A Marathon Not A Sprint

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Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

" A Marathon Not A Sprint"

If you have ever trained for a marathon ( 26.2 miles), you know that you did not start your training running 26 miles the first day or the first month for that matter. Treat your fitness goals this way. It does not matter if your goal time lines are 3/6/12 months.

The first step is to find a program/ routine that works for you. Only 20% of people who exercise are on a program. My main goal with my clients is to have there fitness routine become part of there daily routine. It does not matter how busy you are. We all can find 30-45 min a day or every other day in our lives. What I have found over the years is that the getting the membership to a gym is simple. The next step is finding what works for you. If you have a game-plan you will be more successful.

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Safe and Effective Movement

Category: Pam's Pearls of Wisdom | Permalink

Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Taking care of a body requires steady discipline not just for our muscles and bones but for the linking system of your skeleton. Wherever one bone meets another this is a joint of some kind. Tendons, ligaments and cartilage are fibrous connective tissues which support, bind, strengthen and, in the case of tendons, move bones. Lifting, reaching, driving, and participating in sports are examples of activities that require our connective tissues to work for safe and effective movement.

Regular exercise, such as those offered at Affordable Fitness in our Group Exercise Dept., staying hydrated and maintaining a healthy body weight are all necessary for keeping tendons, ligaments and cartilage in shape to support the skeletal structure.

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Teenage Obesity

Category: Body by Becky | Permalink

Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

As a kid, one of my greatest childhood memories was the summertime. We'd wake up early in the morning and get kicked outside to play ALL DAY. My father used to tell me that my grandparents would send him, my aunt and uncle on their way in the morning and tell them not to come home "until the street lights turned on." I know those would be considered "the good ole' days," but just because times have changed does not mean that exercise isn't still a vital component in EVERY child's life.

As a child, or even a young adult, do you remember CHILD OBESITY being an issue? No. The simple fact is that IT WASN'T. Remember when running wild all day was bliss? Remember the time BEFORE Play Station, XBox and Wii? Maybe you don't feel comfortable sending your kids outside for hours on end by themselves, but just because the world is a little bit of a different place now, does not mean there aren't baseball fields, tracks and parks around every corner. Take time to play with your kids- it's the best form of exercise around; not just for them, but for you too.

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Health Risks Facing Couch Potato Teens

Category: Body by Becky | Permalink

Published: Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Sedentary Teens are More Likely to Have Hypertension
By Becky DeMeyer, Personal Training Manager - Affordable Fitness

Hypertension isn't only a problem facing our older, overweight community. A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health may be a real eye opener. Researchers found that "couch potato" teenagers are more liekly to have higher blood pressure, regardless of whether they are overweight or not. Although the association between sedentary activity and systolic blood pressure is small NOW, interventions to decrease sedentary activities will have a HUGE impact on public health. Let's start trading some video game "bonding" with a game of sibling basketball, or a family hike. In the long run, wouldn't you rather see your children grow up to become healthy doctors, police officers, or teachers, rather than medicine-poppers that could have been avoided a long time ago?

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The Evolution of Personal Training

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Published: Wednesday, March 03, 2010

"The Evolution of Personal Training":
By Tom Grindle: General Manager/ Trainer: Affordable Fitness

Personal Training has gone through a significant evolution during the past 10 years. Today, personal trainers must meet the mounting challenges of an aging and increasingly overweight population with a long list of special needs that include cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and a variety or orthopedic conditions, including oteoperosis, osteoarthritis, low back issues and post-orthopedic rehabilitation. The greatest impact a personal trainer can have on a client's "Life" is to help that person adopt new fitness-related behaviors and establish a positive relationship with exercise. 80% percent of all Americans do not have a "training /or exercise program".

More to come so stay tuned...

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Six Pack Abs

Category: Pam's Pearls of Wisdom

Published: Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Trying to get those six pack abs? First of all know that crunches have the most merit when they're done moderately and correctly, but crunches aren't necessarily the best exercise to flatten abs...

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