Archives for March 2014

How to Start a Workout Routine for Women

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How to Start a Workout Routine for Women

 

Starting a workout routine can be difficult, especially for women since there are so MANY different fitness fads targeting females and BS fitness fallacies out there. i.e. women shouldn’t lift weights or they’ll get bulky?! This one peeves me beyond believe, if it was that easy to put on muscle every meathead at the gym would look [Read more…]

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10 Reasons to Hire a Personal Trainer Part 2

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10 reasons to hire a personal trainer

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Around the New Years time we posted the first part of  “10 Reasons to Hire a Personal Trainer “. In the post we discussed the staggered statistics that the #1 New Years resolution of 2012 was to “Lose Weight”, of that population 8% of the people actually achieved their [Read more…]

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Personal Trainer Education

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What’s up guys, got some goodies for your  personal training education today. The first post I believe everyone should read. Being a personal trainer in NYC, attempting to compete in Olympic weightlifting again- despite my many injuries, being a weightlifting coach, building a start up, and so much more, I get caught up with all the little BS crap…also doesn’t help that our weather here in New York City has been sucking ass! MOVING ON 🙂  The post by [Read more…]

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Core Strengthening Exercises: Planks!

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Forget about sit ups and crunches to get “Six Pack Abs”, planks are an extremely effective way to fire up your trunk. I can admit as a NYC personal trainer and Olympic weightlifter doing regular planks can become monotonous. Holding a plank for longer than a minute just kills me, it’s not that it’s physically [Read more…]

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9 Overhead Mobility Exercises

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How to gain overhead mobility

Being a NYC personal trainer and Olympic weightlifter, I often get questions about how I’m able to do an overhead squat or overhead press without pain. Generally speaking most people do not have the mobility or stability to obtain the correct overhead position, they’ll either hyperextend [Read more…]

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Road to Recovery P1

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If you’ve ever been injured and had to deal with the daily nagging pains this is a post for you. Hell, even if you’ve never been injured before you still can learn from this post to hopefully minimize your risk of injury. But inevitable a majority of the fitness population will go through some type of injury (minor or major).  The type of severity is the combination of luck, smart training, and genetics.

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