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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Personal Trainer home exercise of the day – Pull Ups
Thought you couldn’t do pull-ups without a bar? Think again, here is a unique and innovative way to do pull-ups to work out your back muscles at home or in any hotel room. Vancouver Personal Trainer – Kalev Training in … Continue reading
Personal Training – exercise speed cont..
As you advance you will learn how to control your core, and balance the rest of your body’s muscles so the correct ones are firing for the right exercises. Then you can start to slowly speed up your movements, under … Continue reading
Personal Trainer nutrition tip – Vitamin D
Vitamin D is an important fat-soluble vitamin which helps your body absorb Calcium. It is produced naturally by the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight, however most people living in Canada and other northern parts of the world … Continue reading
Personal Trainer home exercise of the day – Dips
Today’s home personal trainer exercise brought to you by Kalev personal training is the dip, a great way to keep your upper body tone and in shape. Start following through on your new year’s resolutions Vancouver Personal Trainer – Kalev … Continue reading
Personal Trainer – Exercise of the day
The Personal Trainer exercise of the day is the “side bridge”. It’s is a great way to activate core muscles in a stationary position. If you practise, it gets easy however, so here is a great way to make it a … Continue reading


