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• 10/22/08: Newsletter
• Strengthening Your Legs
• Working Out on Empty Stomachs
• Making Cardio Less Painful
• Avoid Crashing
• Coping With Sweets
• Increasing Metabolism
• Organize Your Training
• Eating Habits
• Visceral Belly Fat
• The Best Running Shoe
• Strength or Aerobic Capacity?
• Toning Legs with Cardio
• My Doctor's Scale is Off
• More Reps and their Effects
• 04/24/08: Newsletter
• Cardio or Weight Lifting
• Frequent Ab Workouts
• Prevent Bulky Legs
• Length of Workout
• 1-08-08: Newsletter
• Best Foods
• Worst Foods
• Diet Soda
• Running and Muscle Size
• Muscle Imbalance
• 11-08-07: Newsletter
• Freshman Fifteen
• Abs and Weight Training
• Whey Protein
• 10-03-07: Newsletter
• Mirror Muscles
• Gaining Size
• Crunches
• Ex-Athletes
• 8-29-07: Newsletter
• Training Routine
• Carbs Fruits Vegetables
• Training Weak Side
• Burn Fat
• 6-20-07: Weight Loss
• 6-13-07: Back Injury
• 5-08-07: Friendly Pressure
• 4-27-07: Running Routines
• 4-20-07: Cycling Cardio
• 4-10-07: Back Injury
• 4-03-07: Lunges Quads Butt
• 3-27-07: Running Off Fat
• 3-27-07: Runners Diet
• 3-23-07: Eating Late
• 3-13-07: Abs for the Obese
• 3-07-07: Supplements
• 2-21-07: Carbs Weight Gain
• 2-14-07: Accurate Bodyweight
• 2-07-07: Weight Fluctuations
• 1-30-07: Best Oatmeal
• 1-21-07: Winter Cardio
• 1-14-07: Training Children
• 1-10-07: Sick Bay
• 1-03-07: Shin Splints
• 2006: Archives
• 2005: Archives

01/08/08

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Jimmy Parks Drops 62 Pounds!!!

*Scraps his blood pressure pills
*Lowers his cholesterol
*Recovers from 2 back surgeries
**All in one Body Transformation**

Before 222 pounds

After 160 pounds

Jimmy Parks suffered a serious back injury causing him to under go 2 surgeries. In the year following the accident his weight ballooned up to 222 lbs and he began taking medicine for high blood pressure.

In April Jimmy came to me for help and we discussed what needed to be done to get his life back on track. I decided the first step was to get him in Physical therapy until he was ready to hit the gym. I have always preached the importance of personal trainers and physical therapist working together to give clients the best chance of full recovery. When done correctly this can be an invaluable service. The way I see it you go to a doctor to diagnose the injury, you see the Physical therapists to rehabilitate the injury and you hire a trainer to make sure the injury never happens again. This is exactly what I planned for Jimmy.

I sent Jimmy to work with John Knarr of Elite PT. - my go to man for injury rehab- John worked with him until he was healthy enough to start his body transformation. 3 Weeks later Jimmy was given the green light to go back to the gym.

I started him on a low impact weight training program and slowly worked him up to a more advanced routine. The results were incredible. He went from 2 minutes on the elliptical machine 2 times a week to 6-7 sessions of 45 minutes.

He lost 62 pounds, lowered his cholesterol and no longer needs blood pressure pills.

The thing to remember about this body transformation is that Jimmy could hardly move before he started working out with me. He had trouble doing the everyday things that you and I take for granted. I’m very proud of Jimmy. He changed his body, his health and his life all in one shot. He’s a great inspiration for anyone out there trying to get in shape for the New Year.

Will weight lifting make women bulky?

Ashley Farrell trained with weights to prepare for the 2008 Miss Delaware Contest. Does she look fat to you?

Do to the overwhelming amount of questions  I’ve received lately about weights making women bulky I’ve decided to answer this question in this months newsletter.

Let’s get something straight right now. Weightlifting will not make women bulky. Anyone that tells you that never seriously lifted weights before.

I’ve been fighting the battle of misinformation for years on this subject. People fail to realize that bulk is nothing more than muscle with fat on top of it. The idea is to gain muscle and strip off the layers of fat that surround it. If you lift weights, do cardio and practice a sensible diet you’ve got a winning combination. If you lift weights and continue to eat like a sumo wrestler, then you will probably get bulky.

Remember, the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. That’s why weightlifting should be the primary part of any successful weight loss program.

5 Pounds of fat takes up a lot more space than 5 pounds of muscle. Which one would you rather have stuck to your thighs?

Clients in the News

Kelli Gonzalez

On November 19th Kelli Gonzalez competed in the 2007 International Surf Rescue Challenge. The contest was held in Bondi Beach, Australia and included some of the world’s best beach flag sprinters. Kelli placed 6th out of 12 runners and was chosen to represent the United States in the Australian Interstate competition. This was Kelli’s first International Competition. Look for her to do great things in the future.

Read about the following topics in this months Ask the Trainer Column:

*** What are the top five foods?

*** What are the five worst foods?

*** What about diet soda?

*** Will running stop me from gaining muscle size?

*** Add some tricks for muscle imbalance

My apologies for the late newsletter,
even the trainer needs a little break
every once in a while.