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Fit Tip: Working Out With Household Items
Let's face it, in these uncertain, scary times, we are all looking for the silver linings during this pandemic. And there are many! My home city of Los Angeles has cleaner air without all the traffic, pet adoptions Read more
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Improve Your Balance by Improving Your Posture
Want to improve your balance? If so, improve your posture! The older we get the more likely we are to lose our balance and hurt ourselves, but older folks aren't always the ones with balancing issues. I have clients in Read more
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Fit Tip: Trouble Areas | The Hips
The past few months we’ve been discussing “trouble spots” or “target areas”. While I agree with the popular saying that “you can’t spot train,” I also believe we can “target” these areas. We need to train Read more
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Fit Tip: 7 Ways to Get Your Kids Moving
The other day my eleven-year-old son went to lift an eight-pound dumbbell and was mortified that it felt heavy to him. This is my kid we nicknamed Spider Man because he used to easily Read more
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How to do a Perfect Biceps Curl
Who doesn't want a pair of great-looking arms? As the weather gets warmer and sleeves get shorter, we'd all like our arms to look their best. Sun's out, "guns" out, right? There are three basic muscle groups to consider when Read more
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How to do Perfect Shoulder Side Raises
Muscle imbalances and weaknesses in the shoulder is one of the primary causes of dysfunction and pain. Thus, to have both great-looking as well as injury-free shoulders, we need to target all three specific areas. The shoulder also has the Read more
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Fit Tip: Beat the Belly Bloat
We’ve all been there before: we eat a big holiday meal, rich with seasonings and spices and deliciousness, it all tastes divine going down then an hour or so later…bleh. BELLY BLOAT. Tight-fitting clothes, tummy full of gas Read more
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Fit Tip: New Year Renewal
I love the New Year. I love ringing it in with friends and family. I love closing out a joyous holiday season by reflecting on a year gone by and a year to come. And even after working in fitness all these years, I still love Read more
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Fit Tip: A Beginner's Guide to Working Out
There’s no better time than now to start a new hobby – including working out. If exercise is a whole new world for you; let us start by saying “we got you.” While in the beginning, it may seem daunting Read more
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"Prehab": Three Exercises That Will Keep You Pain-Free
Far too many people experience pain throughout their lifetime, suffering injuries that can lead to weeks and weeks of rehabilitation with a physical therapist. For example, experts say that at least 80 percent of people will experience back pain at Read more
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Fit Tip Thursday: How to Do a Squat, Perfectly
Ask any top fitness professional to choose their favorite exercise for the lower body and many would answer, "the squat." And the reasons are simple. The squat contains all of the characteristics of a great exercise: It is a functional Read more
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Fit Tip: Get Fit By Escaping Zombies!!
If you have kids in public school, like I do, back-to-school has turned into back-to-fundraising. I’m a personal trainer, so rather than selling cookies, one year I helped run a Halloween-themed obstacle course fundraiser. This was a huge Read more