Exercise & Fitness – General Archive

  • The Exercise Enhancement Principle – How To Transform Your Entire Life Through Exercise

    The Exercise Enhancement Principle – How To Transform Your Entire Life Through Exercise

    By David Grisaffi www.flattenyourabs.net As I strolled down the foggy Tacoma waterfront with Jim, a long-time personal training client of mine, we began to chat about how important exercise has been to him and how much exercise has transformed his entire life – not just his body and his health, but also his career, relationships, [...]

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  • Intensity or Insanity: How Much Training Effort is Enough?

    Intensity or Insanity: How Much Training Effort is Enough?

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com QUESTION: Tom, do you think that the intensity of your workout is “THE THING” that gives you results or is it more about being consistent with your workouts? The reason I ask is because I’m following your Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle nutrition program and I also just got a [...]

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  • Is This Madonna’s New Secret Fitness Weapon?

    Is This Madonna’s New Secret Fitness Weapon?

    By David Grisaffi, CHEK Corrective Exercise Kinesiologist Golf Biomechanic Certified Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach www.flattenyourabs.net QUESTION: I was just reading about the Power Plate in a magazine. Apparently Madonna uses it to strengthen and build her muscles, and there was also a positive article about this in the Daily Telegraph. Apparently these machines cost of [...]

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  • Post Workout Drinks And Fat Loss

    Post Workout Drinks And Fat Loss

    By Tom Venuto, CSCS, NSCA-CPT www.burnthefat.com QUESTION: Dear Tom: I came across a piece of muscle-building advice written on a white board at a Bally’s fitness club, posted outside the “advanced” personal training station. I took a picture and attached it to this email. As you can see, it said to ingest whey protein and [...]

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  • The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes

    The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com “Common workout mistakes” has always been a very popular topic in fitness publications. But no matter how many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost always hear about the same half a dozen or so mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, yadda, [...]

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  • An Insanely Effective Type of Interval Training

    An Insanely Effective Type of Interval Training

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com High intensity interval training can be done in a variety of different ways. Here’s a wickedly-effective type of interval training: it requires no machines or fancy equipment, you can do it outside in the sunshine and fresh air, it develops killer conditioning, carves out legs like a sprinter, and burns calories [...]

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  • No Pain No Gain: Fitness Myth or Ultimate Fitness Truth?

    No Pain No Gain: Fitness Myth or Ultimate Fitness Truth?

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com No Pain, No Gain. Is this aphorism just a fitness myth and downright bad advice? A lot of people seem to think so. As a bodybuilder with 25 years of training experience and more than two dozen trophies on my shelf, I have another perspective to offer you. Success with your [...]

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