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30 Day Bootcamp Challenge Rules!

Kalev — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:49:04 +0000

Attention Kalev Fitness Bootcamp Challengers! Firstly, we want to say how happy we are that so many of you are challenging yourselves to upgrade to YOU, Version 2! This is an opportunity to take your fitness and motivation to the next level – to show yourself what you are capable of! And for that, you are already well on your way to success. We are offering some amazing prizes at the end of this event for some of you hard working and great clients! In order to make sure YOU are eligible to win, be sure to look over our Challenge Rules!

They are as follows:

You must complete 21 group fitness classes in the 30 days.
16 of the classes completed must be a ‘boot camp’ (tabata,
mikewondo, fit like a fighter, or bondi body)
‘Check In’ on Facebook or Foursquare each time you
attend a class (please advise the front desk if you have an older model phone that does not access these location features)
At the end of the challenge, write us a review on Google and let
us know your challenge experience!

If any of you are still interested in nutritional support, please don’t hesitate to let us know! Just contact:

Virgil@Kalevfitness.com for supplementation from Nikken
Samantha@Kalevfitness.com or Josh@Kalevfitness.com
for supplementation from Body by Vi.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Front Desk ladies and they will be happy to help! Our instructors are the best personal trainers in Vancouver – here to support and help you reach your goals!

6 Tips to Losing Weight

ChrisK — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:06:51 +0000

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, slow down.

3) Use both aerobic and anaerobic training to optimize your ability to burn fat.

4) Your total caloric deficit per day should be roughly 500-1000 calories (Avoid dropping below 1200 for women and 1800 for men). This can be achieved by eating 250 calories less per day and burning off 250 calories through exercise.

5) Try a personal trainer – Benefit from their knowledge and be motivated to push yourself harder.

6) Try an outdoor bootcamp class – A fun way to burn off calories and get a tan!

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Muscle Recovery – Vancouver Fitness Tips

Virgil — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:38:09 +0000

Do you find that your muscles are still sore by the time you have to return to the gym? If so, you may still need a greater recovery time incorporated into your program. Recovery time is one of the most important factors in muscle growth. However, what’s interesting is that research shows that low intensity exercise on your days off helps to quicken to the healing process. Light exercise, such as daydreaming while you’re on an eliptical gazing out the window, improves circulation to all the muscles of your body and in turn enhances the flow of nutrients which are essential for recovery. So instead of feeling like you should do nothing on your days away from the gym, remind yourself that you ought to be doing something, even if its just a brisk walk along the seawall, and if you find your muscles are still sore by the time you`re scheduled to work them out again, then come into the gym on your days off of strength training, grab a magazine and put the incline of the treadmill to about 4.0 at a fast paced walk and read up on Brad and Angelina`s breakup. Be sure to stretch after to, as that helps relax the muscle tissues, open them up, and increases circulation as well. Share your methods of recovery, and if you don`t have any in specific, speak to your personal trainer to learn more.

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Let’s Get Functional – Personal Training in the 21st century

Kalev — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:13:36 +0000

Do you need to carry a heavy bag of dog food off the ground and onto a wheelbarrow? How are you going to put that heavy bag of groceries on the top shelf of the cabinet?
When it comes to exercise, it is nice to have aesthetic goals like losing inches off your waist, getting bigger biceps, or toner legs. However, it is also important to gain practical strength as well. In life, it is crucial to move in ways our bodies are designed to move.

When picking exercises for your program, you need to think of whether the exercises are like the movements you would perform in everyday life. Take the leg press for example, is there ever a situation in everyday life where you lie on your back and push a heavy weight up with your legs? No, unless you’re lying on your back in a ditch and a giant boulder rolls on top of you. There is also no need to isolate muscles because you will never do any movement in sport or in life where you only use a single muscle group. Functional movement patterns usually consist of a group of muscles working together. Instead of doing bicep curls, try a pull-up or a variation of a pull-up if you are not strong enough. The pull-up is much more functional because it is the movement you would use for rock climbing. Furthermore, it will still hit the biceps as well as the major muscles in your back. So, unless you are executing a bodybuilder style workout and you really want your vastus lateralis of your quadriceps to pop out more, there is no need to do leg extensions. Do squats and lunges instead that work the same muscles but also gets you more functional.

If you are interested in learning how to properly perform functional exercises, consult a trainer at Kalev Personal Training to book an appointment and live better, faster!

Bicep Curls Advanced Workout – Personal Trainer Exercise of the week

Kalev — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:50:25 +0000

Bicep Curls Advanced Workout – Personal Trainer Exercise of the week… One of the areas which defines the perceived strength of a man the most is his biceps. This workout uses resistance tubing which can be advanced into a challenging workout with two feet increasing resistance.

The key focus in this video is to keep your elbow stationary during the movement. Also remember to tighten the abs to keep your back stable.

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Personal Training in Vancouver – DJ Jesse James – Blog entry of the week

Kalev — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:33:58 +0000

Personal Training in Vancouver – DJ Jesse James – Blog entry of the week

After almost a 2 week hiatus from being sick I have returned. That sounds like it should be followed by some serious gusto but my energy level is caput. First day back with the Jaaguste machine and things were not so swift. He threw in some new curve balls today. I don’t know if it was his recent trip to Vegas or something he dreamed up but there was some highlights and lowlights to today’s workout. Highlights first loved the new one legged dumbbell curl then extend move. You stand on one leg then do a curl then press the dumbbells to the sky. It has two nice pumps to the arm and shoulder muscles and feels really nice when you complete this one works. Lowlight was some massive dip machine move weird and odd move that almost put me on my ass wrapped in a metal bar. Let’s just say it’s probably not the exercise but me that is the problem but my awkward size and limited abilities paired with foreign movement usual end up in ass over teakettle moves. I must say it was a challenge to make it in but I’m glad it rocked me out of my sick funk and I’m invigorated. See you next week muscle man!!

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Fitness Training – Personal Trainers Core Workout of the Week

Kalev — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:07:23 +0000

Fitness Training – Personal Trainers Core Workout of the Week. You use your core muscles including your Obliques in almost every sport and in daily life so try this exercise out to tighten those abs and also prevent back pain problems.

What did you think of this exercise? We’d appreciate your comments…

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Advanced Push Ups – Fitness Trainer in Vancouver exercise of the week

Kalev — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:10:19 +0000

Advanced Push Ups – Fitness Trainer in Vancouver exercise of the week An interesting technique to increase the difficulty of your push ups workout. This one is a great exercise to add definition to your chests and pump up your triceps.

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Kalev Fitness Training Vancouver DJ Jesse James – Blog entry of the week

Kalev — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:06:51 +0000

Kalev Fitness Training Vancouver DJ Jesse James – Blog entry of the week. Getting up early and working out is both foreign and intensely unexciting to me. But I must admit it is growing on me a little. This Friday I aimed to get to the gym 30 minutes early and really warm up before my work out. Ambitious yes and it turned out to be very rewarding. When Mr Jaaguste (you may not know this but his last name is even harder to say then his first) showed up with his words of encouragement I was excited. So we hit it hard first a combination of arms, chest and back in a cycle for several reps more then I could pump out the previous week. The warm up was really helping me push out several more push-up on the bench then I had ever imaged I could do. Some more reps with weights in front of the mirror and some side hold that’s really worked my abs. And as usual to finish off the work out a unique exercise on the ball that is not only emasculating but difficult. It involves getting the ball tightly up under your torso then crunching with full arms out down then pulling the body straight up and squeezing the back muscles. After the classic 5 more from Kalev I was toast and felt a horrible goodness all over my body.

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Ab Fitness – Personal Training exercise of the week – Crunches

Kalev — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:02:43 +0000

Ab Fitness – Personal Training exercise of the week – Crunches… Are you ready to take it to the next level and increase the intensity of your ab crunches? I have a great one for you and all you need is a resistance band which you can get from most department stores for less than $15. Remember your hip movement again too.

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