Most fitness enthusiasts are of the opinion that aerobic based exercise aka steady state training is the key to burning and therefore reducing your body fat percentages. I will admit there is some truth to that belief but at what cost? Aerobic-based exercises are low in intensity and to be effective at all must be ...…
Most everyone associated with weight training knows the value of the squat, regardless of the equipment you have available. In my opinion the squat is the single best exercise for building strength and muscle mass gains in the legs, hips, and back. The squat also produces a metabolic effect that can stimulate growth in the ...…
“When in doubt-slow it down”. These are words that usually imply how to play it safe whether you are driving a 4-wheeler or motorcycle or performing your high intensity strength training workout. Nothing should have really changed during the last forty years since Arthur Jones invented Nautilus machines and took high intensity strength training to ...…
Research has shown that those who participate in physical activity produce significant benefits that enhance their Quality of Life and may extend one’s life! For our Baby Boomers and Seniors, the latest information shows that physical activity in the form of high intensity strength training improves overall health by providing: More energy and a higher ...…
Believe it or not, the primary reason people exercise is to show improvement in their appearance while the secondary goal is better health. However, both of these worthy goals are side-effects from properly performed high intensity training exercises. The most important factor that all of us (and especially our seniors and boomers) should look to ...…
Hippocrates said it best when it comes to discussing exercise for seniors, “All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised become hereby healthy and well developed and age slowly; but if unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective, and age quickly.” The main purpose of ...…
Talk to any golfer from the Pro to the weekend amateur and the conversation will be along these lines: “Maybe if I buy this new club, I will hit the ball longer” OR “If I go to this new Golf Clinic I will learn how to hit the ball longer” If you analyze these two statements, there is an interesting correlation but one goal-most golfers desire to “hit the ball longer”. The fact is most golfers, since the inception of the game of modern golf, have been and continue to look for the “secret” to hitting the ball longer when …
For years, the term “muscle bound” has developed a stigma as it has been thrown around in the athletics and sports world. It is the result of a myth that has circulated in locker rooms that “if you do high intensity strength training you will become so muscle bound that you can’t be effective in ...…
I have many friends that are MD’s and we keep each other up-to-date in both the medical and fitness worlds. Most of them are either currently Proper Strength Training with me now or have in the past. I had a conversation with one of these friends with a very successful practice comprised mostly of patients ...…
Aging and how to slow down the inevitable has produced many multi-billion dollar companies and the ad agencies that promote them. They can be in the form of medical consultations, plastic surgery, and injections; pharmaceuticals and drug therapy; aesthetics and skin care; supplements; make-up, and even exercise. Exercise or workouts for seniors is the least expensive and safest, and possibly the most effective, but which type is the best to actually slow down the aging clock?…
