Conditioning 360

If you train, or have ever trained, you have probably heard your trainer say “keep your core engaged”, and unless this was explained to you properly, then you probably would have done what most refer to as “sucking in your stomach”. This, however, is not core engagement. To truly engage your [...]

It’s January. If you’re like most people, you indulged over the holidays, made excuses for the indulging & excuses for not exercising, and now, feel a little tired, a lot bloated, and generally unimpressed with your actions of the previous month. So what to do…make a New Years Resolution? No. I’m [...]

1. “I’m too tired.”
Prepare for your workouts by getting seven to eight hours of sleep the night before and properly fueling your body with lots of water (throughout the day, as well as during and after your training session) and clean eating.
Make it easier on yourself by following your internal body clock. Do you get [...]

When that hydrogen atom decided to attach to the single hydrogen and oxygen atoms, I wonder if it realized the life force it was creating. You see, Water does way more than what we tend to give it credit for – and thus, has a much larger impact on our bodies, minds, and moods than [...]

As a Personal Trainer, every time I go out – whether it’s the mall, the beach, or just wandering around my beautiful city – I see lots of people who invest, and talk about investing…in pretty much everything except their health. Media, and therefore society, has somehow overlooked this factor when promoting consumerism. The messages [...]

Conditioning is defined as the process of modifying a person’s behavior.
For athletes or recreational physical enthusiasts, physical conditioning refers to manipulating the variables of exercise (sets, repetitions, resistence, volume, frequency, type of exercise, etc) to achieve better performance.
There is also psychological or mental conditioning for athletes specific to their sport (ie visualization of wining a [...]

Cause and Effect refers to the philosophical concept of causality, which denotes a necessary relationship between one event (the cause), and another event (the effect), which is the direct consequence of the first. This two event type of causality is known as accidental causality. Another type, essential causality, has one event seen in two ways.
Aristotle [...]

Gastro-intestinal bypass surgery. The Atkins Diet. The Zone Diet. The South Beach Diet. The Cabbage Soup Diet. The Jenny Craig Diet. Liposuction.
Obesity is as American as apple pie. (Alamode, of course!)
It’s been said that 2/3rds of Americans are overweight. The truth of the matter, of course, is that we’re not overweight. One cannot be overweight…you [...]

When we are sick we don’t feel like running all around trying to pick up the things we need to help us feel better. It is so much easier if we keep these things on hand. Many of these foods we use on a regular basis, and it could help you from getting sick or [...]

Developing discipline is essential to achieving your goals, no matter what they may be. You will need self-control. The more you do it the better you will get at it.
1. First start with what it is you want to do or stop doing. Some examples would be: eating better, exercising, and stop smoking.
2. Find out [...]