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Jessica Slonski, Vancouver Pilates Instructor - Kalev Personal Training
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Thanks

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Vancouver Personal Trainer Virgil Isaacs- Kalev Training in Yaletown
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As all hands on work is subject to error more than would be the work of a computer, there is a way to obtain precise testing with greater accuracy, and that is through a body composition scan at Bodycomp Imaging, located on the 7th floor of 890 West Pender Street in downtown Vancouver.  Here’s what the experts at Bodycomp Imaging say:

“Bodycomp offers a new way to look at your body. Our scans tell you how much
lean tissue (muscle), fat and bone your body is composed of.
Those three components added together make up your total weight. Using this
information we will calculate your percent fat, bone density, and your
muscle symmetry.

DXA scans are considered the gold standard in body composition measurement.
The process is safe, quick and painless. Repeat scans every three to six
months will allow you to measure changes in muscle and fat mass.

Lean tissue is healthy. Excessive body fat is not. Your scales can’t tell
the difference, but a Bodycomp scan can.”

Although all of our clients undergo bodyfat testing from the staff here at Kalev Personal Training, some clients who are that extra bit serious about decreasing their body fat go the extra mile and go for a scan at Bodycomp Imaging. Its a great idea.

Vancouver Personal Trainer Andrew Ahlsten- Kalev Training in Yaletown
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1)  SPEED
2)  MUSCLE CONTROL (PROPRIOCEPTION)
3)  BODY BALANCE – POSTURE
4)  POWER GENERATION THROUGH:

• CORE STABILIZATION
• TORQUE ROTATION

5)  FLEXIBILITY
6)  BODY AWARENESS FOR INJURY PREVENTION
7)  MUSCULAR ENDURANCE AND MUSCLE SUSTAINABILITY

A few things you can do right now to help…

Exercise 1) Standing Lateral Medicine Ball Throw…

* Practice generating full body power using whole body execution with this multi-joint exercise.

* This is both a goal and process oriented exercise. How hard can you throw? And are you throwing with the proper hip-body-shoulder-arm execution?

* Understanding full acceleration: Go from 0 – 100 faster than you ever have before! Just like your golf swing – this will help you execute power and speed through acceleration.

2) Standing squats on Stability Board

* Get clarity on where your Center of Gravity is within your Base of Support.

* Maintain your balance with ease within a moving environment

* Make your coordination more automatic allowing your attention to be on the more important aspects of your swing and spatial awareness

* Get clarity on where your Center of Gravity is within your Base of Support.

* Maintain your balance with ease within a moving environment

* Make your coordination more automatic allowing your attention to be on the more important aspects of your swing and spatial awareness.

Other ways you can help you game…

• Increase the precision and strength of you muscles while decreasing the amount of effort.
• Learn how to generate more power and distance in your swing.
• Train your muscles to work SMARTER and more efficient. Shave fat off your body AND off the STROKES OFF YOUR SCORE!!!!
• Learn proper bio mechanics to have a calm cool soft touch on execution, while executing perfect precision to sink your putts.
• Understand your body type to capitalize/maximize your natural strengths and minimize you weaknesses through diligent work and clarity of your bodies inner workings on and off the course!!!
• Turn your driving range swing in to your everyday game swing.
• Understand your body so you can adapt to any surroundings on any terrain.
• Exercise prevents shoulder and elbow injuries.

Studies have proven that strength training will improve your game of golf… and your game of life.

Speak to the Kalev Personal Training team about sports specific training boot camps and/or one-on-one sports specific personal training sessions to get you cruising along the fairway with ease this summer!

Vancouver Personal Trainer Andrew Ahlsten- Kalev Training in Yaletown
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A few years ago I took a big step in my life, and decided to go see a chiropractor about the minor shoulder pains I was getting in my left side, and about how I just felt “un-even”.  It was one of the greatest decisions I made in my life. This guy showed me all I know about proper posture and alignment of the spine. He had me come in for weekly adjustments to get my spine back in proper shape. Here is an article written by a chiropractor who is associated with Kalev Personal Training. His name is Gordon Gertz, and here’s what he has to say about visits to the chiropractor:

Ranking Health Decisions

“I asked a patient the other day how often she visits her dentist for check-ups? She stated that she goes for a cleaning and check-up every 4 months. When I asked her “Why every 4 months and not 6 months?”, she replied “With my teeth, I know I need to go every 4 months. Every 6 months is not good enough to keep them clean.” Wow! It is great to hear that someone has put such thought into her health choices and decisions! As with many of our belief systems, many of our health decisions and choices are often something we have been doing automatically, like a “knee jerk” reaction due to influences in our lives often instilled in us from a young age. Take the dental check-up for example. We’re taught from a young age about the importance of oral hygiene. I don’t know if you remember, but when I was young the community dental hygienist would come into our classroom, give us these red tablets to put in our mouths which showed us areas of plaque build-up. We were then given dental floss and a toothbrush and instructed on how to best brush your teeth and most importantly – to visit your dentist for a check-up every 6 months.  Practice becomes habit and habits become beliefs. This is a healthy beneficial belief! As with most beliefs, it is also important to challenge them to ensure that they are beneficial to us.  What are your beliefs about other areas of your health? Not sure. Well, try ranking them in order. Drinking bottled water? Eating organic food? Exercising? How about your cardiovascular system? How does having a healthy strong heart rank in comparison to the importance of oral hygiene? Many would say that having a healthy heart ranks quite high on their health scale of importance. Are we then putting as much of our resources into maintaining a healthy heart as we are with keeping our teeth clean? How about spinal hygiene? We use our spines 24 hours per day and therefore it is subject to many cumulative stresses. If our teeth wear out we can have them replaced or cavities repaired (though obviously not desirable).  What if our spine wears out? There are no “false spines” to replace the worn out parts! Regular check-ups to help keep your spine healthy make good sense.  It’s just not something that many of us have incorporated into our health belief system. At Pacific Chiropractic, we can recommend a frequency of check-ups that is unique to each individual.  Everyone is different, and we all have unique stresses in our lives that affect our spines, so we all could benefit from our own unique schedule of check-ups. And remember, staying healthy for a lifetime means taking care of our health now, not when the symptoms show up!

~Dr. Gordon Gertz

www.thebackdoc.ca“

Vancouver Personal Trainer Virgil Isaacs- Kalev Training in Yaletown
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Sleep deprivation and fitness performance, fitness trainer tips

If you have ever tried hitting the gym or getting in your daily run while sleep deprived, then you probably know that fatigue and fitness training don’t mix. But, just how bad is it to exercise when you are dog-tired?

Pretty bad, according to a new report. Research indicates that people who workout when they are suffering from sleep deprivation are five times more likely to sustain injuries. The study also revealed that athletes who extended their nightly sleep and reduced accumulated sleep debt reported improvements in various drills conducted after every regular practice.

The study, which was conducted by researchers at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory at Stanford University in California, noted significant improvements in athletes’ performances when they were allowed to get a decent amount of shut-eye (roughly 9-10 hours per night).

According to the study, sleep extension in athletes was associated with a faster sprinting drill (approximately 19.12 seconds at baseline versus 17.56 seconds at end of sleep extension), increased hitting accuracy including valid serves (12.6 serves compared to 15.61 serves), and hitting depth drill (10.85 hits versus 15.45 hits).

The studies author noted that the results prove that sleep truly impacts performance, especially during long competitions. Interestingly, the athletes who participated in the study, confessed that it was only after the research was over that they realized how important it was for them to get adequate sleep.

Vancouver Fitness Trainer – Kalev Training in Yaletown
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Vancouver Boot Camp with Cardio Kickboxing

Vancouver Personal Trainer – Kalev Training in Yaletown

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 Rule number one about training don’t show up late.  There is nothing more embarrassing then having protein shake smeared on your face and sweat already on your brow when you hustle into worlds gym to see Kalev. So what did the man of muscles have planned for me today? Well to be honest Kalev has a real flexibility about his schedule and that works well with me. I like most people have no idea what I’m doing or where I’m going so he takes control and steers me in the right direction. I have been juggling an array of different workouts I can’t just do one thing, it’s called A.D.D. ( Attention Deficit Designer)  

Boom get warm, hit the treadmill for 5min that gets me out of the funk and into the routine I know after this it’s about to get sweaty. Skip rope for a couple well the master of conversation tells me about his adventures I do enjoy a good story. Then as per my request we did a varying mix of cardio in the form of boxing. It was a blast jab, cross uppercut is my favorite cause that last punch you can really smack the heck out of the punching bag. Dripping sweat and feeling great I bounced out of the gym and onto my day not missing a beat.  

I’m back in to visit Kalev next Friday and this time I will be early and ready for a hard experience. I want to lose 30 pounds before I’m 30 so 90 4 months to go. I will keep you posted on my progress. 

 Jesse J. Bannister Kmishn Design Inc.  creative web & graphic design 

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Thanks Jesse, and keep up the good work

 Vancouver Personal Trainer – Kalev Training in Yaletown

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