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First Impressions: How flexibility affects your posture

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Come join us for the first of our monthly free personal trainer fitness presentations.   Presenter: Christian Kubas   Date: Oct 15th @ 2:30pm   Location: Kalev Fitness Solution   Sign up HERE     First impressions are initially limited … Continue reading

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Turkey Hangover

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If you went a little … well overboard this season don’t worry, you’re not alone… most people gain about 2 pounds on average during the Christmas season. Continue reading

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Is Low Intensity Exercise Best for Burning Fat? Trainer Tip of the Day

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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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Signs of Overtraining – Vancouver Personal Trainer Tip

Overtraining is a physical, behavioral and emotional condition that occurs when the volume and intensity of an individual’s exercise exceeds their recovery capacity. They cease making progress, and can even begin to lose strength and fitness. Overtraining is a common … Continue reading

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The Gun Show! Bigger Biceps Now! – Vancouver Fitness Tips

First of all, I’m writing this post for you people out there who just LOVE to work your guns. Personally, I never isolate my arms. I prefer to let them get worked as secondary muscle groups when I do compound … Continue reading

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Macro, Meso, and Micro – Vancouver Personal Training Tip

Two weeks ago I went through a period of low energy and lack of motivation in the gym. I would try my hardest to psych myself up before a workout…before a set…and nothing would come of it. I don’t know … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Cardio Confusion – Personal Trainers Advice

Cardio Confusion – Personal Trainers Advice – One question that I am frequently asked is what’s the best way to do cardio. The answer to this is not as straight forward as it might seem, the answer depends on what … Continue reading

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Bicep Curls Advanced Workout – Personal Trainer Exercise of the week

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Is splenda dangerous? – Your Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist tip of the week

Is splenda dangerous? – Your Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist tip of the week.  A new study recently published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health has the chairman of Citizens for health in the U.S. up in arms over … Continue reading

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Fitness Training – Personal Trainers Core Workout of the Week

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Spices and Metabolism – Your Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist tip of the week

Spices and Metabolism – Your Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist tip of the week – Have you heard that eating spicy foods can help you burn fat? Although the extent to which spices can actually help you burn off a meal … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Ab Fitness – Personal Training exercise of the week – Crunches

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 … Continue reading

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Vancouver Personal Trainers Nutritionist Tip – Sodium

Vancouver Personal Trainers Nutritionist Tip this week is Sodium. It’s something most of us don’t think twice about until we’re older and facing high blood pressure. But salt is a lot more than the flavour that makes your popcorn so delicious. … Continue reading

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

Vancouver Personal Trainer Kalev Training DJ Jesse James – Blog entry of the week… Drinking the night before a workout has probably got to be the most unrewarding thing a person can do for their body.  All be it I … Continue reading

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Vancouver Personal Trainer exercise of the week – The Lunge

Continuing with our Vancouver Personal Trainer exercises of the week – The Lunge is another power inducing muscle defining leg exercise, it is important do to the lunge right so you don’t put out your back or strain your knee. … Continue reading

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Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist Tip – Slow Food

Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist Tip – Slow Food Check it out “Slow Food”, an international non-profit organization “founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food … Continue reading

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Personal Training in Vancouver Exercise of the Week – the Squat

Building strong legs is extremely important for any sport and is a great way to boost your body’s production of the most powerful hormone known to man – testosterone. The Squats exercise will give you explosive power through your hamstrings … Continue reading

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Personal Training DJ Jesse James – blog entry of the week

 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 … Continue reading

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Vancouver Personal Trainers Nutritionist Tip – What to eat before a workout

Vancouver Personal Trainers Nutritionist Tip – What to eat before a workout As a Nutritionist in the gym I often get asked “What should I eat before a workout? How soon should I eat before and after I workout? What … Continue reading

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Personal Trainer – home exercise of the week, the pull up

This week’s Personal Trainer exercise is the pull up. A great way to work a group of the major muscle in your body at the same time… biceps, rhomboids, lats, forearms, and core to stabilize. Thought you couldn’t do pull-ups … Continue reading

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DJ Jesse James fitness challenge @ Kalev Personal Training

Hi Everyone, the famous DJ Jesse James has come to me and wants to do a fitness challenge. It’s going to consist of 90 days of at least 5 days a week training. He is going to combine this with the … Continue reading

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Personal Trainer nutrition tip – Carbohydrate addiction

Carbohydrate addiction: fact or fiction? According to new evidence, more and more researchers are saying “fact”! Carbohydrates are emerging as a serious addiction, both mentally and physiologically, and as a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.But not all carbohydrates are … Continue reading

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