Category Archives: Fitness News & Research

What’s Hot and What’s Not for Spring Fitness?

Maybe you started off the year gung-ho then your motivation for getting in top shape petered out.  Don’t worry, it’s common.  But now it’s spring so your thinking about how what the best way will be to prime your body for bathing suit season.  My latest blog on Huffington Post will point you in the [...]
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Sleep Could Be What’s Missing From Your Weight Loss Program

That new exercise regimen and new eating plan you undertook for the new year are not the entire solution to an expanding waistline. The missing piece to this puzzle could lie in your sleep habits according to a study published in the Oct. 5, 2010 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.  Click here to [...]
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More Game, Less Pain – Easing Back Pain Issues in Volleyball players (and other jumping, twisting, lunging sports)!

Back injuries account for up to 14% of all Volleyball Injuries.  Think of all those moves you make:  jumping, reaching, crash landing, back bending and twisting… I just felt a sympathy twinge in my back while writing that!  When you put those types of stresses on your back over and over again, it’s no wonder [...]
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Taking the Guess Work out of Choosing the Right Trainer

It’s time for new year resolutions and time start or re-start your fitness routine.  Some of you may be hiring trainers, some of you will be taking group classes at a gym or studio near you, and some of you may be doing both.  There’s more to finding the right fit than simply hiring any [...]
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Can Sports Supplements Give You An Edge?

I did a clinical trial of one using creatine, then went on to glutamine, carnitine and some fat burners to see if I’d notice a difference.  During this time, I did my research reading numerous peer reviewed, published studies and articles published in industry journals.  Check out my latest blog on Huffington Post’s Health Section [...]
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A Weighty Issue

Here’s the same blog on Huffington Post.  Feel free to post comments there and pass the article on to your friends who work out!
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A Weighty Issue: to lift light weight with high reps or heavy weight with low reps?

It’s probably the weightiest question in the gym world.  What’s better for you?  Lifting light weight and doing high reps or lifting heavy weight and doing low reps?  Body builders and power lifters aside, there seems to be an all too common dividing line between men and women when it comes to weight training.  Women [...]
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Special Event Coming Up? Fast and cost effective ways to firm up!

My new friend and editor of L.A. Parent magazine, Christina Elston has come to me for a bit of fitness a fitness advice for a reader.  How can you get in bikini-ready shape for a special event (i.e. a second honeymoon) without going to a gym or buying costly exercise equipment?  The answers are many… [...]
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Are Informerical workout DVD’s worth the Benjamin’s?

I am featured in this KABC-7 news segment discussing some of the best home workout DVD’s on the market.  They’re not very cheap, but if you can’t get to the gym, they’re a great alternative.  Here’s the break down:http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7601882&pid=7601879
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Got Cellulite? What you should do and what you could do for treating cellulite.

Summer is around the corner.  You’re trying on swimsuits and wondering, does anything really work for treating cellulite?  Here’s my latest blog on the Huffington Post with what may be worth investigating if you really can’t stand the sight of cellulite. See you at the beach!
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