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Digital Fitness: Fad or Tried and True?

August 28, 2019 by Reuel Payne

Is digital fitness a fad or something that’s tried and true? One digital company that offers live streamed exercise classes is called ‘Peloton‘. In my blog about focusing on one’s health I almost always emphasize working out in a gym.

Weight training exercises done in a gym setting elicit the best benefit, in my opinion, for one’s short and long term development. In a recent exposé article published on CNBC, it seems that digital fitness may be another impractical fad after all. [Read more…] about Digital Fitness: Fad or Tried and True?

Preventing Injury While Strength Training

August 16, 2019 by Reuel Payne

As I stressed in one of my posts on preventing injury, unless one is powerlifting, or olympic weightlifting, it makes no sense getting injured trying to determine what one’s one rep max is or trying to imitate the many reckless ‘YouTube stars’ who use terrible form when demonstrating weight training exercises.

Traits of a Good Personal Trainer

August 9, 2019 by Reuel Payne

Personal training is about improving people. The traits of a good personal trainer are priceless. Thousands of people around the world employ personal trainers. If you, or someone you know, is looking for a trainer, the traits I list in this article will prove useful. [Read more…] about Traits of a Good Personal Trainer

How Weight Training Changes Your Brain

August 4, 2019 by Reuel Payne

We already know that hitting the weights at the gym makes us stronger and fitter. But what many people don’t realize is that strength training does far more than that for both your body and your brain. [Read more…] about How Weight Training Changes Your Brain

Throw Away the Scale

August 2, 2019 by Reuel Payne

This article highlights the scale, its history, and its association with glorified weight loss and also explains “Why Scales don’t Measure Actual Health.” In one of my posts about focusing on one’s health I stated that the scale and Body Mass Index charts are essentially flawed in trying to gauge one’s health status.

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