I’m not talking about a couple of pounds either – I’m talking about 10 or more pounds of extra fat that you’d like to see disappear. Most people psyche themselves out before they ever start losing the weight. It’s as if the enormity of their goal simply puts them into shut down mode, and they give up on the idea entirely.

Has this ever happened to you? You try out a diet or exercise plan for a week or so, and then you get frustrated when your body looks the same as before. So you just plain give up. Weight loss isn’t a speedy thing. It takes time to gain weight – many people put on weight for years and then expect to lose it in a few weeks or months. It just does not work that way.

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Taken in part from: Harvard Men’s Health Watch

“How Much Should I Weigh Doc?”

It’s a common question, and an important one. It’s important because about two thirds of all Americans weigh more than they should. It’s important because excess weight has serious consequences for health. Obesity is responsible for high levels of LDL (bad cholesterol and triglycerides. At the same time, it promotes HDL (good) cholesterol. It impairs the body’s responsiveness to insulin, raising blood sugar and insulin levels. and the consequences go far beyond an unflattering figure and a worrisome metabolic profile: obesity contributes to major causes of death and disability, including heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, fatty liver, and depression. All in all, obesity and lack of exercise are responsible for about 1,000 deaths in the U.S. each day. Faced with these risks, it’s no wonder that you want to know how much you should weigh. But this common and important question is actually the wrong question. For health, the issue is not how much you weigh, but how much abdominal fat you have.

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It’s sort of a lazy day, hot and humid, normal for Florida weather. I am in the gym with a client and we are about halfway done with the routine I had designed for this client. This was not my gym, and I was’t the only trainer in the gym at the time. As a matter a fact, there were a lot of us, “trainers” all working with there clients.

It’s kinda my style to explain in detail why and how I designed their particular routine. You start out with a consultation, which gives me a whole lot of information that I really need to know. Age, sex, workout experience, injuries or the lack of them, any prescriptions they may be taking, any past medical history, aches and pains, weight, size, current ability to exercise, The kind of shape the client is in at the moment, motive and desire, and one of the most important pieces of information……. the clients goals, needs and what they want to get out of an experience with a trainer.

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Woman probably are traditionally opposed or resistant to weight training programs. This opposition is based on a few, “Myths” such as the fear of getting bigger and looking masculine. In addition the general media, when making reference to exercise, almost always means, aerobic training, and not progressive weight resistance training. As a result, most woman exercise by doing aerobic and cardio, treadmills, bikes, spinning etc. Which is wonderful, but the entire anaerobic, you know muscular development coupled with aerobic work, creates a strong, fit, lean, toned and most of all a healthy body.

So If I want to get you motivated, so you start to think about and then engage in some serious, weight resistant training I have to convince you of the advantages . of doing this. The advantages are both physiological and psychological, and they include.

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How to Stay Healthy in Today’s Economy

In 1978 the, “Help Wanted” section of the Sun Sentinel Newspaper had more want ad pages, than the entire newspaper has pages today.

As I casually drive up and down Federal Highway, from Oakland Park Blvd. to Hillsboro Blvd. I see so many vacant stores on both sides of the street, one after the other. I assume this is the way it is in the entire continental United States.

The, “Going Out of Business” signs grab and compete for your attention.

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Is your cardio exercise right for you?

It’s pretty cute. They just run and run. They don’t have a magazine to read, or a TV to watch. It really doesn’t matter, not to the hamster. They just run and run, and really have no idea what they are doing or why they are running.

Sound familiar? Is that you? Running on a treadmill, with at best an idea of why your are doing it. You want to lose weight. You want to tone up. You want to live longer. You want to improve your cardio respiratory system. Are you sure? Do you really know what happens when you run on a treadmill, I mean really know. If you did, you could make better choices. You could pick a routine that is right for you. Not something you think you should be doing. See you are already getting past the hamster stage.

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Lose Fat And Control Your Weight

There are many reasons to strength train or do resistance training. One advantage resistance training offers is a leaner body. Maintaining or increasing muscle mass preserves your ability to burn greater numbers of calories. Your body is operating at a higher metabolic rate and it’s easier to maintain or lose weight.

Strength training may be the most important exercise you can do for losing fat and maintaining weight, because it can increase your metabolism. Don’t throw away your running and walking shoes just yet. Even though biking, running and dance aerobics do not develop muscle to any great extent, aerobic training is still important for cardiorespiratory health and weight control. But one of the biggest reasons people gain weight is because they lose muscle mass as they get older.

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Lets be honest for a moment. You’ve seen the ones with advertisements for weight loss pill-you know the ones with those amazing before and after pictures-and you’ve wondered to yourself….do they work???

Diet pill are everywhere, they tempt you from store shelves from infomercials and from glossy magazine pages, TV adds. You probably know someone who is dabbling with diet pills or maybe you have tried them yourself. Have you ever wondered how they work?

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