Did You Do Your Strength Training Today?

          She quivers and shakes while she lifts up her dumbbell for one last, excruciating rep. Her face, red and dripping with sweat, longingly looks over at the stationary bike. “Why am I torturing my muscles like this when I could be cruising outside on a bicycle?” she thinks.

I have had a few people ask me why we trainers tend to incorporate more strength training into our sessions than cardio. I have found that it is a common misconception that cardio is better for you than resistance training. Some people think strength training is just for men, and some don’t understand why we do it at all. While both forms of exercise have their benefits,…
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Training with Andrea…Day Three

When my alarm when off this morning….I awoke with an excitement about my day.  I was finally looking forward to changing my life, and today was another day to do that.  Then I proceeded to stand up…..and my entire body was shocked into reality.  To say I was sore was an understatement.  I felt like I been run over by a truck.  When I thought that it made me laugh because I knew if I told Norm, “Norm my whole body hurts, I’m so sore.”  He would have looked at me, laughed and said, “Your welcome, now on the ball for crunches.”  Oh Norman, what a cold sense of humor.  I decided to stretch which was a mistake. …
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the full experience day 2

So I started my morning at 7:30 with some egg whites and strawberries.  Healthy..yes, tasty…I suppose if you think eating a cloud with the slight flavor of egg is tasty then they are fantastic! Although, I know its healthy for me, and I’m not much of a breakfast person so I guess I can suck it up.  Then I drove to Passion for Fitness to see Norm’s shining face for a workout.  Norm is one of the most compassionate, gentle people I have ever met.  That is why I was so shocked to find that his workouts had me gasping for air in the first ten minutes.  Alex, hold this fifty pound rope in both hands and move it up and down as fast as you can and do swats. …
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working out with joe ransom day 1

Day One…
There are two words that immediately come to mind after working out with Joe today…..HOLY…...MOLEY.  I knew working out would be hard, but oh my lanta.  It was brutal.  Every second I was moving, and if I wasn’t moving Joe was encouraging me to push my limits.  We went to a local park and used the benches, and the monkey bars.  I never looked at a park as a place of misery but now when I see monkey bars a I don’t think cute laughing children, I think pull ups.  Which not only was the park difficult, but nature and me don’t exactly mix.  I am not one for dirt, bugs, or heat.  But as Joe so kindly pointed…
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