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Have you thought about your self-care routine lately? With the start of a new season, it’s a great time to revise your day-to-day and make sure your daily practices are benefiting you. It’s easy to fall into bad habits without realizing it and it’s important to combat those bad habits before they begin to really affect you. Exercise Routine According to Healthline, adults should aim for 150 to 300 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes of high intensity aerobic exercise each week. Running, walking, swimming and biking are all forms of effective aerobic activity. Additionally, adults ...
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Jonathan Vordenbaum is a Certified Personal Trainer in Houston, TX. Get to know this weeks’s RightFit Personal Training featured trainer, Jonathan Vordenbaum. He believes exercise can treat a wide array of ailments ranging from physical disabilities and injuries to psychological blocks and mental attitudes. His passion and purpose in life is to help his clients in these ways through personal training.  Why did you become a personal trainer? Movement is medicine for the body in many ways. If exercise is medicine, people will be more inclined to take it if it tastes good. As a trainer I aim to understand the body as deeply and extensively ...
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Levi Kane is a Certified Personal Trainer in Chicago, IL. Get to know this week’s RightFit Personal Training featured trainer, Levi Kane. From National Champion Para-Triathlete to becoming the fastest running 5k amputee on the planet, Levi used his education from the University of Illinois at Chicago in the field of Kinesiology to help himself reach his athletic goals and now he’s using his education to help others. Why did you become a personal trainer? After understanding that my health is what saved my life from what should have been a fatal motorcycle accident (June of 2009), I wanted to ...
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Original Post written by Siera Capesius, Certified Personal Trainer in Denver, CO The love of your life pops the question, "Will you marry me?" The first week you are on cloud nine until you realize…I need to plan a wedding! Brides nowadays are more aware and motivated to look their best on their wedding day. Thanks to social media photos and hundred of eyes on the bride, more and more brides are hiring personal trainers. I have worked with numerous brides over the years to get them ready for their big day. There are specific bridal training techniques I do ...
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Original Post written by Karen More, Certified Personal Trainer in New York, NY I took my first yoga class when I was 21 years old. I was a professional dancer, and one of my coworkers brought me to a power yoga class. I loved it! I had never done anything like it before. The teacher was a strong, positive, and inspiring man, and his energy was exactly what I needed when working in the hypercritical world of professional dancing. After the class, I felt exhilarated and optimistic. I continued practicing power yoga for many years. I would end my long days ...
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Original post written by Chad Pittenger, Dallas Personal Trainer There are many theories about what motivates people. In actuality, you are motivated by both internal and external factors, as there is always a mixture of reasons why you do, achieve, behave, learn and react. Personality and self-concept often determine whether or not you will be intrinsically or extrinsically motivated. If you understand the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors, you have a greater probability of motivating yourself or others. Every behavior has a underlying cause, and understanding the cause of behavior and motivating factors is key to changing or ...
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Cody Wescott is a Certified Personal Trainer in Austin, TX. Get to know this week’s RightFit Personal Training featured trainer, Cody Wescott. He newly relocated to Austin, TX from Washington, DC. and is happy to bring his brand of fitness to Austin! He grew up an athlete, playing baseball, basketball, golf, and rugby. Currently, he is devoting his time to learning the sport of Crossfit and he hopes to compete on a high level very soon. Why did you become a personal trainer? Passion for Fitness and the life changing effects a healthy lifestyle has done for me and others ...
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Original post written by Austin Nicoson, Houston Personal Trainer If I asked you “How do I go about losing weight?”, I’m willing to bet you’d say something like “just exercise more and reduce your calorie intake...duh!”. And you wouldn’t be wrong. BUT, there’s a crucial element to weight loss that so many people forget or completely underestimate; your metabolism. It’s time to uncover a major factor for your weight loss success and discuss the specific habits you can implement to increase your metabolism and your overall success for weight loss! What is Your Metabolism? The term “metabolism” encompassess all of ...
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