Fitness into my life

I know right. Mind-blown.  I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but don't shoot the messenger and all that. Sorry folks, the science proves it. Diet or rather the calories you choose to consume matter significantly more than the calories you expend during exercise or any other kind of physical activity.  According to research done by Harvard Medical School;  "If one person cuts back on calories without exercising and another person increases exercise without cutting back on calories, the first person would probably find it easier to lose weight. That's because it's easier to cut 500 calories a day from your diet than it is to burn 500 extra calories through exercise. You'd have to walk or run about five miles a day for a week to lose one pound of fat." Not only is it a lot easier to cut calories from your diet vs. cutting calories by exercising, but the fact of the matter is that while you have 100% control of the calories that go into your body, you r...

It's January and it's a new year, if you have been sticking to your resolutions then you may have noticed how busy the gym is right now. That's okay, give it another week or two and statistically speaking, the herd will thin. Until then here are some general housekeeping rules to keep in mind when you hit the gym. DO: Wipe down the equipment when you finish. This one should just be a given but I still see it daily. Even if you don't think you, "really sweated enough" the fact is that sweat contains bacteria, even when it's not a puddle. And bacteria, depending on strain can be either harmful or helpful to humans. Unfortunately, over 70% of the bacteria found on exercise equipment is potentially harmful to us, some that can make us really sick (infections, pneumonia, septicemia, etc.) while others can be resistant to antibiotics making them difficult to treat. One study found that the dumbbells on the rack contain 362 times more bacteria than the avera...

The newest trends and fads, even if you try to avoid them they are everywhere. Whether it's fashion, technology, or even the fitness industry there is always going to be someone out there pushing a product that is absolutely worthless and in some cases potentially dangerous. So what do you do?  My recommendation is to become your own advocate. Educate yourself on the popular trends you decide to follow, and with that spirit in mind, I give you ten of the worst fitness trends I’ve come across while working as a trainer over my career. #10.) Seated workouts I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you need to get off your butt if you want to see the benefits from working out. Sitting is terrible for you according to leading research and is actually being attributed to higher mortality rates and a long list of other negative effects. Don’t get me wrong, there are certain populations who may need to stay seated while they workout: the elderly, recently injured or paraplegics for exampl...