If you are looking to get into KILLER shape, you must weight train. Bottom line. If you don’t, you might have okay levels of fitness but you won’t be able to increase your metabolism, burn calories at rest, and just look flat out awesome. These exercises are killer for building lean muscle, sculpting a great [...]
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What's Your Favorite Exercise?
June 23rd, 2009
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Anyone who knows me knows that I like my training programs, and my life, to be two things: Efficient and Effective Well I have seen a lot of training “programs” out there that are neither of these things. People are doing lots of single joint movements (ex:bicep curls) as their major exercise of the day, [...]
Why I'm in the BEST Shape of My Life…
June 21st, 2009
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Over the last 8-10 months I have dedicated myself to fitness and training. That sounds weird huh? I mean that is my job and yes I always take my training, healthy lifestyle, and overall fitness seriously. What I found in this short time is that I can maximize my time and actually get much better [...]
Want to Get Lean? Put These Items in Your Kitchen
June 19th, 2009
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Do you want to get lean and lose body fat? Make sure your nutrition plan doesn’t suck… I make it very clear to my clients and athletes that I am not a nutritionist. I do however understand the science behind proper nutrition for effective fat loss, developing lean body mass, and overall health. If people [...]
Train Like an Athlete for Strength and Fat Loss
June 19th, 2009
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Which would you rather do? This… Or This… Here’s an article that I wrote recently about why training like an athlete is great for fat loss, overall conditioning, and is just plain cool… As a former collegiate athlete, I see the value of a solid strength and conditioning program for performance. As a personal trainer [...]
Strength Circuits- More Bang for Your Buck
June 19th, 2009
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Here is a video demonstrating three large mucle group movements that will give you high levels of strength, burn a lot of calories, and promote long term fat loss. These exercises will tax the nervous system along with the muscular and cardiovascular systems. The exercises show here are Ring Rows, Single Leg Deadlifts, and Knees [...]
The Best Workout You Will Ever Have…
June 19th, 2009
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It’s my new obsession folks. My clients hate it…and then they love it…and then they hate it again… It’s basically the talk of the gym and people give us funny looks when they walk by and see this weird piece of steel being pushed through the parking lot of Second Street in Cambridge… I have [...]
My Love Affair with Squats
June 19th, 2009
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I love squats. Plain and simple. How can you not? Maybe it’s just me being a Capricorn I like them because they are simple, to the point, and dependable. If you do them right you will see results regardless of your training goals. You can manipulate them in order to reach certain goals but they [...]
Old School Training Methods for Fat Loss
June 19th, 2009
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Let’s face it; the modern day training client does not have quite the same active lifestyle as people did even 10-15 years ago. In the age of conference calls, online shopping, blackberries, and commuting upwards of an hour to work; people are not moving as much. Walk into any gym and what do you see? [...]
Ditch the Excuses and Get to Work
June 19th, 2009
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I just wanted to share this video…it puts everything into perspective and also makes you realize how rediculous the excuses are that people have for not working out. There is always something that will come up, so just plan your training accordingly and suck it up if you really want to meet your goals. If [...]
