First of all, I’m writing this post for you people out there who just LOVE to work your guns. Personally, I never isolate my arms. I prefer to let them get worked as secondary muscle groups when I do compound movments like chest presses (triceps & shoulders) and pull ups (biceps & shoulders). But, there are [...]

Fat loss – the most common fitness goal amongst everyday people. You can’t blame them when you look at the food sources that are available to us, but that’s another blog post. One common misconception is this: sit-ups will trim your gut, and lunges will cure your saddle bags. You’ve heard it before. Maybe you’ve [...]

Do you find that your muscles are still sore by the time you have to return to the gym? If so, you may still need a greater recovery time incorporated into your program. Recovery time is one of the most important factors in muscle growth. However, what’s interesting is that research shows that low intensity [...]

Secondary Components of Fitness
Fitness comes in all different shapes, sizes, abilities, and elements. Certain athletes are developed in some elements of movement better than other athletes. A power lifter, for example, will be able to lift a considerable amount of weight more than a tri-athlete will, but will not nearly be able to run, swim, [...]

Does your body fall apart in the Summer?
When the summer hits Vancouver each year, the we tend to get caught up in all the exciting activities that our city has to offer, while we neglect to maintain our health and fitness. Weekend barbeque’s, road trips, and beach outings are much more enticing than a trip to [...]

Personal Trainer Exercise of the week – Triceps
The other major muscle group which make the arms look big and fill out your shirt are the triceps. Since the triceps function is to extend the arm we are isolating here with tubing to create the resistance.
Again the key focus in this video is to keep your [...]

Welcome to Nutritionist Health Tip ”Food of the Week” – week one! Each week I’m going to feature one of nature’s fabulous edible creations (or the odd man-made one), and attempt to convince you why should eat it, or maybe why not. First up: broccoli!!
Broccoli gets a bad rap sometimes, and I’m here to stick up [...]

Personal Training in Vancouver – DJ Jesse James – Blog entry of the week
 
After almost a 2 week hiatus from being sick I have returned. That sounds like it should be followed by some serious gusto but my energy level is caput. First day back with the Jaaguste machine and things were not so [...]

Is splenda dangerous? – Your Vancouver Personal Trainer Nutritionist tip of the week.  A new study recently published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health has the chairman of Citizens for health in the U.S. up in arms over a recent study and the FDA’s failure to revoke its approval of the artificial sweetener [...]

Fitness Training – Personal Trainers Core Workout of the Week. You use your core muscles including your Obliques in almost every sport and in daily life so try this exercise out to tighten those abs and also prevent back pain problems.
What did you think of this exercise? We’d appreciate your comments…

Vancouver Personal Trainer – Kalev [...]