Why run? I have NO idea! I can barely get through a 30 minute treadmill session without pulling my hair out. I know... ...
by Dale Kelley
Capital Region Fitness
If you've ever tried and failed to lose weight despite spending an hour or more a day on the treadmill, elliptical, or in aerobics classes or weight loss boot camps - this article is for you!
Did you know that your body adapts very quickly to long, “same speed” cardio workouts, causing you to burn fewer and fewer calories each time you workout?
Yes, it's true.
I can hear you now - "I thought I was supposed to keep my heart rate in the fat burning zone. If I go any faster or work any harder I won't be burning fat!"
Oh yes you will! AND - you'll burn MORE fat (and lose more weight!) than you would if you keep doing what you're doing!
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by, Dale Kelley
Capital Region Fitness
Strength training, weight lifting, resistance training - whatever label you choose to put on it - has been proven benefits for all populations - from adolescents to athletes to seniors. Women, in particular, see tremendous benefits from resistance training - for a myriad of reasons.
Unfortunately, most women rely on cardiovascular activity and a low calorie diets to change their physical appearance - whether it be to lose weight, or just "get toned". (There's no such thing as "toned" by the way! You can build muscle, maintain muscle or lose muscle. That's it!) The look you probably consider "toned" is low body fat and some level of increased muscle mass (as compared to an untoned look).
Fat sags. Muscle doesn't. If you've got jiggly stuff - it's fat.
Unfortunately, the strategy most women employ to change their body shape - crash diets and excessive cardio - does little more than cause fatigue, moodiness, hunger, and a decline in the metabolic rate. In the end, many women are worse off then when they started.
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by Dale Kelley
Capital Region Fitness
Flexibility is a joint's ability to move through a full range of motion. Flexibility training (stretching) helps balance muscle groups that might be overused during exercise or physical activity or as a result of bad posture.
I don't exercise, so I don't have any muscle imbalances. Why should I stretch?
Modern lifestyle - oh you know, things like sitting at the computer (!), also causes muscle length-tension imbalances, or a decrease in flexibility (usually of the hamstrings in the case of computer junkies)
Do you have knee, hip, ankle, neck, or shoulder pain? Those complaints often stem from muscle imbalances.
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By Tom Venuto
www.BurnTheFat.com
Happy New Year! In this article, I'm going to predict your future and forecast exactly what kind of results you're going to get in the next 12 months. Sylvia Browne, step aside... I'm pretty good at this.
Several years ago, a public relations firm in New York City asked me to write an article for one of their publications about fitness trends and predictions for the coming year.
It turned out that my "crystal ball" was pretty darn accurate. I nailed most of the predictions I made about aerobics classes, yoga, core training, "holistic" approaches, online personal training technology, the baby boomer market, increasing obesity and many other subjects.
I do confess, it wasn't that difficult, because instead of just guessing, I actually did some research on industry statistics and I also had some "inside insights" because I'd been a health club manager for so many years and was privy to fitness business trends.
This year, instead of making predictions for the whole fitness industry, what if I could take out my crystal ball again and predict with 99% precision exactly what kind of results you will achieve with your body by the end of the year?
Well, no problem, I can do that too!
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