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When you’re looking to get stronger most people look at what the strongest person did, when you’re looking to lose weight most people look at physique competitors or people that have lost a good amount of weight, and so on. We look at other people successes and [Read more…]

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Fitness Crazed

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The “Fitness Crazed” opinion post in the NY Times was emailed to me by so many clients, friends, and personal trainers I thought it would be a great idea to write a post on it. If you haven’t read it, Daniel Duane (the columnist) talks [Read more…]

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NYC Personal Trainer Development

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We all know the importance of continuing education through pod casts, books, seminars etc… for a personal trainers. But I know most personal trainers are EXTREMELY busy developing programs, responding to emails, writing, training clients, training themselves, and so on. Heck a typical personal trainer starts training at 6 am and ends around 9pm. In between that time it’s difficult to fit in [Read more…]

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Lose 6lbs of FAT in 4 Days

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A new study that was just published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science Sports, showed a group of 15 healthy but overweight Swedish men lost 11lbs in 4 days.

The men had a calories restriction to about 360kcal a day, a reduction of 1800 calories a day. Both group [Read more…]

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NYC Personal Training Stuff You Should Read: 5/22/14

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NYC Personal Training Stuff You Should Read: 5/22/14

Whether you’re a fitness enthusiast or personal trainer we have a great list of recommended fitness reading for you guys. Take a look and hope this helps you better plan for your training goals! [Read more…]

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Counting Calories for Weight Loss

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Counting Calories for Weight Loss

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If you’re looking to lose weight, it’s pretty typical to look at the calories. It makes sense, since 3,600 calories equates to 1lb. So if I limit my  diet by 3600 calories a week then I’d lose 1lb a week. It’s basic science, a calorie deficit will force your body to lose weight. This is the typical reason why people look to calorie counting for weight loss.

With that said, when we actually apply this it’s a much different story. [Read more…]

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