor do they differ in their responses to exercise. The same weight loss principles, therefore, apply to both sexes.
Is There a “Best Weight Loss Program?”
Much debate exists regarding the best weight loss programs. Advocates of Atkins, Paleo, Ideal Protein, and other low-carb…
We’ve all likely heard of the concept of periodization with respect to planning our exercise programs. For those who haven’t, periodization is the systematic variation in volume and intensity of exercise in order to reach a high level of performance at the right time of the year. Originally developed by Dr. Tudor Bompa to allow rowers to “peak” during the most important competition of the year, the common exerciser can…
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A long-held belief in the health and fitness industry is that to lose weight, you simply need to burn more calories than you consume through food. Over time, accumulating this caloric deficit, either through restricting the food you eat or increasing your daily exercise, would result in weight-loss. A recent study, conducted by nutrition experts at Harvard University, reached some conclusions that may counter this supposedly tried-and-true method for shedding…
The following article is a guest post by Dorine Campo, NCSF Certified, Graduate of U.S. Career Institute, who is owner of Trinity Transformations Personal Training and Nutritional Specialist. To find out more about Dorine, please check out www.trinitytransformations.com.
I have to address an issue that I hear about so many times in my field as a Personal Trainer. People are constantly concerned with the fact that they are not losing…
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As the holidays approach us, everyone wants to look better for those family and friends gatherings and dodge an ugly sweater party for a fitted cocktail dress. I am no different, and like everyone else, dieting is HARD! Even getting myself psyched about dieting was hard. Some say it is almost impossible to lose weight in a week, let alone lose weight in 2 weeks. It is in fact possible,…
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My name is Thaya Kareeson. Thus far, I have been overweight for the majority of my life. I have tried many workout routines, crash diets, and supplements with little or temporary success. My weight…
