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Injury Prevention Guidelines
1) Proper Nutrition -Studies have shown that injury, pain, and degenerative diseases increase with decreased pH levels (more acidic). That being said, choose foods that will keep your body more alkaline rather than acidic. For a list of alkaline/acid foods, … Continue reading
Posted in health, injury, Nutrition Information
Tagged Hydration, injury prevention, Nutrition Information, Overtraining, proper technique
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Pre and Post Exercise Nutrition
Diet plays a huge part when you are trying to meet your health and fitness related goals. You need proper nutrition to fuel up for your workouts and also to be able to recover fast enough for your next one. … Continue reading
Preventing Muscle Soreness
Don’t be afraid to push yourself hard during a workout because of that dreaded muscle soreness that follows. This pain and stiffness that everyone feels 24 – 72 hours after a heavy workout is referred to as delayed onset muscle … Continue reading
Posted in health, injury, sports, Weight Training
Tagged active recovery, delayed onset muscle soreness, DOMS, low intesity, Muscle soreness
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Tight Hamstrings? – Try PNF Stretching
Is regular static stretching not cutting it with you? Then ask your trainer to perform PNF stretching with you. PNF stands for proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and it is a combination of passive stretching and muscle contractions to induce muscle relaxation. … Continue reading
Posted in health, injury, sports, Weight Training
Tagged Flexibility, PNF, stretching, Tight Muscles
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6 Tips to Losing Weight
1) Don’t slow down or change the effort of exercise. Keep your pace consistent and exercise as hard as you comfortably can to optimize calories used. 2) If the exercise is too hard and you can’t optimize the calories burned, … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition Information, sports, Weight Training
Tagged aerobic, anaerobic, bootcamp, burning fat, Exercise, losing weight, Personal Trainer, Training
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Keep on Running! – Vancouver Personal Trainer Tip
Shin splints is an umbrella term used to describe a common overuse injury among runners. This term suggests pain in the front portion of the lower limb located between the ankle and knee. There could be many different problems arising … Continue reading
Posted in injury
Tagged Cardio, Fitness, MTSS, overuse injury, Personal Trainer, Running, shin splints, tibia, Trainer
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Back Care Tips To Stay Healthy – Vancouver Personal Trainer Advice
Back Care Tips To Stay Healthy – Vancouver Personal Trainer Advice 80% of the population will experience back pain at some point during their lifetime. Strategies for promoting a healthy back can be categorized into physical, behavioral, and postural. Physical: … Continue reading
Posted in injury, Pilates, Posture, sports
Tagged back pain, core strength, Flexability, injuries, Personal Trainer, Posture
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Is Low Intensity Exercise Best for Burning Fat? Trainer Tip of the Day
So what is the best way to burn off that unwanted fat? Is it low intensity exercises or more fast paced ones? You may have heard that low intensity exercises will primarily use fat for energy. This is true however … Continue reading
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Tagged bootcamp, fat burning, low intensity, Personal Training, Trainer, training intensity, unwanted fat
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