By: Lee Labrada “What goes up, must come down.” When ‘70’s music sensation Billy Preston immortalized those words in his catchy tune, he must have been thinking about some of the professional bodybuilders gracing the posing dais these days. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s in vogue again to “bulk up” or should I say, [...]
by Lee Labrada This week we’re going to be talking about making working out and eating right a lifelong habit. What is a Habit? A habit is something you do so often, that it becomes easy to do on a regular basis. In other words, it’s a behavior that you keep repeating over and over [...]
by Lee Labrada This week, we’re going to look at a topic that comes up from time-to-time, especially with beginners. I often have beginning trainees ask me, “Should I use machines or free weights when I train?” Walking into a gym for the first time can be a bewildering experience for a beginning trainee. There [...]
Most of you are making plans for what you’ll be doing with your New Year’s Resolutions. Perhaps this is the year you finally obtain that ripped physique that you’ve always dreamt of or maybe this is the year you finally take those first steps onto a fitness program that you’ve been meaning to do for so [...]
Meilleurs Voeux pour cette période festive tout en vous souhaitant Amour & Plaisirs! Happy Holidays !! Wishing you and your loved ones the best!
By: Hugo Rivera The more I frequent several gyms across the nation, the more I see a trend of people emphasizing machine work over free weights. While I think machines are great for beginners, for those who are nursing an injury, or for finishing work designed to target specific muscles, the majority of your bodybuilding [...]
Get Fit, Lose Weight, Build a Great Body, Prevent Disease By Paul Rogers, The benefits that many of us derive from weight training are diverse and categorical, so I’m inclined to view them in two conveniently defined categories: 1. Wellness, self-esteem and mind-body fusion and: 2. Remediation and alleviation of injury or chronic health conditions [...]
By: Paul Rogers If there’s one chronic injury that defines the upright walking Homo sapiens (that’s us), it is the back injury. Never have so many suffered so much . . . well, you know how it goes. It’s as if evolution was a little rushed with this one and our spines didn’t quite get the full [...]
Exercising on unstable surfaces, such as bosu balls, Swiss balls, and wobble boards is a central component of many core-strengthening programs. A study from California State University, Northridge, led by James Kohler, showed that training on stable surfaces overloaded and recruited the core muscles best. They measured core muscle activation during the shoulder press performed [...]
By Tracee Cornforth, Aging—you can’t prevent it—but eating right and staying fit now can help to keep you feeling and looking good throughout your life. As women go through the different life stages, it is important to be aware of the bodies’ changing needs. Staying active and tailoring food intake to keep up with your [...]
