I know, I know, seems like a no-brainer right ?! Its Personal Training 101, don't thrash your client in the first workout to try to impress them to stay with you, you will just make them so sore that there is no way they will be able to wash their hair or get dressed, let alone choose to let you torture them more, unless they love pain.
Most people will do this to themselves, thinking they can do more than they should and the next day they say, " I'm not that sore", then 2 days after, they are so sore they can't move. This is called "DOMS", or "Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness". I suggest that the first 3 workouts you do, start with a lighter weight and do just ONE set of ONE exercise for EACH muscle group. Example:
1. bench press - 1 set of 15 reps, medium difficulty weight, enough to barely feel the burn.
2. Squats - same as above
3. back rows - same
4. shoulder press - same
5. core front planks - 1 set of 15 seconds holding plank
6. Bicep curls - same as #1
7. Tricep extensions - same
This is just an example. If you do this workout, I suggest you do this on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.On your off days you can do more "functional" activities to get blood pumping thru the worked muscles. After a week, add one more set to each exercise, then another on week three, stay at 3 sets of 15 until you stop getting results. you should only go to "failure" on the last set, no more. when you can complete all three sets to 15 reps, add 5 pounds to the weights on the next time you do it.
Ok, so my point in all this is, you are not working out to impress anyone (at least not until you hit the beach), egos in the gym get you injured, please take it slow, give your body time to adapt to the new stresses and you will be fine. think of this in the same way as you would going the the tanning bed, essentially your body reacts the same way, you wouldn't go in for your first tan session and lay there for 30 minutes would you ?, not unless you wanted to know how a Maine Lobster feels !!! Any questions ??? Thanks for reading !!!
STAY STRONG !!!!!
Nick
NO BULL FITNESS. Hey thanks for visiting my blog, the main purpose of this blog is to reach out to people in my local area interested in Fitness and Nutrition Coaching and Info. I am Accepting new Private training clients. I offer Mobile or Facility based Personal Training and I guarantee results fast ! Please Sign up or click on my Bio name and contact me via email, provide a Phone number and I will contact you for an initial free Consultation ! thanks, Nick.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
WHY MOTHER NATURE "HARDWIRED" US TO BE FAT AND LAZY
Mother Nature, she is wonderful, beautiful, but she could not foresee our future. There is a natural reason behind why we gain body fat so easily, and why we all sit down to "rest" every chance we get.
She created us to SURVIVE. Anyone who knows anything about survival will tell you that it is all about conserving calories, taking it easy as to not burn off more energy than we get from "Hunting and Gathering", She created us to handle times of famine and to be efficient when we needed it. In a survival situation you never want to expend more calories than you would gain once you could take a game animal or find roughage to refuel, you want the most "bang for you buck". She also created our brains and other organs and muscles to run off of glucose (blood sugar) or Ketone Bodies, this instinct to feed our brains drives us to find food, especially SWEET food. Living in this modern age of Carbohydrate "plenty", this drive causes us to crave carbs and sugar non stop, and because our brain is greedy, it tells our fat cells to store any excess glucose, and the liver stores extra glucose as well for times of famine, but because we eat so much sugar nowadays, our insulin is always slightly elevated, known as "insulin resistance". So once the brain uses the glucose in the blood, having this elevated insulin tells your liver and fat cells to hold on to the excess glucose they have stored and instead makes you hungry so you go eat more sugar and this process repeats. It is a huge vicious cycle of eating and storing and weight gain. The other aspect that compounds this situation is the fact that we are driven by our instinct to conserve energy and relax at every opportunity, further causing storage of excess energy intake. So, to sum this up and adhering to the "KISS" principle; 1: Be more active, stand longer, walk more, exercise more, yada yada yada.
2: Reduce your Sugar intake, if possible cut out ALL added sugar and soda and all simple Carbs like potatoes and Bread.....ALL BREAD, (I know most of you will never give up bread, at least reduce your consumption could help).
This is a highly simplified explanation and suggestions to help you get started on your path to health and fitness. Please if you have ANY questions,just comment and I will respond !! Thanks for reading !!
STAY STRONG !!
Nick
She created us to SURVIVE. Anyone who knows anything about survival will tell you that it is all about conserving calories, taking it easy as to not burn off more energy than we get from "Hunting and Gathering", She created us to handle times of famine and to be efficient when we needed it. In a survival situation you never want to expend more calories than you would gain once you could take a game animal or find roughage to refuel, you want the most "bang for you buck". She also created our brains and other organs and muscles to run off of glucose (blood sugar) or Ketone Bodies, this instinct to feed our brains drives us to find food, especially SWEET food. Living in this modern age of Carbohydrate "plenty", this drive causes us to crave carbs and sugar non stop, and because our brain is greedy, it tells our fat cells to store any excess glucose, and the liver stores extra glucose as well for times of famine, but because we eat so much sugar nowadays, our insulin is always slightly elevated, known as "insulin resistance". So once the brain uses the glucose in the blood, having this elevated insulin tells your liver and fat cells to hold on to the excess glucose they have stored and instead makes you hungry so you go eat more sugar and this process repeats. It is a huge vicious cycle of eating and storing and weight gain. The other aspect that compounds this situation is the fact that we are driven by our instinct to conserve energy and relax at every opportunity, further causing storage of excess energy intake. So, to sum this up and adhering to the "KISS" principle; 1: Be more active, stand longer, walk more, exercise more, yada yada yada.
2: Reduce your Sugar intake, if possible cut out ALL added sugar and soda and all simple Carbs like potatoes and Bread.....ALL BREAD, (I know most of you will never give up bread, at least reduce your consumption could help).
This is a highly simplified explanation and suggestions to help you get started on your path to health and fitness. Please if you have ANY questions,just comment and I will respond !! Thanks for reading !!
STAY STRONG !!
Nick
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Paralysis by Analysis
Paralysis by Analysis
I'd like to start this post with something I believe to be a huge issue in America today, "Paralysis by Analysis". This is when you research and research a subject so much, in so many different formats, from so many different sources that you end up so confused as to what you should do that you end up doing nothing. Its the same as going out to eat and the menu is so big that you have no idea what to order, however if you were to go to In-N-Out Burger where the menu is limited to like six items you make your choice very easily. I was at this point a few years ago in my search for the proper way we should be fueling the "Human Machine", so many different ways to eat, "Organic", "Raw", "Vegan", "Vegetarian", blah blah blah, ad infinitum ! then I found the "Paleolithic" diet, and from a Survival/Natural Living point of view, its really a lifestyle and way of eating and not a "fad Diet". Now I am not saying this is the end all be all for all but I feel its the closest as we may get in this Modern World, but I will get into the Paleo thing in later posts, The Point of this post, for me, is to help you all find the right path, call me the "Pathfinder" if you will, to get you to the point of making the healthiest overall decision for the wellbeing of you and your loved ones. That's a short primer to a very overlooked syndrome in not only this industry, but in American Culture period.
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