Over the past month or so, many of my clients have asked me how it feels to be 50 years old. I find it kinda funny to hear that question from so many who past that milestone long before I did. The Jersey Boy in me wanted to say, “Why do you ask? Has it been […]
Good Morning Followers: Many Body Designs’ clients have recently asked me about Intermittent Fasting (IF) as an approach to achieving their fitness goals. Well, my answer in a minute. But first, for those of you who are unfamiliar IF dieting, it is basically a meal plan schedule that alternates between FASTing and FEASTing during a […]
Good morning all who are weary and heavy-laden: I thought that as we race towards the end of 2017, I would pause and reflect on a year that has produced a lot of emotions and the consequences of how they may have, for better or for worse, affected one’s health. Now, now, I know some […]
Good morning and welcome to the last weekend in October! Man, and woMan, (given the times were are in…) how time flies!! On that note, now that Tracy is yet again 35 and I am just five months shy of my 50th, getting older seems to be a daily occurrence, instead of something that will […]
Good Morning You Cellmongers: Today’s installment may be a bit “hard to digest”, but if you understand what is truly necessary to do in order to succeed at losing weight (fat, more specifically), you’ll finally be able to achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself. Let’s start with the basics. Everyone has fat cells that […]
Good Morning and Happy St. Patrick’s Day you Leprechauns! Today’s installment is not meant to be racy or distasteful in any way. The fact is, that until Tracy informed me that there were benefits, let me rephrase that, health benefits of sleeping naked, I never much thought about it either way. So if your curiosity […]
No matter what the goal or gender of a trainee, resistance training is one of the “must have” components of a fitness routine which provides countless health benefits. Unlike doing aerobics, yoga or Pilates, lifting weights on a re-gu-lar basis causes muscles to hypertrophy, aka grow. And when muscles hypertrophy, the body experiences an increase […]
Good Morning Friends (and Foes), Happy Seis De Mayo! Huh? I know, humor me… Anyway, due to my overwhelming female client base, I believe it behooves me (and them) to provide some information on Exercise and Menopause. ALSO, (yes my dear male trainees) I will be covering ways you can combat your aging process as […]
Hello People: We all know that exercise benefits the mind as well as the body. However, I don’t think many are aware of the why and how. So today’s installment of Body Designs is going to take you through some of the body’s hormones that are effected by exercise and how they react and benefit […]
