Conditioning – Page 3

March 31, 2015

Strength, power, and endurance gains for fat loss and fitness lifestyle

The key is progression

Progressive resistance is the foundation of effective training. We must endure heavier forces. This is how we turn on the metabolic super fat burning furnace!

Strength training with progressive resistance boosts hormones

Lots of people want more and fitness is part of the solution. Healthy people should do 3-4 times per week of moderate to high intensity exercise. Focused people may work out all the time.

Some things you can do everyday

Examples of progressive resistance

1. Going heavier on exercise than ever before

2. Doing more reps with your previous personal record weight than before

3. Running forward at faster speeds than ever before whether on the treadmill our outside

4. Run the same speed and at a higher incline than ever before

5. Do any of the above and repeat three times

Rest and recover

Lean proteins and antioxidants with high fiber and water consumption.

Holding the plank position strengthens the core along with muscles even the calves get stronger and may help prevent shin splints

Get lean with performance goals

Become STRONGER.

Stay tuned…

Fitness Sports & Athletics

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Orangetheory Fitness attacks the Big Climb 2015, fights blood cancers

The Big Climb is about Elevation

You must rise up. To rise up is to fight against cancer and there are many ways to do this.

Incline and vertical training for fat loss

There is something I can be passionate about for rising up. Working your way up the pull of gravity is key to the disease prevention lifestyle.

Disease prevention with incline training

Fat loss, muscle tone, and improved cardiovascular health can be achieved through a moderate-to-high intensity training regimen with fresh nutrition.

That’s why I captained the Big Climb 2015 Seattle team

Team Orangetheory Fitness Seattle at the Big Climb 2015

The above picture was moments away from the starting stairwell to go up 69 stories in Seattle’s Columbia Tower.

A gray day won’t stop us now

Getting to the top is the inherent value, if the view is decent then bonus

Getting to the top is inherent in value, if the view was amazing then it would just be excess

Make it to the top!

Here is Seattle in all of its spring glory, I was happy to be catching my breath with this in sight

Here is Seattle on an inevitable day with the gray and I have sweat through my shirt just now

Congrats to the finishers

Woo feels good to finish! Rachel and Julianne celebrate

Feels good now! Julianne and Rachel celebrating Big Climb 2015 achievement

Looking over the Puget Sound and downtown Seattle, Queen Anne, and Magnolia

Not one of Seattle's finest days when it comes to views but still enough to appreciate

Take in the view and then let’s go eat something

Thoughts about the Climb 2015

This fundraising effort was rife with support from many individuals. I appreciate you all for that, and for being here reading this. Here are a few thoughts I have about the Big Climb 2015

Your heart is the most important muscle and you should eat to support it
When I consume a beetroot, carrot, kale juice, it’s because I feel like it helps me breathe better
Breath in through the nose, out through the mouth
Use your upper body and core strength to pull yourself up and to push through the turns
Core strength improves with progressive resistance training
Pump yourself up and do what it takes even if it means some self talk!
Do it again for next year

Our team will continue on. We celebrated at a Sunday Happy Hour downtown and then walked home thanks to our city dwelling lifestyles.

Later that day

The spring day in Seattle departed with rays through lingering levels of moisture

Thank you for reading and stay tuned

March 13, 2015

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How accurate are heart rate monitors for fitness and exercise?

Heart rate monitors for workouts are a growing trend

There’s no surprise why — advantages from science help us with health and fat loss results.

The pod is near the heart

How effective are heart rate monitors for fitness and fat loss?

Highly effective. You or your coaches are able to use real time bio-feedback that gets you motivated! I’m not saying they are always perfect.

Downsides of heart rate monitors?

Exercisers who use heart rate monitors may sometimes notice fluctuations in the readings (from a really low HR to a really high, momentarily). How am I to know if it is the pod that malfunctions or if it is the garment that connects to the device.

If you have paid for the class experience or are just a participant, the fluctuations can be distracting.

Over time, I have realized that some individuals are simply more prone to the variations. Perhaps the impact from the exercise would be a suitable explanation. And even though the technology is available to the public, we all come in different shapes and sizes. We wear things differently.

Highly valuable tools for fitness and fat loss

When you find what works for you, use it.

Then develop your skills with the tools you have available.

Performance based goals reign supreme.