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Back to school, back to looking awesome!

September 8, 2011

The summer vacation is up and the kids are back to school. Are you ready to get back to looking great, or did you even manage to keep your accomplishments from before the summer break? Well it is time to get back on the wagon and I have seen a bunch of people come in [...]

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You need a personal trainer if your form looks like this!

July 1, 2011

So, I was cruising through Youtube the other day and came across this video and had to cry and laugh at the same time. The form that those people exhibit is plain horrible, most likely because they have never come across jumping jacks before. If you think that I have not seen such form in [...]

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This is how Charlotte Personal Trainers help you lose weight!

June 27, 2011

Last week I talked about what made some of my clients really successful. Today I am offering you a 4 week intervention that will help you lose  at least 4-8 pounds. Here is what you need to do!   Nutrition I will offer you a 4 week pass to my nutritional website. Usually only my [...]

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Charlotte – Warm Up Before your Training

April 22, 2011

Hey guys, I just made a short video about warming up. You will get some reasons why warming up is a good idea and what you need to pay attention to. I am probably going to post a little bit more indepth later on specific warm ups for different sports or training methods that I [...]

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Don’t do this if you want to lose weight and keep it off!

March 29, 2011

Okay, I had a client join us recently and again was faced with the misconception that you have to lose weight by reducing the calories to a really low amount. Even some doctors prescribe really low calorie diets to their patients to  have them lose weight. Well, it does work, at least initially but then [...]

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Charlotte Running – What is the right style?

March 16, 2011

I was recently at the Running Medicine Update 2011 Conference and took some valuable information home with me. One of the most discussed topic at the moment is the difference between rear-foot striking and fore-foot striking and what is actually better for you. Biomechanical Analysis at the moment show no evidence of the superiority of [...]

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Charlotte Maximizes Strength Training Results!

January 8, 2011

A training form rarely used by personal trainers is the IC-Training Method (Intramuscular coordination method). This method basically uses weight that is near maximum (1-5 Repetitions) in order to improve the recruitment of muscle fibers within a muscle itself. You are basically using more motoric units/time and the amount of strength used is increased. This lowers [...]

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Charlotte Weight Loss Checklist 2011

January 4, 2011

Alright, here we go. The new year is here and most of us have some kind of intentions for the new year. If you are like a lot of my personal training clients then you want to lose some of the extra pounds of fat and tone up. Here is a checklist to your success: [...]

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Training methods used in personal training to grow your muscles!

December 15, 2010

This blog is part of the series that I started earlier last week about structuring your strength training efficiently in order to maximize your results, no matter what your goals are. Muscle growth is not just important for guys but also women who want to tone their arms and other body parts. In personal training we [...]

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Performance and Strength Training in Charlotte Athletes

December 10, 2010

Strength training can have a great impact on your performance, positive as well as negative. It really depends on what your goals are and what kind of sport you want to increase your performance in. Some sports have a bigger strength component than others. A marathon runner does need less strength than a sprinter., same [...]

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