Have you ever looked at your trainer’s plan for the day and wondered how did he plan this exercise equation? Without an educated eye, it can be nearly impossible to do. If you’re not interested in understanding why that is totally fine. Plenty of clients come just for convenience and the community, which is awesome.… Continue reading A Coach’s Perspective: My Approach with New Clients – Part I
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Exercise Sequence: It Can Make or Break your Workout
With half the battle being what exercises to choose from, exercise order can make for amplified success through your training journey. It’s common to make improvised decisions that cluster random exercises together, but that won’t get you to your goals faster. Instead, try creating your training routine with more thought and consider these points as… Continue reading Exercise Sequence: It Can Make or Break your Workout
Building Your Aerobic Base and Why We Need to Do It
When we talk about cardiovascular exercise nowadays what generally comes to mind a quick HIIT workout that lasts anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes. In a world where we love immediate gratification, these workouts sound like a great idea; they are time efficient and we feel like we got crushed at the end of the… Continue reading Building Your Aerobic Base and Why We Need to Do It
Fad diet myths: Do they really work?
Fad diets have played a major role in developing the recipe, for a massive body composition change when it’s crunch time to get sexy. We practically work against ourselves prioritizing these diets with hopes to attain magazine cover results, that would typically take twice as much time as we are willing to put in. Hype… Continue reading Fad diet myths: Do they really work?
Why lifting heavy weights won’t make women bulky
My Personal Experience with Women Lifting Heavy Weights Do women get bulky after lifting heavy weights? Let me tell you my experience. My first few months as a trainer were the definition of “trial by fire”, minus the actual fire. Around the New Year, there were 100+ consultations sold and nobody to render them. This,… Continue reading Why lifting heavy weights won’t make women bulky
How mindset helped me annihilate my fitness goals
I still find it hard to believe how different my body was just two years ago while I was still in my undergrad. I was your typical student studying night and day and always putting exercise on my list of things to do, but never quite making it happen. I was very far from my… Continue reading How mindset helped me annihilate my fitness goals
How Fitness has helped me cope with my anxiety
My anxiety started somewhere in middle school. After my family and I moved, I started school in a new country with a language that I didn’t really speak. While middle school is probably torturous enough on its own, imagine entering it at a point where everybody knew each other since kindergarten and you are the… Continue reading How Fitness has helped me cope with my anxiety
How to hire a professional trainer without breaking the bank
We live in an era where access to information is incredibly easy. However, if the information is all we needed then we would all be jacked, millionaires. The same happens when we want to hire a professional trainer and don’t want to lose money. For example, as a ‘high end’ personal training facility we charge… Continue reading How to hire a professional trainer without breaking the bank
Recovering from Injuries: Do’s and Don’ts
You are finishing up your last rep, going through that final sprint, pushing towards the finish line!…then all of a sudden you feel a pull and hear a “POP!” It’s the back of your thigh. Unfortunately, is common very common to get injured when you workout. You start thinking, “All is lost. I am not going… Continue reading Recovering from Injuries: Do’s and Don’ts
How to Find the Perfect Gym for Me
Finding the perfect gym can take weeks. That time may be well spent. The last thing you want is to sign up for a gym membership, watch the year go by, and realize that you might have bitten off more than you can chew. Investing in your health Starting any transformation process is going to… Continue reading How to Find the Perfect Gym for Me