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Fitness & Real Life – DO What You Love For Fat Loss
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Try TRX- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
If you haven’t tried TRX Suspension Training, I suggest you do. It’s not your average every day workout, and you’ll learn more in one session, than you likely will going at it with Shaun T, or Tony Horton in any amount of DVD’s. If you don’t know what it is, basically it’s exercising using your bodyweight as resistance through a few strategically placed positions and a couple of straps. That’s the simplest way to put it. Sounds simple enough, but the amount of different exercises you can do is pretty much endless, because you can do variations of exercises, using one side of the body, both sides, one leg, two legs, feet suspended by your toes, feet suspended by your ankles, facing the anchor point, away from the anchor point, side facing, straps shortened or lengthened, deep vector angle, shallow vector angle…. I think you get the point. But then most guys will automatically stop once I say bodyweight. I have actually gained strength and muscle size using the TRX, and I have also gained mobility and flexibility. It’s pretty much the best of all worlds. Women love the fact that you aren’t pushing around heavy weights, that will make you “bulky”, because you gain muscle fast, right? Most women do. Ok. You are the only one. Promise. Back to TRX. It’s just going to make you look and feel great. You should try one of the classes. Get a different take on fitness. Maybe something you haven’t been doing, is the answer to all your fitness goals.
Roadmap to Ripped- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012Roadmap to Ripped? What does that mean exactly? No, you don’t have to go to Las Vegas to understand this, but it might help. Only because I’m here, lending my personal trainer expertise to help you read that roadmap.
OK. So, here’s the situation. Your parents went away on a weeks vacation. Wait. No, that’s wrong. OK. New situation. You want to get ripped. You want to lose fat. And on and on. We all know the feeling. But have you thought about how you are going to do this? Let’s pretend our goal to rippedness, is actually a trip. So. what do we need for our trip? If we are going somewhere we’ve never been before, we need directions. Whether it’s through GPS, or Mapquest, or Rand McNally, someone has to tell us how to get there. Then we have to find our vehicle. Are we going to fly, or take a train? Maybe we’ll drive our own car. Who is coming with us? Do we have travel buddies that would make this trip more enjoyable, or people that could help us find the way? Also, we more than likely will need to fuel up for this trip. Can’t go anywhere without gas. Once we have all that figured out, we are set right? Cross country trip here we go. Not quite. We have to map out points of interest along the way, refueling, and recharging. NOW, let’s be on our way.
Let us translate this into fitness. Minus the Fresh Prince reference, let’s take a look at what we just talked about. We need directions. We can’t go anywhere, unless we know how to get there. If you have no goal, or end point in mind, you’ll just be running circles and using a lot of fuel, for nothing. Make a goal, and figure out how to get there, with specific directions. This could be something like saying you want to lose 10 pounds by March 1st. But if you don’t have any way to do that, more than likely it won’t happen. Maybe you take the advice of someone like me and sign up for a fitness program, and start to learn about nutrition. There are your directions. As far as your vehicle of choice, we aren’t left with many options, as we only have one body, but that’s a good thing, because there is one less thing to think about. Do you have travel buddies? Maybe your spouse, brother, roommate, or co-worker has the same goals as you. You could buddy up, and make this less of a solo mission, and be entertained by your travel companion. Maybe that companion is your trainer. Either way, making the drive yourself is usually less enjoyable. When we are talking about fuel, we are talking about food. Are you going use inferior food to fuel this trip, or are you going to put the premium in, so performance of your vehicle is top notch? We want the cleanest, highest performance food for our bodies. You aren’t going to try and gas up a Lamborghini with the cheap stuff, are you? As far as the points of interest and refueling, if this is a cross country trip, we are going to need to rest at some point, let our body recover, and refuel, and take in the scenery of the journey. Acknowledge the 3 pounds you lost. Notice the new ab you see in the mirror. Enjoy it.
This trip is not always easy, and sometimes, it gets boring. You get tired when it seems like you’ve been driving forever, but you always have to keep that end point in sight. Break up the journey, stop every so often, and you’ll find that this trip isn’t really as long as you thought, and you don’t hate it, but actually enjoy it. The Roadmap to Ripped is usually already around you.
Live With Kelly and TRX- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Good job Live with Kelly. You featured a piece of exercise equipment that isn’t just a trend. It’s trendy yes, and fast becoming a buzz word among novel fitness people, but in my opinion, it also works. TRX Suspension Training is one of my favorite workouts known to man, and for it to finally become one of the new it items among the commercial word, I think is only a good thing. I didn’t get to see the actual segment, just heard that it was on there. But, I am hoping that they showed the ridiculous versatility of the very small piece of equipment. Their website used to be called Fitness Anywhere, which was really fitting, because, you could do this workout literally anywhere (I think I did it in my fridge once while I had too much eggnog). But I just wanted to say good job on finally recognizing something that actually is a real, useful, functioning piece of fitness equipment. This isn’t a trend, and should be here to stay. Coming from a personal trainer with 15 years of experience, and a lot of infomercial watching, I can say that. And oh yeah, people in Las Vegas, should probably check out one of my classes. I’ll show you what I mean.
New Years Resolution Tip- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Saturday, December 31st, 2011I’ve got a new years resolution tip for you. We all, I’m sure, are going to be making some sort of resolution to lose weight, or finally start working out, or join that gym, or just get shredded. maybe you are trying to get a six pack for the summer this time around. Whatever the case may be, take a few things into consideration. First, if you are trying to lose weight, realize how long it took you to gain the weight you are trying to lose. It wasn’t that you gained that 30 pounds in a month. You probably gained it in the past year or so. Don’t try and lose it all in January. If you are trying to build some muscle on your frame, realize that for most people, gaining 5 pounds of muscle in a year is great progress. If you end up at the end of January, with just slightly more abs, consider it a success so far. My point is this. It’s great to have all kinds of goals for the new year, but don’t go balls to the wall. Generally, when that happens, you fizzle out. Think about running for example. Pretend you are at a full on sprint, as fast as you can go. Do you think you can run a mile at that same pace? Don’t sprint all of January just to collapse the rest of the year. If you must sprint, do it for a few seconds, take a breather, and then do it again. Happy New Year everyone!
This Will Make You Mad- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
This will make you mad. What I am about to say, will make you mad. I said it again. Normally, I don’t say things like this, because as a personal trainer in Las Vegas, you try not to offend any potential clients. But sometimes, things like this need to be said, for the better of everyone. Consider the following post “tough love” from me.
You are fat. If you aren’t fat, you don’t have to read this, but you may very well get what I’m talking about. Now, here is a list of the things that HAVE NOT made you fat:
Your genetics.
Your job.
Your kids.
Your work schedule.
Your Pets.
The FDA.
The economy.
Your husband/boyfriend/wife/girlfriend.
Your kids soccer practice.
Your work deadlines.
Technology.
The holiday season.
People’s birthdays.
Your vacation.
Your pregnancy 2 years ago.
The amount of money you make.
The amount of time you have.
Yo Gabba Gabba.
The cost of a gym membership.
The cost of healthy food.
And on. And On. And ON….
Now, here is a list of the things that HAVE made you fat:
YOU.
That’s it. You are strictly to blame for where you are with your weight. Don’t blame anyone else, or anyTHING else. You are directly responsible for every little piece of cake you have put in your mouth, every beer you have chugged, every cheeseburger you have inhaled, every loaf of bread you have spread butter on, and every workout you have skipped. I am sure at first, you will take offense to this, because it is basically calling you out. But if you actually think about it, how exactly did any of the above reasons make you fat? Did your kids soccer practice make you have to go to the drive thru and order a value meal, or was it up to you to prepare before hand and make sure that wasn’t the end result? Did your work make you miss your workout because you stayed an extra 3 hours past 5 pm, or did YOU make you miss your workout because you wouldn’t take 15 minutes out of your day to make sure you “got it in”? For every reason you say you can’t drop the weight, there is 5 solutions. Sometimes it takes the realization that the only thing that is holding you back from being the “fit” you, that you want to be, is yourself. Let’s take for example, this holiday season. I will guarantee you that multiple people will be telling me that they aren’t coming to fitness camp because there is a holiday party they have to go to, or they can’t afford it right now (which is valid), or they like to hibernate in the winter, and they’ll pick it up in the New Year. I understand that there are holiday parties, but you could go get your workout in on your own. You don’t have to rely on someone else to work out. Everyone knows how to do jumping jacks and pushups and lunges. Do them on your own time. If you can’t afford it, same deal. Do what you know, on your own. Take accountability and be proactive. And third, you are not a bear. Bears hibernate. People do not. Every time you hibernate and don’t work out in the winter, it puts just a little bit more fat on your body, and makes you just a little bit more unhealthy, and will make it even harder to get to where you want to be ultimately.
I am sorry If I offended anyone, but sometimes as they say, “the truth hurts”. I hope it only stings for a second, until you realize, that there is truth to this truth, and you can decide to change what you are doing for the better, or you can keep getting fat. Don’t blame this on circumstances. Assess your circumstances, and find solutions to the road blocks. If you are driving cross country and a road is closed, do you cancel your trip? I would hope not. You find a route that works. That’s what you need to do with your overall health. Happy Holidays:)
The Biggest Loser- Is NOT Your Weight Loss Plan Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
We all have seen The Biggest Loser. The show on TV that basically tells the general public losing 20 pounds in a week is normal. Yeah, well, it’s not. Losing 5 pounds a week isn’t really normal or healthy either. Think about your current state of health. Are you overweight? If the answer is yes, by how much? If you are 20 pounds overweight, how long did it take you to gain those 20 extra pounds? A week? Have you ever tried to gain 20 pounds in a week? How about 5, even? How long did it take you to gain 5 solid, consistent pounds? Not pounds that come and go, but pounds that stick. I am willing to bet more than a week. Possibly even a month. My point is, why, if it took you a while to gain that extra weight, do you THINK it can healthily come OFF in comparatively light speed amounts of time? Now ask yourself another question. If you watch The Biggest Loser, would you watch it, if these people lost on average, 2 pounds a week? I bet that answer is no. They rig the show to have dramatic results, not real life, or real attainable results. Plus, ask any of those people losing massive amounts of weight quickly what their skin looks like. Anyway, take this home. Your should be gradual, not instant. you need a plan physically, mentally, and nutritionally. Don’t think diet, think PLAN. Think Lifestyle. The Biggest Loser, is NOT your weight loss plan.
Use Your Dog To Get In Shape- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Sunday, November 20th, 2011Do you have a dog? Shouldn’t your dog be getting some exercise? You can use your dog to get in shape. All it takes is a half hour a day, which is what you are supposed to walk your dog for anyway. You can even break up this time into three daily walks of ten minutes each. Use that time, of taking your little loved one out to do his or her business, and use it as exercise. Walk briskly, or even RUN, while you are out with your pup. When they are ready to go to the bathroom, they’ll let you know. Most people will leisurely walk their dog, and let them take their time. Use that time. This takes out that one excuse most people have. They say they don’t have enough time. If, while you take your dog out, your are walking fast, or running, you can use that as part of your exercise routine. Sometimes, it’s the simple things people don’t think about, that can benefit them more than developing this intensive, creative exercise program. So tomorrow when you take your little Tyrone out, make him go FAST.
Assess Your Fitness and Health- Las Vegas Personal Trainer
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011How do you assess your fitness and health? Do you work out with a personal trainer? Do you know if you move properly? Can you get out of bed without groaning because of the pain in your back? Do you think you look good naked? Are you out of breath when you go up a flight of stairs. Does just thinking about running on a treadmill give you a heart attack? Are you happy with your job? Do you have lots of friends or even just a few that make you happy? I could go on and on. It’s not only about how you look. Fitness isn’t just muscles and vanity. It’s about how you perform, how you move, and how long you can move for. Health isn’t just about you not having the flu or diabetes. Health is about being happy, being alive and being vibrant. Your job takes up a lot of your life. If you aren’t truly happy with it, are you really doing something healthy for you? Take a look at all areas of your life, and ask yourself these questions. It’s time you assess your fitness and health, and make the necessary adjustments to make sure you are at the top of your game in each area.
Fitness & Real Life – Are You A Failure?
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011Listen to my latest phonecast
