personal trainers: Fitness Friday: Do What You Love.....
- 02/08/19 04:12 PM
You may remember the man pictured above, Covert Bailey. His best selling book, "Fit or Fat" published in 1978 was a pioneering effort extoling the virtues of weight lifting and cardio vascular exercise to aid in weight loss. In the '90's Covert was all over the airwaves singing his gospel to all that would listen. And I was one of those listeners. I enjoyed Covert's enthusiasm about health and fitness, but what I really liked about his approach was the practicality of it. Covert understood that not everyone, in fact very few people, had goals or any notion of becoming a … (3 comments)
Next week will mark the busiest time of the year in gyms across America. The New Year's Resolution crowd will be showing up. And based on past history, most will be gone by about February. But for those who stick it out, and those who are gym regulars we will inevitably hit what is fondly called a "plateau" in our fitness level. As I mentioned in last week's post about fat, the human body is a very efficient machine. It does not want to expend more calories than is absolutely necessary. So when we initially start a training regimen our body kicks … (3 comments)
personal trainers: Fitness Friday: Fat...Use it or DON'T lose it!
- 12/21/18 01:20 PM
Fat! We hear about it all the time. Sometimes good. Mostly bad. One day it's good for us, the next not so much. But here's the truth, we NEED fat! Humans cannot live without fat. It's one of the 3 macro nutrients of food (protein and carbohydrates being the others) But just like everything in life, fat should be consumed and retained in moderation. And when it comes to fat it depends on what type we're talking about. But I don't want to get into the different variations of fats in this post. No, what I am talking about is body … (3 comments)
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