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02 Mar Strength Training At Home – What Equipment To Start With?

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The Short Version A TRX or Jungle Gym can get you a long way when getting started or travelling Most equipment is being used as a coat hanger Strength Equipment for different budgets. You don't need a lot for some great workouts. Getting Started in Fitness For most people starting...

26 Jan 6 Reasons Why Women Should Lift Heavy!

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[caption id="attachment_2166" align="alignright" width="300"] Strong is the new beautiful[/caption] Lifting heavy weights is often connected with women and some men to be afraid to get big. Like I posted in my article Battle of the Bulge getting big is very difficult for women. If a woman strives...

08 Dec Cramping: What to do!

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Cramping During Exercise & Training Cramping during exercise often is painful and debilitating. If it happens during a competition or race you might not be able to finish it, at the least your performance will be terrible. To this day the reason for cramping is not...

01 Dec Refeed Days During Weight Loss

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When those pesky pounds won't come off! So, you are eating primarily unprocessed or minimally processed foods. You are on a low-carbohydrate or low calorie diet, and you plateaued. You are not losing those last couple of pounds of fat anymore. To be honest for most people...

17 Nov How to Deadlift Correctly

Posted at 16:15h in exercise, fitness, Glute Training, training, Uncategorized, Weight Training by MichaelAnders 0 Comments

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This exercise is often performed wrong. Rounded back, too much of squatting. You name it. [caption id="attachment_2068" align="alignright" width="300"] A great way of shaping your butt and keeping the hip stable[/caption] Here is a short video I put together to help you clean up your deadlift and...

27 Oct How Much Do You Need To Exercise?

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How much do you really need to do to see results? [caption id="attachment_2049" align="alignright" width="265"] How much do you put in to accomplish your goals?[/caption] If you follow newspapers and magazines, you see advertisements for 5 min, 7 min, 15 min workouts, etc., the less the better....

20 Oct What You Can Prep For Lunch And How!

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5 Simple recipes for lunch that can be easily changed and modified: Prepping for lunch seems always to be such a tedious task. Well it does not have to be. It can be quick and easy. I have a busy schedule and I bring my food...

13 Oct How I Prep Food For Success

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The logistics of having healthy food during the week: [caption id="attachment_2040" align="alignright" width="150"] You are what you eat, kind of :-)[/caption] Sometimes my personal training clients think that eating clean is easy for me. In a way it is, and in a way it is not! I...

15 Sep Weight Loss Vs. Weight Gain – The Battle For Success

Posted at 19:40h in cardiovascular training, diet, eating, exercise, fitness, fitness weight loss, Uncategorized, weight loss by MichaelAnders 0 Comments

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The two most common goals people have when coming to a personal trainer are weight loss (fat loss) and weight gain (muscle mass). This blog is about the differences in training and nutrition. [caption id="attachment_1973" align="alignright" width="270"] Do you feel like our friend here sometimes?[/caption] What they...

08 Sep Great core exercises do not have to be crunches

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We find that people are often obsessed with core exercises. I personally think they are important but for different reasons than slimming down the waistline, because that is the one thing core exercises don't do. [caption id="attachment_1967" align="alignright" width="300"] Unlike our model here keep you spine...