Health, Fitness & Workout in New York City

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 [...]

Boot camps are not just for adults alone, but also for kids. To be fit as an adult the body should be active in its youth. It is never to young to start! Using the joints through full range of motion, engaging in different movements, and using different muscle fibers help [...]

How do you get rid of those wobbly bits behind the arm??? Most importantly when you are in the gym exercising remember small movements like rope push downs or straight arm push downs or dips off the bench will not maximize your triceps workout as efficiently as two other exercises will-what are these exercise???
The first [...]

First of all, if you do not have a blender I suggest buying one, and I know after reading this article you will definitely want too!
The best part about making shakes is that there are so many different kinds to make. Some days you might line a fruit filled shake while other days you might [...]

Some of you might say to yourself “I don’t need a trainer I know how to use the machines in the gym!”. Let me tell you there is so much more training then just the machines you see in a gym.
Even if you workout everyday, if you aren’t a health and fitness professional and exercising [...]

For all of you who thought you never needed a trainer here are a few good reasons why having one is necessary!
As soon as your body gets into a routine, your workout training stops having the same effect, so there are different tools used in training to reach your goals and keep yourself progressing. Some [...]

I just spent the holidays in Camden, Maine. I had a great time but found myself in desperate need to find a gym! I personally do not like to go more than two days without going to the gym -some might think I’m crazy but I get stir crazy!!
I found the YMCA of Camden, Maine. [...]

Happy New Year to all! We have all made our resolutions -now the important part is keeping them!
Personally whenever the new year begins I promise myself I will eat better and stop all bad food habits I might have! I think it is important to remember to make small adjustments. Maybe it is to stop [...]

Do you ever find yourself starved later in the day around 4pm? Do you sometimes want to pull your hair out of your head because you don’t know what to eat?! Should you have a meal, or a snack? And should you have protein or carbs? These are all legitimate questions!
One major solution to [...]

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 [...]