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Keep Your Resolutions Alive by Killing Fat

5 Tips to Help Keep Your Resolutions Alive by Killing Fat   Every January to February it’s the same thing. The gyms in NYC are a madhouse! The floor is packed to maximum capacity, all the cardio equipment is occupied, and the regular gym goers look cranky because their favorite Chest Press machine is taken. [...]

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Bikram State of Mind

Bikram Yoga is not only the best thing I can do for my body, it’s the best thing I can do for my mind. I’ve been a personal trainer for 4 out of the 6 years I’ve lived in New York City. It’s a loud, fast paced, and sometimes-aggressive city. For me personally, I’m a [...]

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The Good Fat, The Bad Fat, and The Ugly Fat. Part 2

THE BAD FAT Saturated Fats are typically found in animal fats. Burgers, bacon, dairy products… They all contain the bad fats… SATURATED FATS!   If your goal is to lose weight, your best bet is to stay away from animal fats/Saturated fats. That stuff clings to your body! Think about it, it takes 4 calories [...]

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Implement the Overload Principle to Your Workouts

This blog entry is dedicated to the people playing Hanging With Friends on their phones while they think they are burning a ton of calories on the recumbent bike. This is also dedicated to the men and women who listen to an entire Kanye West song in between their sets. I would also like to [...]

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Don’t Plateau!

Plateaus are real, and I’m not talking about the top of mount Kilimanjaro! A plateau in the fitness world means that you stop getting results from your exercise. Plateauing really only happens if you make the mistake of DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU WORKOUT! Your body is smart. [...]

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Gut Check!

Reach down and grab your stomach fat (I’ll do it too)… If it’s soft and flabby you have subcutaneous fat. This is the fat that’s directly underneath the skin. Granted, excess body fat is never healthy, but subcutaneous fat is not as threatening as visceral fat. How do you know what type of fat you [...]

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Why Sugar is Kicking Our Asses

Whenever I tell my clients not to consume anything with more than 5 grams of unnatural sugar they naturally agree with me (because they know I know what’s up). But after stalking them on loseit.com, I find that they are still consuming too much sugar. Getting people to really understand what is healthy and what [...]

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The One Sided Beatdown of Natural Sugars Over Processed Sugars

In this corner… Fighting out of Manhattan… Standing at 6 Feet 5 inches tall… Weighing in at 200 pounds of ripped lean muscle mass… The highly functioning, packed with long lasting energy, premium human fuel, NATURAL SUGAR! Complex sugars are broken down in a regulated and controlled manner in your body. They are found in [...]

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How Many Calories Should YOU Eat Per Day?

How many calories should you be consuming per day? I get asked this question by pretty much all my clients and friends. I always check in with my man Harris for the answer! Harris-Benedict Equation: Women: BMR = 655 + ( 4.35 x weight in pounds ) + ( 4.7 x height in inches ) [...]

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9 Questions You Should Be Able to Answer if Serious About Changing Your Lifestyle

Please copy and paste the questions below into a private document you can write freely in. These answers are for your eyes only.   1. Would you describe your relationship with food as a functional or dysfunctional one? Whatever your answer, elaborate why you think it’s that way. 2. When do you think you first [...]

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