Many wonder if being fat is a product of your genes, and if so, is there anything to do about it? Are those with obesity genes doomed to struggle with excess fat and fighting an uphill battle? The factors surrounding environment versus genetics – the “nature versus nurture issue” – are always complex. Whether we […]
10 Secrets Every Trainer or Athlete or Average Joe Should Know
The Sciatic Nerve Is Often The Source Of Your Chronic Posterior Thigh Pain, Not Your Hamstrings. It is alarming how often people are encouraged to stretch their hamstrings in response to an insidious onset of posterior thigh and buttock pain, often coupled with a nagging low back problem. 90% of the time the problem is […]
Do Diets Work – The 7 Crucial Factors For Diet Success
You will hear people say that diets don’t work. If the intent is simply to lose weight, and the diet involves taking in less calories that you spend, then yes, diets do in fact work. But there is a big problem with this. Most people aren’t really interested in weight loss, even if they say […]
Taking a Break From Your Workouts – Will You Lose or Gain
During times like the holidays, taking a break from working out is common. Sometimes its a planned thing because of a vacation. Other times, it just happens because commitments and entertaining family gets in the way of your gym plan. What effects does taking this time off really have on your progress? Is there evidence […]
Calories In vs Calories Out
It may be tempting to rationalize eating more than usual because of all the calories you are burning with exercise or activity. As we are digging out of snow storm after snow storm here in the northeast, I hear this quite a bit. Can We Afford To Eat More If We Are Being More Active? […]
Cracking the Commitment Code
Succeeding with fitness goals comes down to 2 basic things: consistently exercising/eating well and doing the proper exercise program correctly. As simple as this sounds, it seems like people have been baffled about how to solve these issues. I’m proud to say that feel quite sure we’ve “cracked the commitment code” at Spectrum. There are […]