What is the Best type of Exercise?
Several times recently this question has come up. People have asked me if they had to choose between cardio, resistance training, pilates, yoga, aerobics classes, or simply walking, which one would be the best one to do. Typically this is asked in the context of , “I really would rather not exercise but if I [...]
How important is your Heart Rate When You Workout?
This topic has been a common one among trainers and clients for many years. There is the common thoughts of various heart rate zones targeting different fuel sources. I have not used these in a long time but when I used to use heart rate as a major training tool I used 65-75% of your [...]
So What Does Burn the Most Calories?
I was interested to see that the bulk of you voted for swimming as the exercise that burned the most calories. I have been interested in this for as long as I have been a trainer simply because the question was constantly being asked by the clients I was working with. Calories is such a [...]
Our 300th Post!
OUR 300TH POST !! Time really flies and I just realized that we have surpassed our 300th post. Technically this is post #312 but we were so busy getting everything in order for some very exciting new things approaching. Our next newsletter is just about finished and you should receive it within the next week [...]
Fitness Tip of the Week #12 Core Training
Core Training has become extremely popular in recent years, due to the medical field and the emphasis they have put on its benefits in relieving lower back pain and overall spine health. All types of programs and routines have been developed utilizing crunches and situps and all sorts of ab work. I want to give [...]
An update on Caster Semenya
We did a post awhile back about the situation with Caster Semenya. I wanted to keep you up to date on this topic and in a recent article I found from Telegraph.co.uk that gives more information on how this situation is unfolding. This has proven to be a hot topic and many people have an [...]
Celiac Disease and Gluten Info from an Expert
Eric Kirch, a great friend of mine has a great success story to tell. When he was young he was diagnosed with Celiacs Disease. He has now lived the last ten plus years learning how to not only manage the disease but Eric learned how to thrive with it. I consider Eric an expert simply [...]
Vitamin D Continues to Become a Major Topic in Health
In a recent visit for my Daughters Children’s Clinic her Pediatrician brought up the topic of vitamin D. Since that time I have spent more time looking at the research on it and discovering that it plays a much larger role in our health and our bodies overall performance than we originally realized. One of [...]
“We are what We Repeatedly do” – Aristotle
I was reading a book that was given to me by the Superintendent of our School System called , “The Fred Factor”. The book is a great read as it discusses the importance of being an individual that goes out of his or her way to perform their job to its fullest. The story is [...]
Got Twitter?
We made an executive decision today to go ahead and start a new Twitter account so that we can quickly and easily update you on Josh’s progress during the Portland Marathon. To sign up for it just click on the Twitter button on in the Spread the news section. I saw Josh today and he [...]