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I look forward to working with and learning from all of you.
Maintain A Healthy You
Specialties:
- Fitness
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Affiliation:
- Sharecare
Location:
- Irvington, NJ
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Credentials
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Certified Personal Trainer, January 2011
Activity
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Do all health clubs run the same personal training system?
I have both been a member of and worked at a few different clubs and there are a variety of different training styles. I think that there has to be because each trainer has a different training sty...
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Is strength training or cardio training more effective for weight loss?
A combination of the two is the best option. Cardio gets the heart rate up and gets the blood flowing. It is great for calorie burn. Strength builds muscle and muscle burns fat therefore with the c...
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How do I choose a personal trainer?
A good personal trainer will have certain traits. will be friendly and approachable will be professional will be excited about fitness and willing to help you to reach your goals will be know...
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Why is regular exercise important?
Regular exercise is as important as eating regularly. Just like there is a such thing as being mal or undernutritioned, there is also a such thing as being overnutritioned which converts to being o...
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Will resistance training help me burn fat?
Sure it will. The point of resistance training is to build muscle. Muscle requires more energy to maintain than fat so if you have a structured exercise and nutrition program, you will learn to use...
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What is resistance training?
Resistance training builds muscle and makes the body stronger. When many people hear the term resistance training they think big fancy machines or super heavy weights. This is not always the case. ...
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If I do cardio, why do I need to do resistance training to tone up?
Well the answer to your question, is in your question. You need to do resistance training to tone up. Cardio training is just that, it trains the heart to sustain prolonged amounts of aerobic activ...
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Can weight lifting be considered cardio training?
Absolutely! Any training that get the heart rate up can be considered cardio. The best way to use weight lifting as cardio is to do it in circuit fashion where you pick 3 or more exercises and do t...
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How many days per week should I resistance train?
That depends on what your goals are and what you exercise experience is. Whatever the answers to those questions are you must remember that you want to give your muscles time to recover because the...
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Is walking good aerobic exercise?
Walking is great aerobic exercise! It requires no equipment and you already know how to do it. No gym needed. You can do it alone or with some friends. It can be done at home on a treadmill o...
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What are the major types of activity that contribute to fitness?
All types of activity contribute to fitness. However to have a well rounded fitness program you will need cardio and strength training. You will find that the more you exercise and stretch, the mor...
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I cannot afford a gym. Should I even bother to workout?
If you could not afford to eat at Red Lobsters everyday, would you not bother to eat? Just because you can't get to the gym does not mean there are not other options. I tell people all the time tha...
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What are advanced core strength training exercises?
There are a vast amount of different things you can do. It depends on what you have available to you. I think suspension training is great for advanced core strength. This is done through the use o...
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Is plyometric training good for endurance athletes?
Plyometric training is good for all athletes. It adds reactive skill to the athlete, which is essential to all sports. This activity should be added to whatever regimen that is already in place and...
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Are all personal trainers the same?
Not at all!! We are not the same in the training that we have. We are not the same in the way that we train clients. We can't all be the same because people have different goals. If we were all the...
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