Recently, friend and author of the Belly Fat Effect, Mike Mutzel, invited me to be on his podcast \”High Intensity Health.\” I was humbled by the invitation and thrilled to work with Mike on this episode. This was a first for me being included on a podcast or any version of a live recording discussing
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Prioritizing Training Goals The short answer is: it depends. Training is a balancing act between many different variables that interplay with each other to create an end result. The end result should goal specific and related to one or two attributes of health and fitness. For example, you may devote a training program with a
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As a women whose training partner is a man, I can say cutting weight next to him is very annoying. Doing the same weight cut as my training partner seems to be quite more of a struggle for me than it is for him. Given, as a women, hormones come in to play. Women, having
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As a fitness professional, I spend a lot of time in the gym. It can be a wonder of how someone such as myself could keep up a high motivation for training myself and others. After working with clients all day and spending most of the day inside the gym, motivation does not come easy.
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All the best superheroes have a partner, a team mate. No one rides alone successful. The greatest success’ and accomplishments are those that are usually shared. It has always been said, two (muscle) heads are better than one. Protection, safety, rescuer. All is fun until you get stuck under a weight. Its never fun to
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You can be your own worst enemy when it comes to training. Hitting new PR’s can be more of a mental game than it is physical strength. Try these three strategies the next time you gear up to set a personal record. Visualization There is a saying that “on competition day, a champion athlete has
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If you were looking to start your own business, would you take the risk of doing it all yourself? No, at least I hope not. You would seek out the advice of someone who has a successful business, and possibly an attorney, banker, and maybe even a contractor. Why should your approach to your personal
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Poor posture combined with heavy lifting and poor exercise programming (or lack of any programming) can wreak havoc on the shoulders. If you find yourself with achy shoulders or care enough to keep them healthy, then keep reading. Here are three tips that you can do to help reduce and prevent shoulder pain from occurring.
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A good pair of strength bands can be a very useful and portable tool for anyone in the gym. If your gym doesn’t have these readily available, I would suggest purchasing a set and carrying them with you to the weight room. The most common uses for strength bands in the fitness world are for
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