Today is FRIDAY THE 13th!!! Today at Beach Fitness we are celebrating
this day with fitness. We are calling it FREAKY FRIDAY and are having
our clients draw out of a bag for FitTricks. FitTricks are something
that we made up during this past Halloween give a Trick-or-Treats to
our clients. They draw out of the bag and either get a TREAT or a
TRICK. The TRICK was a something related to fitness like a particular
exercise. The TREAT was a gift certificate to one of our favorite
places on Main Street. It is the day before Valentines Day and people
are gearing up for their loved ones. So dig deep and if you want to
think FREAKY FRIDAY, join us!
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Freaky Friday
Thursday, February 12, 2009
FAT! You Are What You Eat
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Most of us go through a day and make a good effort to watch our diets.
Whether it is eat less but eat more often, don't eat this or don't eat
that...or my favorite, everything is OK as long as it is in moderation,
blah blah blah. "Things" that we put in our bodies are either good for
us or bad for us. It is up to us to determine how much of the good
things or the bad things we ingest. Most health and nutritional
information we get these days come from TV, news articles, internet,
friends or family, and health specialists like doctors or Beach Fitness
Trainers. What is great about this is that we have a wide resource in
which to get information, but what is right? What is most important is
understanding how you interact with foods and how foods interact with
you. Listen to your body, it will tell you if you are eating or
drinking something that it does not like. But lets start simple and
learn about one of the most sensitive topics of food and our bodies,
FAT!
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An allergy leads to a systematic break down…
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
As a personal trainer at Beach
Fitness I often get asked about nutrition, exercise and how I got
myself into shape. My fitness journey was definitely not easy and I
guess that is often the hardest part for anyone. Getting into the shape
you want, just takes work!
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Checking your heart rate
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Heart rate is widely accepted as a good method for measuring intensity during running, swimming, cycling, and other aerobic activities. Exercise that doesn’t raise your heart rate to a certain level and keep it there for 20 minutes won’t contribute significantly to cardiovascular fitness.
The heart rate you should maintain is called your target heart rate. There are several ways of arriving at this figure. One of the simplest is: maximum heart rate (220 - age) x 70%. Thus, the target heart rate for a 40 year-old would be 126.
Some methods for figuring the target rate take individual differences into consideration. Here is one of them:
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A Matter of Principle
Monday, February 02, 2009
The keys to selecting the right kinds of exercises for developing and maintaining each of the basic components of fitness are found in these principles:
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