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  • Exercises That Are Wasting Your Time

    Growing up I didn’t know sh** about training or lifting weights.  I just did what looked fancy and cool. Go figure! Anyhow, I guess it’s safe to say (now that I’m a fitness professional) that I did a lot of things in the gym that were a complete waste of my time. 1. Smith Machine Squats Photo Credit:…

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  • Mistakes Women Make When Training

        Here’s what you need to know: The weight scale will deter you from reaching your goals. Not eating a sufficient amount of quality food will dampen your progress. Hours and hours of cardiovascular activity (elliptical, treadmill, zumba) will elevate the amount of cortisol in your body—excessive amounts will breakdown muscle tissue. Progressive overload…

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  • Fake Health Foods To Avoid

    It’s been a minute since I’ve posted a blog up (been slacking as of late), so I have to say it feels good to get back on that horse.  A lot has happened within the past month and a half that I still can’t even fathom what just happened. You see I’m the type of…

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  • 3 Reasons Your Muscles Are Always Tight

    I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked, “do you know any stretches for your lower back?” Walk into any gym and you’ll see people twisting and turning to stretch their lower backs.  It’s an inherent tendency for us to stretch when something feels “tight.” Majority of the people that spend most…

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  • Do We Really Need Supplements?

    I’ll admit that I had a lot of supplements and different vitamin isolates on my kitchen counter.  I was young, naive, and misinformed, if you will, thinking that it would make up for my lack of nutrition. Man I sure do miss Jack in the Box and Taco Bell!  These days my approach to “healthy…

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