Weight Loss and Toning

The focus of this program is to help those who wish to shed extra weight and increase overall body tone, resulting in a slimmer, more athletic look. This program involves various aerobic activities and resistance training. Aerobic activities will help burn away extra fat and make your heart stronger. Resistance training will help build lean body mass.

Lean body mass increases the basal metabolic rate, meaning that the leaner you are the faster you will burn those extra calories instead of storing them. I must stress the fact that this program will not provide spot fat reduction but rather an overall body weight loss. You must exercise at least three times a week and follow a healthy diet in order to see results.

Strength and Weight Training

Strength training is for those individuals who are interested in increasing their muscular strength and endurance. This can be achieved using weights or rubber exercise bands, or even by using ones own body weight. Results can be achieved if training takes place at least three times a week. Strength training can also help shed extra fat due to the resulting increase in the basal metabolic rate. Bodybuilding is for those individuals whose goal is to build large muscles (hypertrophy) with definition and symmetry.

You do not have to be a professional bodybuilder to achieve the results you see in fitness magazines and in others walking on the street. I can help you achieve that goal. If you have reached a plateau in your training, I can help you overcome that by using different training techniques. Bodybuilding is only for the dedicated individual who wants to build large muscles. The results one can achieve in Bodybuilding is mainly due to two things: hard work and genetic potential.           

Baby Boomers Fitness

According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) by age 30, our muscle mass has reached its peak. We lose approximately ½ of a percent of our muscle mass a year after age 30. After age 50, muscle mass decreases by as much as 15 percent each decade up to the age of 70. After 70, this process accelerates to 30 percent each decade. In seniors, muscle loss contributes to the occurrence of falls, fractures, weakness, slow metabolism, glucose intolerance and loss of ability to perform normal activities.

There are many benefits of exercise for baby boomers, including: increased strength with mild to moderate muscle hypertrophy, increased bone density, improvements in joint motion, improved balance, increased oxygen intake, increased lean muscle mass, decreased percentage of body fat, improved glucose tolerance, improved cholesterol status, decreased stress, enhanced sense of well-being, and improved ability to carry out activities of daily living. I will start you with basic exercises which will be increased gradually as you progress.

I will show you how to manage your diet and I will provide motivation and support as you learn how to make exercise and a healthy diet an important part of your life. I believe that people can lose extra weight if they really want to. Basically, losing weight is only a matter of self discipline. So prove to yourself that you have the inner strength to say yes to exercise and no to bad foods, and start today on the road to a healthier tomorrow.

Sports Specific Conditioning

If you would like to improve your game in football, basketball, hockey, skiing, golf, etc. I will create a program that focuses on strengthening sport related movements. That will incorporate many aspects of training, including strength, power, endurance, intervals, polymeric, and circuit training. Great for competitive athletes or just the weekend athlete.

Post Rehab Conditioning

I will target the effected area and implement various stretching and resistance exercises to get your flexibility and strength back to where it was to prevent reoccurring injury. With this training you will be back doing every day activities.

Flexibility

Flexibility is another important component of fitness. It is defined as the range of motion possible around a joint. Flexibility training should be included in all fitness programming to prevent loss of joint mobility and to prevent injury to muscle, connective tissue and joints, which may result from this loss. Flexibility is important for the proper functioning of the spine; tight erector spinae, hamstring, and illiopsoas muscles have all been implicated as possible causes of low back pain.

Lack of flexibility is one of the causes of Lordosis, an anterior pelvic tilt and an excessive lumbar curve, also called swayback. Another postural deviation due to lack of flexibility is Kyphosis, a hunched upper back. Flexibility sessions can be combined with all training sessions. A fitness assessment will determine the condition of each client's current flexibility.