Archive for July, 2008

Good Exercise Program – Bad Exercise Program

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I’m gonna let you in on a little inside secret. ”You can better results following a badly written exercise program than following a well written exercise program”. What does that mean? Well… You can follow a badly written exercise program and get good results if you train hard enough and consistent enough. And… You can follow a great exercise program and get lousy results if you... »

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Fat Loss – Is it diet or exercise?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I’m often asked what’s the most important factor when losing weight - is it exercise or is it diet? Although both are essential for losing weight I don’t think either are the most important factor. Personally I believe mindset is by far the most important tool for losing weight. Mindset is the thing that will bring everything together, it gives you the imagination,... »

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Chest & Triceps or Back & Biceps?

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Q.Hi Dan, Just wanna ask you a question... Usually from what I have read, when you do exercise you combine CHEST + TRICEP and BACK + BICEP in your workout routine. (since triceps are used as helpers on chest and it hits triceps secondarily)... But is it okay If I will do BICEP + CHEST and TRICEP + BACK instead? Because every time I... »

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Obesity – The biggest Killer!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Amazingly Australians are now even fatter than the yanks. A recent report announced that 26% of adults in Australia (almost 4 million) are now considered obese.With the U.S obesity rate at 25%, Australia is now ranked The N0.1 Heavyweight Champion of the World.Maybe this will be a wake up call for local councils who’ve begun introducing extremely high fees (up... »

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Is Swiss Ball Training a Waste of Time?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

With the “functional training craze” still in full swing many people are getting too caught up in all the fancy stuff and forgetting what really works. In the gym last week I watched a guy lifting weights whilst standing on a swiss ball for his entire workout. Unless he was looking to improve his skateboarding skills (which I doubt) there really is... »

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Ab Workout Routine

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Here is a video of a quick 8 minute ab workout routine, incorporate as many ab movement patterns into your ab workouts as possible. The core is the link between your upper and lower body and needs special attention, gone are the days when core training meant performing hundreds of sit-ups off the floor, there are much more effective ways to... »

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Kettlebell Personal Training Sydney

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Over the past couple of years kettlebell strength training has become very popular in Australia, recently Ive received quite a few questions regarding the use of kettlebells, people want to know what the benefits are.(Note:You can either perform this exercise for time or reps).I have been using kettlebells myself for the past 2 years and training clients with them for... »

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