What is overtraining and how often should I workout?
What is overtraining and how often should I workout?
The simple answer to this question is overtraining is repeating exercises or body parts to often. Overtraining leads to injury, lower immune systems, chronic fatigue and a number of other negative responses.
Too often I see people repeating routines and exercises on a daily basis and complaining [...]
How to get better workout results
Getting results out of your training and diet can be one of the most frustrating things around. As a personal trainer for many years in NYC, I can guarantee that a person can train and diet and still not achieve goals, often this person will blame outside factors for this failure. There is [...]
How to improve and exercise your core to get a six-pack abs
The core and abdominal form a group of muscles that works together to support the body in proper posture and stability during all movements. The core muscles are considered the body’s girdle supporting the torso, being described as such you can see how important core strength is.
The abdominals are the muscles of the stomach that [...]
How to increase your bench press
I will now tell you how to increase your bench press using two methods I have already spoke of. Those two methods are “The Right Tool For The Job” and “Periodization”.
To increase your bench press you must increase your strength. By using the “The Right Tool For The Job” you will lift in [...]
If you have watched the video Spencer Olchin and I, Kate Hurwitz, made on strengthening your lower back -5 lower back exercises to help relieve pain-, then you will want to follow it up by reading this article on stretching the back, some ab strengthening moves and rotation stretches. It is important to know that [...]
How to make gains and avoid injuries while exercising
How to make gains and avoid injuries? The way I will do this is by telling you about something called Periodization. In workout and fitness training this principle is simple to understand but a little harder to apply. Simply Periodization involves using increasing resistance for 3 weeks and then unloading for the 4th. [...]
How to create a challenging workout routines
This blog post will address how to create challenging workout routines. One of the biggest excuses not to workout is “I don’t have time”. What if I tell you all you need is 30 minutes 5 days a week ? Could you handle that or is it too time consuming ? [...]
Making everyday food more exciting
There are many ways to eat better in daily basis, besides a lot of tips to make everyday food and eating more exciting. How to eat and what to eat to don’t feel like you are always on a diet? There are so many food choices out there that it all gets very confusing! It [...]
How to burn fat and lose weight in one easy exercise program
“I want to lose weight!”. If I had made a dollar for every time I heard that I could retire a very rich man. I will give a simple answer to a complicated question. To lose weight you must put out more calories than you put in. To put out calories you must [...]
40th ING New York City Marathon is an inspiration to motivate you to better health
Today, November 1th 2009, is the day of the 40th ING New York City Marathon, 26.2 miles of heaven for some and hell for others. I often wonder how people do this. I myself am a highly trained competitive athlete and I still wonder how it’s done. I have won championships and have [...]
