Pull-Up Emphasis A pull-up is a compound pull exercise that works a large number of muscles in your back, shoulders, and arms including the lats, lower trapezius, posterior deltoids, and biceps....
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Sweet Victory for Soda Tax
Score one for better health, or at least, a legislative measure aimed at steering consumers away from unhealthy choices. In this case, it was a one-cent per ounce sales tax on sugary soft drinks in...
Forward Thinkers Train Backwards
As a personal trainer, the skill of aiming a bow and arrow toward a target has never been on my radar…not even in the same zip code!!! However, as is the case with many significant life lessons, I...
How to do Dyna Disc Crunches
Emphasis The primary muscles used Rectus Abdominis, external obliques, internal obliques and transverse abdominis. The secondary muscles are the erector spinae. Starting Position Place dyna disc...
Assessments that Renew Fitness Goals
How do you keep your clients motivated? With your enthusiasm? With proof? Keeping notes is one way to show the client what's changed in their workouts over time. Another method is with fitness...
Do You Drink Enough?
With the summer months just around the corner, being properly hydrated is something most will have to become more aware of. Our bodies are comprised of about 60% water to properly support our...
How to do Seated Tricep Extension with Dumbbells
Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (triceps - long and medial head). The secondary muscles stressed are the muscles in your forearms...
Lack of Exercise Could Be Behind Twice as Many Early Deaths as Obesity
Obesity and lack of exercise are often mentioned in the same breath as likely reasons for a shortened lifespan. But according to a new study that looked at health data from 330,000 adults over an...
How to do Lying Tricep Extensions
Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (tricep - long and medial head). The secondary muscles stressed are the muscles in your forearms...
Where Does ‘Lost’ Fat Go?
When a person loses weight, where, exactly, does the fat go? While that might sound like an elementary question, the results of a new study suggest that the answers given often vary widely, even...
