Atlanta Personal Trainer and Fitness Training

Fitness Bookcamps, Cardio tennis groups Forming now

2011-05-19T13:57:00.002-04:00

Fitness Bookcamps, Cardio tennis groups Forming now! Group Cardio tennis classes Sat's and Sun's 11am, 7pm Mon's and Tues's 7pm in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, call Fitness with Jeff at 404.451.8872

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2010-10-11T20:41:00.000-04:00

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Work out of the Week

2010-09-08T15:44:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, I found a very good blog for finding out about new and fun exercise programs called: Workout of the Week!: http://www.workoutoftheweek.net/ with Elsa Simcik, Each week she will highlight the workout that she has done that week, you can checkout what she has already done out on the workout of the Week web page, Thought it was a very interesting Read!

Running Training, Program Settup,

2010-08-16T14:52:00.004-04:00

I had a group come to me asking for help for training for a 5k, about 40 people total with different skill levels in running I can help, The way I would work with a group that big is to breakup into groups and have Stations, You guys know how to run, what I bring to the table is exercises for running,

I would do it and have done it as a Bootcamp

Would also work on some stride work and and Plyometrics for running, With a group that big problably need to do a hour and half, I would split the group into groups of 10-15 people.

Start out with a group stretch/warmup

Next break into groups

one group do a short distance Run

group 2 do Speed and sprint work, maybe jump rope, interval work, (do you guys have access to a track)

Group 3 More intensive exercise for running, Bootcamp style exercise, pushup, crunches, lunges etc.

Holiday Bootcamp In Buckhead

2009-11-04T13:03:00.002-05:00

Ladies!

My Dear Friend Sarah is doing a boot camp, Just in time for the holidays...

Take Advantage of our last minute Boot camp starting next week November 10th!

When: November 10th - December 3rd (Tuesday & Thursdays)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Where: Peachtree Hills Park

Cost: Pay only $89.99 online ...or $99 walk in fee

for more info: http://www.sarahlowefitness.blogspot.com/ sarahlowefitness@yahoo.com or 404.551.5979

Fall Workout program, with limited equipment, boot camp style program

2009-09-19T17:07:00.000-04:00

Fall Workout program, with limited equipment, boot camp style program
Hello Atlanta Fitness group, this is a sample workout that I did for one of my clients to do in between the regular workouts.
5 minutes stretching and warmup, wall stretch
Arm circles 40 forward, 40 backward
20-40 minutes cardio: treadmill, elliptical etc.
80 regular crunches
60 side crunches right side, left side
80 Bicycle crunches
pushups close grip tricep 15-25
Calf Raiese 30-40 on a elevated serface,such as stairs
pushups wide grip 15-25
25-30squats with weights
!5-20 tricep dips
100-300 reps done in 4- 8 sets of 40-60 reps spread throughout the workout
Minute or 2 of post workout stretching

Boot Camps, fitness training, exercise classes

2009-09-07T19:02:00.002-04:00

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round and the next round right around the corner for June

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round.
Happy to announce that we have added Howell station nieghborhood as a boot camp location. 5:45 - 6:45 in West midtown of Atlanta Ga, not far from GA Tech.
Here is a new workout program to keep your self in shape and to get into spring shape and ready for the pool and beach!. Looking to restart the group fitness classes within the next couple of weeks, boot camps and semi private classes and get that New Years fitness rosolution going I can come to you and bring a group to join you, or you can join one of my groups. Classes mostly in Buckhead and Midtown, will travel to perimeter mall, and the Vinings area in Atlanta GA
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Labels: Anytime Fitness, Atlanta Boot Camp fitness, Atlanta Buckhead 30305 personal and group fitness training, Atlanta Fitness coach, Cardio Exercises peachtree street and midtown. also doing group cardio tennis drills
Labels: Anytime Fitness, Atlanta Boot Camp fitness, Atlanta Buckhead 30305 personal and group fitness training, Atlanta Fitness coach, Cardio Exercises peachtree street and midtown

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on the June Round

2009-06-15T20:16:00.000-04:00

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round and the next round right around the corner for June

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round.
Happy to announce that we have added Howell station nieghborhood as a boot camp location. 5:45am- 6:45am in West midtown of Atlanta Ga, not far from GA Tech.
Here is a new workout program to keep your self in shape and to get into spring shape and ready for the pool and beach!. Looking to restart the group fitness classes within the next couple of weeks, boot camps and semi private classes and get that New Years fitness rosolution going I can come to you and bring a group to join you, or you can join one of my groups. Classes mostly in Buckhead and Midtown, will travel to perimeter mall, and the Vinings area in Atlanta GA
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Labels: Anytime Fitness, Atlanta Boot Camp fitness, Atlanta Buckhead 30305 personal and group fitness training, Atlanta Fitness coach, Cardio Exercises peachtree street and midtown

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on the June Round

2009-06-05T19:43:00.001-04:00

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round and the next round right around the corner for June

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round.
Happy to announce that we have added Howell station nieghborhood as a boot camp location. 5:45am- 6:45am in West midtown of Atlanta Ga, not far from GA Tech.
Here is a new workout program to keep your self in shape and to get into spring shape and ready for the pool and beach!. Looking to restart the group fitness classes within the next couple of weeks, boot camps and semi private classes and get that New Years fitness rosolution going I can come to you and bring a group to join you, or you can join one of my groups. Classes mostly in Buckhead and Midtown, will travel to perimeter mall, and the Vinings area in Atlanta GA
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Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round and the next round right around the corner for June

2009-05-20T17:01:00.000-04:00

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round and the next round right around the corner for June

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round.
Happy to announce that we have added Howell station nieghborhood as a boot camp location. 5:45am- 6:45am in West midtown of Atlanta Ga, not far from GA Tech.
Here is a new workout program to keep your self in shape and to get into spring shape and ready for the pool and beach!. Looking to restart the group fitness classes within the next couple of weeks, boot camps and semi private classes and get that New Years fitness rosolution going I can come to you and bring a group to join you, or you can join one of my groups. Classes mostly in Buckhead and Midtown, will travel to perimeter mall, and the Vinings area in Atlanta GA
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Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round

2009-05-07T13:51:00.001-04:00

Boot Camps, fitness training, Still have room left on this round.
Happy to announce that we have added Howell station nieghborhood as a boot camp location. 5:45am- 6:45am in West midtown of Atlanta Ga, not far from GA Tech.
Here is a new workout program to keep your self in shape and to get into spring shape and ready for the pool and beach!. Looking to restart the group fitness classes within the next couple of weeks, boot camps and semi private classes and get that New Years fitness rosolution going I can come to you and bring a group to join you, or you can join one of my groups. Classes mostly in Buckhead and Midtown, will travel to perimeter mall, and the Vinings area in Atlanta GA

Atlanta Boot Camp fitness, Newest location, Northwest Atlanta

2009-05-03T19:55:00.003-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, and friends, happy to anounce our newest Boot camp group fitness class in the howell station neighborhood of Atlanta. We meet Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's at 5:45am, We do basic boot camp exercises which includes wieght baring exercises, core and ab workouts, cardio which encludes runnging and jumping jacks and such. We still have room remaining

Boot Camps, fitness training, Atlanta

2009-04-23T15:33:00.006-04:00

Fitness with Jeff Also does boot camps, you can join one of mine or you start your own group and I can come to you in your neighborhood or Complex or work. These group do boot camp style activities, really in my opinion the best way to get into and stay in the best shape possible. Also a big believer in Muscle confusion exercise we will start with 10-15 minutes of Stretching and Abs and core work. We will then do some light cardio i.e., jumping jacks, jump rope, mountain climbers, lunges, polymeric jumps etc 5-10 minutes. We will do weight barring exercises wall pushups, lunges with bicep curls, tricep dips, leg extension, walk, run using our park and the hill. We will go between weight barring exercise and cardio for the remainder of time Last 5 10 minutes more abs and core and final stretch and warm down. I can bring some hand weights but would encourage the group to bring 3 and 5 lbs weights, a mat if you have one, a towel and water Other exercises we may work in if you like: basketball layup lines, this can be done with or without a basketball, As we get better and build up add some endurance exercises, some sprint cardio drills. We could even work in a cardio tennis workout Yoga and palates exercises We will start out slowly and progressively buildup. I will greatly encourage input from the group We are available to come your facility and give you a true boot camp style workout, Lets get started today. Also available for Cardio tennis with a bootcamp style workout. Fitness with Jeff is a full service, certified personal trainer, and Tennis Coach, Our area of operations is Buckhead, Midtown, Buckhead, to perimeter mall, Windy hill into The Smynings of Atlanta GA. Jeff also does these other services, Running Walking (jogging partner) Dog running,Swimming Racketball Basketball Baseball Dogdeball Kickball Aerobics Biking and Spinning (bycle exercise)

Behind the back lat pull downs, Pro and Con

2009-04-23T15:33:00.005-04:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group, a fellow by the name of Joe replyed to one of my Blogs saying that as a standard rule that Behind the back lat pulldowns are not good for you. Which of course if not done correctly or done with someone with a injury or with to much wieght or without experience or not under supervision of a personal trainer or numerous other reasons can be harmful. This was my response to his query. Always enjoy other peoples thoughts, we all learn together.

Hello Joe
Behind the back lat pulldowns are bad for the rotator cuff. How can you teach them? Doing core before the full body weight training is unsafe- It weakens your core! Then doing weights puts you in a stress position with a weak core??? Please give your reasons. Thanks, J

Everything can potentially be bad for something, it is a imperfect world, I say may times within my blog consider your situation, medical history and consult and doc or fitness pro prior to starting any fitness program. I also say start slowly and buildup. for my individual clients I work a fair amount of shoulder work so that the Rotator can handle the work. If you want send back a article and I will be glad to post.

Atlanta Boot camp Monday's 6:30

2009-04-14T23:51:00.000-04:00

Hello Fitness group, starting a 8 week bootcamp workout group in buckhead every monday for 8 weeks, this group will do boot camp style exercise with a fair amount of cardio movement, also similar to my Cardio tennis bootcamp workouts. have groups or can come to yours
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Bootcamp Monday's in Atlanta, Cardio tennis boot camps

2009-04-11T18:05:00.004-04:00

Monday Fitness Bootcamp Group starting April 13 at 6:30

2009-04-06T14:49:00.003-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group and Friends of Fitness with Jeff, We will be starting a Monday Fitness Bootcamp Group starting April 13 at 6:30. This will be a everyweek fitness group in the Roswell/ peidmont area of Buckhead. $15 per class or 5 weeks of classes for $60. Please call me at 404.451.8872. Thanks Jeff.

Group exercise, fitness boot camp for week of March 23rd, also cardio tennis

2009-03-23T14:51:00.002-04:00

Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Group exercise, fitness boot camp for week of March 23rd, also cardio tennis classes available, please check on the Tennis lesson blog for schedule,location & other info.

Hello Group,Fitness classes schedule, Monday March 23rd, 7:30 pm and, thursday March 26th 4:30 and 6pm in buckhead, posted Tuesday, and the weekends at 10:30 am, Group cardio tennis noon both days at noon and 4pm in Atlanta
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Fitness centers, Gyms, highlighting Anytime Fitness in the Vinings

2009-03-17T17:56:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitnes group, in the on going series of workout gyms, personal trainers and anything Fitness, I'm high lighting Anytime Fitness, please check them out, very cool gym and workout environment!!: 770-431-9470, 770-431-9551
,http://club.anytimefitness.com/clubs/atlantaGA/ here there Bio:
At Anytime Fitness we focus on a healthy lifestyle change that includes both nutrition and exercise. To help you accomplish a healthier lifestyle, we offer personal training programs. These programs are designed to give you professional, one-on-one training designed specifically for you and your goals and fitness level.
Some of the features Anytime Fitness offers:

Reciprocity to all Anytime Fitness clubs nationwide
24 Hour secure access, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
All New State of the art equipment!
Cardio Equipment
Rubberized Free Weights
Strength Training Equipment
Tanning
Personal Training
Anytime Fitness / 4500 West Village Place located in the West Village of Vinings,

Group exercise, fitness boot camp for week of March 16th, also cardio tennis

2009-03-15T17:15:00.003-04:00

Sunday, March 15, 2009
Group exercise, fitness boot camp for week of March 16th, also cardio tennis classes available, please check on the Tennis lesson blog for schedule,location & other info.

Hello Group,Fitness classes schedule, Monday March 15th, 2:30 pm and 8pm, thursday March 18th 4:30 and 6pm in buckhead, posted Tuesday, March 16th 2009, and the weekends at 10:30 am, Group cardio tennis noon both days.
Labels: Atlanta Buckhead 30305 personal and group fitness training, Atlanta Ga boot camp style workout, Atlanta personal trainer and training, Cardio Exercises peachtree street and midtown

Personal training, Group training for the week of Feburay 23rd 2009

2009-02-23T13:33:00.003-05:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group, Group training calles tuesday Febuary 24th at 6pm, Buckhead area, Thursday Febuary 26 at 6:30. Contact me for details and location, as always available for private sessions 7 days a week, mornings booked up before 9am, and good availabilty into the mid morning into the early evenings.

Group exercise, fitness boot camp for week of Feburary 17th, also cardio tennis

2009-02-17T17:42:00.002-05:00

Hello Group,Fitness classes schedule, Wednesday Feburay 18th, 2:30 pm, thursday Febuary 18th 4:30 and 6pm in buckhead, posted Tuesday, Febuary 17th 2009, and the weekends at 10:30 am, Group cardio tennis noon both days.

Fitness Boot Camps, personal training in Atlanta

2009-02-13T16:55:00.002-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, only 5 weeks till spring, scheduling group fitness boot camsps and training session, I come to you and bring the music and a workout program for either Group fintess or Cardio group tennis or for a private workout.

Great fitness webiste with ideas for improving your workouts

2009-02-05T00:02:00.002-05:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group,I found a great site to find workout programs, ideas for improving your workouts, local gyms, nutrician ideas, and other fitness ideas and fitness links etc. i

http://www.better-exercise-fitness-for-life.com, you should check it out!. Fitness with Jeff

Super Bowl Sunday workout, remember if your going to eat your better do some fitness traininer

2009-02-01T18:21:00.003-05:00

Super Bowl Sunday workout, remember if your going to eat your better do some fitness, 30 45 minutes of cardio, weight baring exercises every other day.

Fitness training Idea for that New years resolution

2009-01-12T14:49:00.003-05:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group. With New years, definitly want to get that fitness program going, one Idea instead of one big workout 2 smaller workouts, maybe crunches and abs in the morning before work, then maybe do 30 minutes of cardio at night, just a thought from the atlanta trainer

New Years fitness resolutions

2009-01-01T13:59:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness and Friends for Thursday, Jan 1st, Good Bye 2008, Happy New Years Atlanta. Remember this is the perfect time to start that News Years Fitness Resolution, I had a group out for tennis today and doing a boot camp later on, so get off the coach and get in a workout or some fitness. Remember those holiday personal training or Tennis lesson Gift certificates, there good for Personal or group fitness training, or tennis, cardio group sessions, give the gift of health/fitness and exercise this year, Get in the Game Atlanta!!, also good for my others services.

New Years Resoluion for 2009, Fitness sessions for both personal and group fitness

2008-12-30T14:25:00.002-05:00

New Years Resoluion for 2009, Fitness sessions for both personal and group fitness or the very popular Cardio tennis. One of the best ways to improve your condition is to work in other sports and activities. Plan a strategy for best time to workout, try some new exercises within your fitness program. The New Year can be a ideal time to make changes in your life. Good Luck!!!

Fitness group exercise boot camp classes in Atlanta

2008-12-26T22:01:00.002-05:00

Fitness group exercise boot camp classes in Atlanta, The classes are resuming. The schedule is going to be posted on the fitness web site. Group Cardio tennis classes Saturday and Sunday's 11am in Buckhead.

Mix up your fitness workout, spice your workout and include other fitness activity

2008-12-22T13:37:00.002-05:00

Mix up your fitness workout, spice your workout and include other fitness activity. Makes your program more fun and equally important more effective. Use different muscle groups and see the results, here are some exercise programs and ideas, which I also offer in addition Personal Training, Tennis Lessons:
Running Walking (jogging partner) Dog running,Swimming Racketball Basketball Baseball Dogdeball Kickball Aerobics Biking and Spinning (bycle exercise)

Work out tips for the Holidays, Stay in shape during the holidays

2008-12-18T15:36:00.002-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness and personal training group. Here are some tips for staying on your program exercise and eating programs. The first thing to do is to try to reduce what your eating and eat smart. One tip is to eat before you go to a party, another options is to look at everything on a party table and make a plan of what your going to eat and drink (drinks can be the part of the puzzle that sinks alot of peoples programs) alternate water and drinks can help. In the next issue we"ll talk about exercise tips for the holiday

Holiday Fitness Gift ceriticates, give the gift of health fitness, tennis and sport

2008-12-14T17:40:00.002-05:00

Remember those holiday personal training or Tennis lesson Gift certificates, Holiday Fitness Gift ceriticates, give the gift of health fitness, tennis and sport. Can be used for either fitness training, Tennis lesson, my other sports and services racketball, swing, basketball, runing, jogging, pet running etc.

Group personal training, and looking to barter and trade my services for yours

2008-12-08T13:46:00.003-05:00

Hello Atlanta personal training group, fitness boot camps, I can come your gym or fitness center, or you can come to me, in the Buckhead, Midtown and surrounding area. Also Looking to Barter services for Web Services, accounting and home electonics.

Atlanta bootcamp, Semi private group fitness instruction, still looking for a couple of more to round out the group fitness classes

2008-12-07T11:24:00.004-05:00

Atlanta bootcamp, Semi private group instruction, still looking for a couple of more to round out the group fitness classes, Monday's and Wednesday at 5:30 in Buckhead, remember I can bring the group to you, plan on routating locations. Also stil doing the group cardio tennis classes as well.

Friends of Fitness with Jeff, Shari Fitness, fitness trainer outside the perimeter of Atlanta Ga

2008-12-02T12:50:00.005-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group and friends. People ask me all the time do I go outside the perimeter for Personal training and fitness, which I don't. I do have some very good people who I would like to recommend. The First Lady Shari who is out of The Leweranceville area of Atlanta Ga. Here is her profile and contact information:
Shari Fitness is your complete source for Fitness Consulting by providing you the three major components: exercise, nutritional and supplement coaching to help you achieve your overall health and fitness goals whether you are looking to lose weight, gain more muscle, be more physically fit or improve your overall health and wellness. Shari genuinely cares about each and every client she works with and her passion and enthusiasm carries over to each client keeping them motivated to achieve their fitness goals 770.789.2166, info@sharifitness.com, www.Sharifitness.com

Holiday training idea, from the Atlanta personal training

2008-11-30T14:54:00.004-05:00

Hello Atlanta group, with the holidays, really hard to keep your shape with Thanks giving and Chistmas. The Strategy is to do physcal exercise everyday, 30 - 40 minutes of Cardio, even things like jumping jacks and jump rope, also good to do abs everyday, I like to do about 250 reps

Exercise program, free wieghts and plyometrics from the Alanta personal trainer, fitness with Jeff

2008-11-25T13:39:00.005-05:00

Workout program
Start with 5-15 warmup which can include abs and core work and lite stretching. Please consult your doctor or other health pro before starting any exercise program. This program is designed for healthy people without injury and this program was designed for a 30 year old man, please start slowly and buildup to this program.

reps/wieght
Abs
crunches 80
side crunch 60
bicycle crunch 80
Leg lifts 40
Arm circles 30 forward, 30 backwards
shoulder goal posts 25/ 012
shoulder shrugs 15/25
lunges 50
bicep curl 15/25
bicep hammer curls 15/25
calf raises 35
dumbell rows 25/15
Bench with dumpbells 15/20
Squats 25/15
lat raises 25/12
pushups 10 close grip, 10 wide grip, 10 close grip on knees, 10 wide grip on knees
Leg extension 45/25
Leg curl 55/25
tricep extensions 15/25
Leg extension 45/25
Jumping Jacks, 4 sets 50-100 reps per set for a total of 200-400reps
tricep dips 20
wall pushups close grip 25
Lat pull straight 65/25
Ball ab workout 80
upright rows 25/25
shoulder press 25/12
tricep pull downs 25/25
wall pushups wide grip 25
Shoulder straightups 25/12
Lat pull 45's 65/25
wrist curls 25/10

wall tricep exetensions 20

Personal training, Tennis instruction, looking to barter and trade my serives for Web design.

2008-11-16T19:21:00.003-05:00

Hello Group, with the weather getting cold tennis in tapering off, I'm still doing them, mostly during the day times. Also looking looking to barter my services for web design service. If interested please contact me. Thanks....Jeff

Fitness Boot Camps, personal training and exercise program

2008-10-01T13:57:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, Been a busy summer of Tennis, During the summer my busines is mostly tennis (80%), group cardio tennis and personal training. Now that it is fall my clients tend to want to do more personal training, I can come to you or have facilities available for personal training, and bootcamps.

Fitness Singles in Atlanta, work out and date

2008-07-07T15:59:00.002-04:00

Hello Atlanta, For those of my folks looking to meet other singles who like to work out, you should check out these guys. The Healthy Way to Meet Your Match with Fitness Singles
To us, online dating used to be a major taboo. Every time we even thought about trying it, all we could imagine was wasting our precious shoe-shopping time chatting on IM with 'Kip Dynamite.' But now, after attending three weddings of happy couples who met on the web, we've reformed into a bunch of dot-love believers.

If you're Google-searching for your soul mate, or at least someone who can keep up with your active lifestyle, then there's an online dating service right up your treadmill track -- Fitness Singles.

Since 2003, Fitness Singles has become one of the fastest growing online dating communities for sports and fitness lovers.

You can post your own profile on Fitness Singles for free,

Once you sign up, you can contact other people in your area who share your interest in a variety of activities including: biking, hiking, rock climbing, surfing, dancing, yoga, golf, etc. It's a great idea for Divas who want to be in relationships with individuals who also live a healthy lifestyle... And don't resemble 'Mr. Dynamite.'

Atlanta Boot Camp information

2008-06-02T22:06:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, people ask me all the time about boot camps, i have done them before but currently am not doing them. I am looking to do fitness camps and bridal fitness boot camps. I have found a link to a site that can point toward the right bootcamps around Atlanta area:http://www.bootcampfinder.com/graduates.html,
the right boot camp should enclude Cardio along with weigh barring excersize. Though right now I'm not doing the boot camps, I am doing group tennis and exercise called Cardio tennis, that info is on my web site www.myatltennis.com .

Personal Fitness Training or a Personal Training Studios | Atlanta, Georgia GA

2008-05-31T19:04:00.003-04:00

Hello Atlant fitness and personal training group and friends, I foung a great source for finding the closest Health club or Fitness centers to work, home, etc.
http://www.healthclubdirectory.com/health_clubs/clubResults/GA/Georgia/Atlanta/PersonalTraining .
Personal Fitness Training or a Personal Training Studios | Atlanta, Georgia GA
this is a cool site because it will give the distance and the address to the closest health club for you, the downside you have to click on the club to get the phone number but that's ok. I have put down by ranking the top clubs that are cloest to the area I work in Atlanta Ga.

These are all great places but if you want someone to come you, you can always call fitness with Jeff, Mobile Personal training, Tennis Instruction

1 Gold's Gym (Downtown)
215 Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA 30303
Distance - 1.1 mi
2 Method Pilates
463 Cherokee Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30312
Distance - 1.8 mi
3 A Brand New You
927 Schoel Drive
Decatur, GA 30033
Distance - 7.2 mi
4 Fitness With Reggie
1006 Glen Way
Atlanta, GA 30319
Distance - 8.2 mi
5 Paul Everett Personal Trainer
3949 South Cobb Drive SE
Smyrna, GA 30080
Distance - 9.9 mi
6 Gold's Gym
6335 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Distance - 11.6 mi
7 Gold's Gym
1790 Panola Road
Ellenwood, GA 30294
Distance - 11.7 mi
8 Gold's Gym (East)
4930 Davidson Road
Marietta, GA 30067
Distance - 12.0 mi
9 Paul Everett Personal Trainer
309
Smyrna, GA 30067
Distance - 12.0 mi
10 FormWell Personal Fitness Training
5064 Nandina Lane
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Distance - 12.6 mi

Mobile Personal training, bring the fitness trainer to you, here in Atlanta

2008-05-23T18:37:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fiteness Community, all my clients know this but not all people, that you can bring your Fitness instructor, personal trainer to your home, condo, appartment gym. being your apparment community, Condo, Work. You don't have to travel when I can bring the fitness training to you for both private and group sessions. If you don't have a workout gym I can provide those as well. I can also do the same service for Tennis lessons, and tennis instruction even the very popular, group fitness and the USTA Cardio tennis programs. Sorry this program is somewhat limited geographically to the Atlanta Ga area, my area is Buckhead, Midtown up to perimeter mall, 30305-30309-30324,30318-30319 and 30324 are my main areas.

Atlanta Boot Camps starting, Cardio tennis exercise classes

2008-05-21T11:34:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta group exercise, I'm starting boot camp classes now, these classes can either be done in a group or private fitness and exercise formats. This program is for all levels of fitness and exercise. I'm also doing cardio tennis exercise classes. These classes combine tennis instruction and physcal exercise in a hour long format.

Tips to stay on your workout program from the Atlanta personal trainer

2008-05-08T23:06:00.001-04:00

Found a great article that you guys would like about getting started on a exercise program and hopefully staying on it:
Here's a sad truth about people and working out: About half of those who start a new exercise program abandon it within three to six months. The reason is no mystery, people are lazy especially in a place like Atlanta Ga. It's not our fault. The good news is that in recent years, the busy field of exercise psychology has come up with a number of effective tricks to help us in this process. Here are 6 ways to stay on our exercise, fitness program.
Many beginning exercisers make the mistake of letting a personal trainer, fitness facility or some other influence choose their primary form of exercise for them. Most often, the result is a poor fit. Studies have shown that people are more likely to stick with exercise when they choose an activity they like.
There are literally dozens of effective forms of exercise weightlifting, walking, running, tennis, yoga, swimming, basketball, bicycling and so on, my favortie being TENNIS. The best one for you is whichever one you'll enjoy enough to stick with.
Deflate the No-time Excuse
Another important adherence trick is scheduling. Lack of time is the number-one cited reason for failure. Exercise Motivation, according to two recent studies, those who successfully adhere to an exercise program don't have any more leisure time available on a daily basis than Exercise dropouts."
Instead of beginning each day with a general intention to exercise, plan a specific activity for a specific time and place 24 hours in advance. Reduce the amount of time you spend watching TV or in front of the computer and playing video tennis does not consitute real exercise.
Find other ways of reducing "waste" from your schedule. Consider even moving closer to your workplace to reduce commute time and maybe even run or bike to work. Go to bed 30 minutes earlier and exercise first thing in the morning. Choose an activity that you can do anytime, anywhere--such as jogging. Purchase a piece of home exercise equipment, such as a tread mill, elliptical trainer. Find a way to work out during your lunch break. Combine your workouts with another daily necessity, for example by running errands on foot or bike etc. instead of in the car. Use the Pleasure Principle The discomfort of exercise is one of the primary causes of quitting. "People vary in their ability to tolerate the discomfort of exercise, and there's not much you can do about it. But what you can do is try to make sure that your tolerance is not overtaxed initially."
In a study, Annesi and colleagues tracked the post-workout feelings of subjects participating in a voluntary exercise program. They discovered that subjects who felt exhausted after workouts tended to quit, while subjects who felt revitalized after workouts tended to stay in fitness programs. In another study, Annesi found that subjects who were allowed to choose their own exercise intensity were almost twice as likely to stay in a voluntary exercise program than subjects who were required to exercise at a fixed, high-intensity level.
Based on these results, Annesi advises beginning exercisers to "adjust their exertion so that feelings of revitalization tend to go up following exercise and feelings of exhaustion go down." The better you're able to do this, the more likely you are to be back for more tomorrow.
Give It Purpose
researcher have found through his research that people are more likely to stick to an exercise routine if workouts have an immediate practical purpose. For example, walking on a treadmill has no immediate practical purpose, but walking your dog does. Riding a stationary bike has no purpose, but riding a bike to and from work does. If you can find a way to kill two birds with one stone with an activity, chances are greater you'll keep at it.
Set Goals
Why are exercise goals so effective? According to exercise physiologist Robert Sonstroem, Ph.D., of the University of Rhode Island, goals set us up for what are called "success experiences," which motivate us to keep doing whatever sort of activity leads to them. In order to experience successes in exercise, it helps to set measurable goals, so there's no doubt whether you've achieved them.
Bob Anderson, co-author of Getting in Shape, advocates a special short-term goal that he calls the four-week rule. You simply promise yourself you won't miss a workout for the first four weeks. This gives you the no-excuses attitude you'll need to build momentum, but at the same time, because it's a shallow time horizon, it allows you to see light at the end of the tunnel.
Other examples of sensible short-term goals are as follow:
Increase your training schedule from four workouts to five next week Increase your circuit training workout from one circuit to two circuits next week Complete a 10K running race in three weeks Reduce your waist measurement by one inch in one month Lose 10 pounds in one month Reduce your body fat percentage by five percent in 50 days Make It a Team Effort All kinds of research has shown that people are more likely to stick with exercise if it's a social affair than if it's a solo exploit. For example, in one recent study, researchers followed 64 people who started a new exercise program, including 16 married couples and 30 married individuals who joined the program on their own. A year later, 43 percent of the individuals had quit, compared with only six percent of those who worked out with their husband or wife.
Not married? Training with a friend, getting a personal trainer, and joining some kind of exercise group (e.g. a bicycling club) are other effective ways to get social motivation.

7 tips to stay on your workout program from the Atlanta Personal trainer

2008-05-05T11:34:00.003-04:00

More than 75 percent of first-time exercisers drop out after the first six weeks of Fitness training.
Unfortunately, exercise doesn't simply happen-you have to put yourself into it. And if your boss
or your boyfriend hold more sway over your time than your own needs, try to readjust the
balance. Here are 10 tips to help make a fitness lifestyle stick.
1. Do it for you. Why do you want to get fit? Whether you're safeguarding your health, reducing
stress or shedding a few pounds, your reason for exercising should stem from your desires, not
someone else's. Making exercise a part of your life isn't a matter of willpower, but of doing
something that's important to you.
2. Keep your fitness goals in sight. Don't expect overnight success. Write down moderately
challenging goals that will give you the chance to revel in your accomplishments. A short-term
goal might consist of walking for 20 minutes three times a week, or making it all the way through
a low-impact class. A six-month goal might be losing a specific amount of weight or competing
in a 5K, say The Atlanta Peachtree Road Race which is Just under 2 months away on July 4th. As you achieve each goal, set new ones.
3. Make exercise a given part of your dailey Routine. Don't let excuses sideline your efforts. Schedule your workouts
on your calendar as if they're important meetings. Make them at the same
times and on the same days every week so that they become part of your routine.
4. Give yourself credit. When you reach a goal, treat yourself to a shopping spree, a night
at the movies, or some new exercise wear. You deserve a reward.
5. Don't punish yourself. If you miss a workout or a whole week of workouts, simply refocus
and make fitness a priority again. A good way to get back into it is to just do something for 10 minutes.
6. Consider a certified personal trainer. Even if it's for a short time to build you a program, a qualified fitness, maybe join a Boot camp fitness class, they are starting up all the time, We do one with fitness with Jeff or come out to one of my Cardio tennis classes
professional can help develop a regimen specific to your needs.
7. Climb out of those ruts. Work out at different times, check out a new class or piece of equipment, cross-train, take a hike, try a new sport, take advantage of the club's saunaor whirlpool.

Tips from the atlanta personal trainer about staying on your exercise program

2008-05-01T18:04:00.004-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, going over my fitness and exercise articles I found this one I thought you guys might like, I just took excerpt How can I avoid falling off my exercise routine?

Hello Atlanta Personal Training group and friends, I found a great article in Webmd, the link is at the bottom of the page. So many of my personal training clients ask me how do I keep up my fitness and exercise rountine, here are some great thoughts on the subject, now have a great work out. www.fitnesswithjeff.com, Atlanta

How can I avoid falling off my exercise routine? Answer:
Sticking with your exercise program regularly and consistently is your best bet for overall health. While there's no specific danger in starting and stopping over and over again, it's important to set personal goals and identify what motivates you to exercise. Even if there's been a long lapse in your sessions, you should do your best to get back to regular exercise as soon as you can.

For some, it's disease prevention. If a close family member has been affected by heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, or cancer, that may be what motivates you to stay healthy and avoid the same path. Regular exercise reduces your risk of developing these and other diseases and will help you maintain a healthy body weight.

For others, living longer could be a motivator. Research has shown that exercise may extend the years of your life. It can greatly enhance your quality of living, too, by making regular day-to-day physical activities such as climbing stairs, carrying groceries, and vacuuming easier.

How you start an exercise program may greatly determine whether you stick with it. If you have started programs in the past only to quit a month later, pay careful attention to the following tips:

Set realistic goals. Don't try to run a marathon or lose 10 pounds in a month.
Begin slowly and try a number of different exercises. Limit the length of each session.
Use visualization daily: Picture yourself enjoying your workout and then feeling great when you've finished.
Schedule exercise and make it a top priority in your life. Write it down on your calendar and keep a daily exercise log.
Identify one exercise that you enjoy doing on most days. If you're traveling, Find a fitness center at the hotel, go for a swim, or take a long walk.

Buying an exercise tape that you find entertaining.
Scheduling several sessions with a personal trainer.
Joining an exercise class that has a lively instructor.
Overall, it's important to not get discouraged if you miss a week or two of exercise. It's never too late to get started again. When your program gets derailed, try to figure out what went wrong and learn from your mistakes. Best of luck and keep exercising!
http://atl-fitness.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html

http://women.webmd.com/guide/exercise-motivation
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Fitness equipment and the expertise to build your own gym: Play it again Sports Atlanta

2008-04-27T13:31:00.005-04:00

Hello Atlanta personal training group: Build you own home gym and equip it with right wieghts and exercise machines. You have decided to chuck the Gold's Gym and LA membership and want to train at home. People all the time ask me to assist them with everything from to just adding a couple of items for exercise to buiilding a home or condo complex, appartment gym. For a person who just wants to go bar bones, gym I recommend dumbell free wieghts, a set can run something over $100, this will give u a pretty good start for you home gym. Next step would be to ad some exercise machines, ie leg extension machine, leg curl, lat press, tricep pull downs etc. Another option is to add aerobic equimpent such as Tread Mills, Elipitical exerciser and maybe a exercise bike. The shop that I recommend to work with is: Play it again sports at 4279 Roswell Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 Ph:(404) 257-0229, I have worked with them many times on building home gyms, Condo and appartment gyms for my clients. Bill Barney the owner and John are very knowledgeable about all aspects of sports equipment sales and repair and installation. They also sell hockey to basesball equipment. If you mention http://www.fitnesswithjeff.com he will take 10% of your entire purchase.

Atlanta Tour de Kids 5K Run/Walk

2008-04-22T11:44:00.001-04:00

Tour de Kids 5K Run/Walk,Sunday, April 27, 2008, 08:30 AM
Centennial Olympic Park 265 Park Ave. West N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30313-1591

The Tour de Kids 5K Run/Walk gives participants the unique opportunity to participate in the second largest cycling event in the world - the Tour de Georgia - while giving back to the community. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, a national leader among childhood cancer, hematology and blood marrow transplant programs

Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Expo

2008-04-12T23:07:00.001-04:00

Sat Aug 18, beginning at 7 AM, WHERE:Omni Hotel at the CNN Center
International Ballroom, South Tower, 100 CNN, Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 659-0000
WHY:
This is an opportunity to learn more about Atlanta’s breast cancer organizations and health and fitness vendors. There will be a continental breakfast, as well as a 2-Day Walk/run/jogging orientation, a 9-mile training walk, beginning at Centennial Olympic Park, breast health seminars and much more. http://atlanta.daybooknetwork.com/story/2007/08/15/5310my-daybook-atlanta2daywalkexpo07.shtml

Run and Jog with your pet, maybe even your Trainer

2008-04-03T11:06:00.002-04:00

Walk and even better run with your dog . People that run/walk with the dog are 50 percent more likely to keep the pounds off, Great for your dog to. Right now in my personal training practice I have 3 people who take there dog on runs/ walks. For a couple of the clients I hold the the dog so they don't have to worry about Fido smelling the fire hyratts or chasing squirels etc. I even have one client that pays me just to run and workout here dogs out, all in a days work for your for the Atlanta personal trainer.
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Running Buddy, Running with a fitness pro

2008-04-03T10:54:00.003-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, I've had several clients over the years as running/ jogging buddies. The advantages are to have a experienced runner with you to work on running techniques, propper breathing, and running drills etc. People tend to do more when pushed rather then just running at there own pace. Saftey and security, Having 2 people running together are more likely to see you, I have a client i'm currently running with 3 mornings a week at 6:30, she lives in area that is fairly dark and issolated area, I know that she feels better having me out there to accompany her on the runs. The last advantage is that this is a appointment that you have to keep.

Atlanta Boot Camp training session (out door) cancelled for Sunday afternoon

2008-03-30T14:35:00.003-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group and friends, the Sunday session for today at 5pm in Ansley park will be cancelled because of the cold weather and the chance for rain. Where coming down to the last weeks of this session and hopign to put together another session, Just looking for 5 people to commit, right now for the weekend i do have 5 people none of whom can do it at the same time or day so looking for a few more people to join in. The Boot camp sessions meet at various parks and neighborhoods for basic exercise, and cardio activity, please contact fitness with Jeff if you would like more information. http://www.fitnesswithjeff.com

Review of Appartment gyms, Gables 820

2008-03-26T14:41:00.002-04:00

Hello Atlanta Training and Fitness Group, as part of my series of Residential Gyms, I found not only a Great Gym and Common Areas, but a great old world feeling at 820 Gables West Appartments Home. 820 West in addition to a great gym with the latest in state of the Art exercise equipment, a very cool pool and club house is has received the Energy Star designation. Getting back to the Gym: there is a great selection of Cardio equimpent, Free wieght dumbells, exercise equipment, amble space to stretch and limber up. This as a personal trainer is the type of gym that I love to train my residential clients. 820 is located in directly accross from the King Plow Arts center in one of the Coolest neighborhood, The Westside, AKA West Midtown. Let William Holland give you the grand tour. There address is 820 West Marietta Street Atlanta 30318, phone- 404.898.8720

Group training for fitness in Atlanta Ga

2008-03-22T14:35:00.002-04:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness and exercise group, the schedule for this week is Sunday at 9;30am, Mon-thursday 6pm, still looking for another girl to join our friday at 5:30pm before we can begin that one. All sessions are done in the Buckhead, Midtown area, please contact me if you want to join one of the Fitness groups

Ten Tips for Smart Stretching, why stretch and stategys's

2008-03-18T14:07:00.003-04:00

Hello Atlanta Personal Training Group,a client of mine who Told me about Dr. Craig Senft, a Atlanta Chiropractor located on North Druid hills Atl 30329, While going out to Dr Craigs site I found this article that I thought you guys might like, Ten Tips for Smart Stretching, I put the top Four in this blog, if you would like to check out the rest of the article and other topics please checkout:
http://www.chiroatlanta.com/articles/315.html
Stretch Before or After Exercise?
There's been a lot of discussion lately about the best time to stretch. Ultimately, there's no right or wrong here. What works for you works for you.

The main point is to be sure to stretch.

Recent exercise physiology studies do show that static stretching (slow, easy stretching) actually reduces muscular power and strength in the short-term. So, for competitive, high-level athletes, static stretching is best done AFTER exercise.

For people in their thirties and beyond, many of whom have had back issues at some time, it may still be a very good idea to do static stretching before exercise. The primary value here is to prepare the muscles, ligaments, and joints of the lower back for work. Static stretching of the big muscles of the legs - the hamstrings, calves, and quads - reflexively loosens and elongates lower back muscles and supporting structures.

So, for many of us, doing our regular stretching routine first, followed by five or ten minutes of a dynamic warm-up, is still the best preparation for a safe, enjoyable, fulfilling workout.
1. Why stretch? Stretching lengthens muscles and improves flexibility.1,2 Also, stretching the big leg muscles - the hamstrings, calves, and quads - simultaneously loosens and lengthens the muscles of your lower back. So, when you stretch, you're helping your back!

2. When to stretch? Recent exercise physiology studies show that static stretching is best done after exercise.3 Pre-exercise "dynamic warm-ups", such as torso twists, arm circles, and light jogging, prepare the body for work. Importantly, for those of us with back issues, it's still a good idea to do the familiar static stretches even before the dynamic warm-up!

3. Don't rush! Stretching is as important as what you're going to do after you stretch. And, if you rush, you might pull a muscle or worse. Be sure to include 10 to 15 minutes of stretching as part of your exercise time.

4. Stretch gently and slowly. You're not trying to accomplish anything while stretching. In other words, you're not trying to stretch "this much" or "this far". Nice and easy does it. Stretching is a Zen activity.

Atlanta bootcamp style work,

2008-03-15T22:33:00.002-04:00

Hello Atlanta Personal training, group and Friends and neighbors. As most of you who havee worked out and trained with me know how much I enjoy teaching and working in a boot camp style. I'm not a beliver in a machine based workout. In my opinion the boot camp style promotes the best results in the quickest period of time. Exercises like jump rope and pushups and work with dumbells build muscle in the quickest period of time. For work machines I like the Lat pull machine, Leg extension and the leg curl machine are among my favorites. I do these workouts both for my private and group sessions as much as possible.

Workout program, boot camp style program

2008-03-04T16:38:00.003-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, this is a sample workout that I did for one of my clients to do in between the regular workouts.
5 minutes stretching and warmup, wall stretch
Arm circles 20 forward, 20 backward
20-40 minutes cardio: treadmill, elliptical etc.
40 crunches
30 side crunches right side, left side
wall pushups close grip 20
Calf Raiese 30 reps
wall pushups wide grip 20
20 half squats 3-5 pounds
Minute or 2 of post workout stretching

That should be about 45 minutes

Over use injuries related to personal training, working out, and running

2008-02-22T20:32:00.000-05:00

My Client Kim was having problems with elbow, shin and Back issues related to both our Tennis instrucion and personal training that she has been doing with me and her League tennis, She has gone to many different physcal therapist for Rehab in the past and she swears by these guys at Atlanta Body Mechanics, 550 Peachtree Street, Suite 1760 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404.817.0734, her problems were involved with Balance which is commonly overlooked within fitness programs and in both the athletic and general population. The majority of the clients of Body Mechanics and http//www.bodymechanicsatl.com spend their dedicated workout time on cardiovascular and resistance training programs, but balance training plays an integral role in athletic performance and in fall prevention for older adults. A recent article in the NY Times describes the benefits of exercise and how physical therapists can further enhance this training within any population. Please contact our physical therapists at Body Mechanics Physical Therapy to learn how we can best address your specific rehabilitation and fitness needs.
Kim issues were also exasberated by,
Overuse Injuries
The following questions and statements may indicate the potential for or presence of an overuse injury (ie tendinitis, bursitis, IT band syndrome) or activity related injury.

1. Previous Injury to the lower extremity joints including hip, knee, ankle, or low back and pelvis?
2. Recent increase/change in exercise duration, frequency of days/week, terrain (track, pavement, grass), or sporting event?
3. Have you performed the same exercise program or training program for over 6-8 weeks?
4. Inability or decrease in a sport type movement to one side vs. another? For example, a player can defend Left, not Right; longer stride on one side; stronger pedal stroke on one side; or decrease in vertical jump from side to side?
5. Point tenderness over the muscle belly, tendon, ligaments, or bone? Note: Point tenderness over a bone with inability to bear weight must be followed up with a physician to rule out fracture.
6. Swelling or heat within a joint not resolved 1-2 hours after exercise or when compared to the other working joints of the body.
7. Pain in the leg or arm that increases or decreases in severity with exercise?
8. Inability to balance on one leg for the same duration from Right to Left?
9. Tightness or strength differences for the same muscle group from Right to Left?
10. Repeated hamstring or groin pulls or repeated incidents of the same problem without complete recovery? (ie treating the symptoms not the cause)
11. Inability to perform a single leg squat without the knee traveling in toward the center.

for this and other articles please also check;http://www.bodymechanicsatl.com/blog/index.html
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Group Fitness, group training, Mini Boot Camps Atlanta

2008-02-08T22:36:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta, I have group training sessions, fitness sessions, in a boot camp style workouts. These sessions are done in the Buckhead, Midtown to the Vinings, to perimeter mall area and, these sessions are done at Such places as Post Appartments, 1280 West Condos, One Buckhead loop, Gables appartments. I have groups on going and adding more all the time, please contact jeff at http://www.fitnesswithjeff.com 404.451.8872

Spin workout program, Seat hieght for your bike

2008-01-26T14:41:00.000-05:00

Continuing ths exercise series on Spin bike exercise and enjoyment, probably the most iportant thing is the proper seat hieght for you. If the seat is too low, you won¹t be able to get enough leg extension on the downstroke and your legs will tire out faster. If it's too high, you'll be straining to reach and might injure yourself. Here's a good rule to follow: Your upstroke knee should never exceed hip level, while your downstroke knee should be about 85 percent straight. And don't grip the handlebars too tightly, as this will increase the tension in your neck and shoulders. Hopefully this was informative and helpful for you, http://www.fitnesswithjeff.com

Spin workout program, bike your way to a better workout

2008-01-23T20:37:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group, several of you have asked me to for a spin, bike program, this program is a mix of bike and our basic Boot camp styled workout that you most of you know and love. So here it is: 50 minute spin program Total time 53 with a 3-minute break
This program is designed for the person that is in relatively good shape but not pro’s on the bike or spin classes and is broken down by time.
5 warm-ups off the bike, this includes stretching and loosening up
5 minutes of core work, abs and low back work
5 minutes warm-up on the bike easy pace both sitting on the seat and coming off
Break down: 2 minutes on the seat 2 minutes off the seat, higher intensity and 1 minute warm down.
5 minutes of plyometerics, i.e. wall pushups, wall dips, lunges, squats, jumping jacks, simulated jump rope, and knee pushups etc.
5 minutes back on the bike, 1-minute warm-up on the seat or off, 3minute higher intensity run off the seat, 1 minute warm down.exercise
5 minute plyometeric same as above boot camp style.
BREAK 3-minute break for water, bathroom, more intensive coaching consultaqtion etc,
10 minute interval training on the bike
Breakdown 2 minute warm-up, 2 minute picking up the pace, getting off the seat, 1 minute bringing down the pace and sitting on the saddle, 2 minute picking up the pace getting off the seat, 1 minute bring in down the pace, 2 minute getting off the saddle, 1 minute back on the seat.
8-minute abs and plyometeric set similar to above
2-minute stretch and loosen down period, congrads you survived were done!

Atlanta Condo Gyms that the Atlanta personal trainer recommends

2008-01-21T16:41:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, in this post I will give my picks of the best Condo gyms in Atlanta 30305, These gyms are in no paticular order but ones that I enjoy going to seeing my clients for personal training and group fitness. The Ovation next to the ESPN on Peachtree road has a great large space totalling more then 1000 foot gym with excellent areobic activity and free wieghts, other gyms with similar space and amenenities include the One Buckhead Loop, The Eclipse, The Paramount also 1 tennis court, Paces 325 has a great spaces as well and also has one tennis court. other top flight gyms would include, The Grandview, Terminus and coming in 2009 the Mansion.

Group fitness programs

2008-01-16T20:35:00.000-05:00

Programs for personal training and tennis instruction for appartments, Condos and work situations. They're hour long sessions and I can work with with up to 10 people or so and 1 to 2 nights per week. My rate for the hour for groups would be $75 for the hour.
My style is Boot camp with Palladis, stretching and core work and aerobic activity. This program would be perfect for a aerobic room, or gym facility. This can be a coed program or just women or men. please contact me for more,.

Arm workout program, from the Atlanta personal trainer

2008-01-10T21:10:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta training group, here is a sample arm workout program, for more muscle, fewer reps more weight, 8-25 reps. I recommend work each body partout 2/3 per week
Biceps
-Incline Dumbbell Curl
The right angle for building big biceps.
-Supinating Dumbbell Curl
Maximize your bicep growth & work your forearms in the process w/ a twist of the wrist.
-Standing EZ-Bar Curl
Take a stand with this biceps blaster
-Hammer Curl
Use a neutral grip to bring symmetry to your arms.
-Alternating Dumbbell Curl
Focus on each arm with this bicep movement
-Rope Hammer Curl
Get bigger biceps with this cable version of the hammer curl
-Palms-Up Dumbbell Curl
Changing your hand position will target your biceps differently.

Leg workout program

2008-01-08T23:32:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta training group, here is a sample leg program, for more muscle, fewer reps more weight, 8-25 reps
-The Power Clean Build strength and speed with this total body exercise.
-One-Legged Romanian Deadlift
Work the hams and calves with this balance-heavy dumbbell move.
-Smith-Machine Squat
Squat without having to worry about balancing the weight
-Leg Press
Leg Press may allow you to use about twice as much weight as you use in the squat.
-Alternating Dumbbell Lunge
Use this ultra-effective move to work your glutes, hams and quads.
-Romanian Deadlift
Target your hams and glutes with this straight-legged exercise
-Lying Leg Curl
This basic exercise will target your hamstrings.
-Seated Leg Curl
Target your hamstring with a variation of a favorite exercise.
-Standing Leg Curl
Use this variation of the leg curl to target your hamstrings.
-Standing Calf Raise (posted )
Work both major calf muscles with this straight-legged exercise

Fitness strategy's for life

2008-01-03T15:11:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group
It's Not That Hard to Find Time for Fitness and activity.
The key, is to use your time more wisely. Think about killing two birds w/ one stone.
-Take your kids to the park or ride bikes together, and you're getting physical activity while enjoying family time, he says. Beyond that, go for a hike, take the kids swimming, or play hide-and-seek, tag, softball, or horseshoes in the backyard.
-At work, he says, schedule a meeting on the jogging track or on the golf course.
Also, forget the idea that you have to trudge to the gym and spend an hour or more doing a formal workout. Instead, you can work short spurts of physical activity into -your day. Maybe park that car a little farher out in that parking lot.
-Everyone has or can make 20 minutes. Everyone has 10 minutes to jump rope, and sometimes that's better than 20 minutes of walking or running.
Indeed, squeezing in two or three bouts of 15 or 20 minutes of activity is just as effective as doing it all at once. Vacuuming the house in the morning, riding bikes in the park with the kids in the afternoon, then taking a brisk walk in the evening can add up to an active day.
Recent U.S. government guidelines say that to lose weight and keep it weight off, you should accumulate at least 60 minutes of exercise a day. But half an hour a day is all you need to reap the health and disease-fighting benefits of exercise.

Mixup that workout

2007-12-29T21:01:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta group, always tell my people and when I work with my folks to switchup the workout from time to time, I suggest changing up exercises, reps, grips,duration of time of the workout etc about every 4 weeks. This called shocking your workout, give it a try in your workout program.

Running for fitness

2007-12-24T21:24:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta tennis group, here are some thoughts If your thinking about running and jogging to add to your overall fitness program, these are some ideas to think about for both the begginer and advanced runners,
for the begginer start out slowly, one techique is doing walk/run,
Training Level Definitions:
-Moderate: If you select a moderate program, your training miles will increase by about 10 percent per week. Your pace will increase very gradually.
-Hard: If you select a hard program, your miles will increase by about 15 percent per week. Your pace will increase very gradually.
-Very Hard: If you select a very hard program, your miles will increase by about 15 percent per week. Your pace will increase quite dramatically.
-Training Level Definitions

Chest exercises and technique and some hints

2007-12-20T10:33:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness and personal training group. Here are some of my key
Chest exercises and technique and some hints for there use in your workout.

I like to warmup with some light shoulder exercises and do some wall pushups wall pushups.For more size less reps more weight 8-12 reps more tone more reps less weight
-Incline Dumbbell Press
Dumbbells allow you to work through a greater range of motion and force each side of the body to work independently.
-Decline Barbell Press
Build size and strength and really isolate the chest.
-Cable Crossover
With the heavy pressing movements completed, do some "detailing exercises" that really deliver the pump. With the cable crossover, the focus is on good form and feeling the muscle contract.
-Smith-Machine Incline Press
Use an incline to target your upper pecs
-Flat-Bench Dumbbell Press (posted )
work each side independently,use dumbbells in a variation of the classic bench press.
-Flat-Bench Dumbbell Flye
Add depth and definition to your chest with this flat-bench move
-Smith-Machine Incline-Bench Press (posted )Use this gym staple to lift
more during this classic pec exercise
Incline Dumbbell Flye
Isolate your upper pecs with this variation on the flat-bench flye. I like to do 2/3 sets spread over about 45 minutes 2/4 times per week depending on your level/ fitness

Abdominal Training (Abs workout)

2007-12-17T20:36:00.000-05:00

I like to use this program at the begging of all my workouts to warm, it is a very good way to loosen up and get the workout off to a quick and a low impact start. On each each movement contract or suck the stomach in, it helps to really isolate the

abs Seated Knee Up crunch for all these exercises I recommend starting out with 20-50 reps working up to about 60 repes per exercise for a period of about 5-10 min
Bicycles crunch, Just as it imply’s move the legs in a bicyle motion while lying on your back
Medicine Ball Pass
Add this ab blaster to your current routine to shake things up!
Oblique Cable Crunch
Throw in a twist to carve up your obliques!
Crunch, basic type crunch
Use this basic move to tighten your midsection
Hanging Knee Raise
Target your lower abs with this advanced movement
V-up Balance is the secret ingredient in this exercise that makes it an ultimate ab-flattener.
Swiss-Ball Reverse Crunch
By using a Swiss Ball, you will target your lower abs better and get a ripped midsection
Swiss-Ball Crunch
This scientifically-proven variation of the basic crunch will work your midsection more effectively.

Triceps Workout exercise program, advanced body building strategy

2007-12-13T22:14:00.000-05:00

This program is designed for the advanced body builder to really shock those triceps, For more size do more weight and less reps (6-8) for more toning do less weight and more reps (12-25). These would be examples of the exercises to do, sorry I don't have pictures but i tryed to make the exercises descriptive.
Triceps Dip, this can be done a dip bar which is a parrell bar machine, also can be done on a bench, A compound move for adding arm size
Skull-Crusher
Put added emphasis on the long head with this triceps movement, grasp wieght tightly and turn the wieght upside-down over your head
Rope Pressdown
Burn your tri's with this isolation exercise
Close-Grip Bench Press
change in grip turns this chest exercise into a tricep tightener.
Seated Two-Hand Overhead Extension,
Target your triceps with this shaping movement
Dumbbell Kickbacks
final exercise with lighter weight and super-strict form.
I recommend 2 to 3 sets, switching the order can also spice up the workout.
Good luck and great workout.

Comparing running on Roads and the Treadmills, strategys and thoughts

2007-12-13T21:44:00.000-05:00

Running on roads can be quite a shock to the system if you're not used to it, I had a personal training client who was disappointed in his performance and struggling to see past this temporary setback, This is the practical training advice to help him succeed in pounding the streets and moving from the gym and his treadmill.
His running question "I have just started running outside (with a GPS watch), whereas previously all my running was on a treadmill. I've found it so much tougher outside, it's really depressing! Either I stick to my treadmill speed and can only manage half the distance I would normally expect to do, or I run at a comfortable pace, which is about 1mph less than I would normally run indoors. Is this just me or do others find a big difference. The answer is yes but with some of the below stategys's and thoughts. First Making time to run is more important than where you do it, I recommend running in a variety of surfaces and different times of the day etc. Increasing the belt speed is the best way to mimic running outdoors
Running on a treadmill is easier than running outside. I tend to set my treadmill to one mph faster than my outside speed to get the same as an outside workout. I personally wouldn't set an incline on your treadmill to replicate running outside as it doesn't use the leg muscles in the same way. Although that's good for all-round toning, if you clock up loads of miles on the treadmill it'll build up your calves in the wrong places. · Structure your sessions according to your goals
• It all comes down to why you run. If it's for fitness, it does not matter that you are slower outside, a workout is a workout. Follow a training plan and you will get faster and fitter. If you are training for a race (highly recommended, especially somewhere different to where you live and train), then you need to run outside. If you run because you love running then this is a moot point - who in their right mind wants to run on the spot breathing in stale air? As for jeering idiots, the population is getting fatter while you're getting fitter, so think happy smug thought and keep running

Weight training do's and don'ts

2007-12-12T20:25:00.000-05:00

The weight-training can have an exciting time in the gym if they follow certain rules and avoid one or two machines. The machines to avoid in an upper body workout, except perhaps on the day of competition, would be to avoid a military press. A military press machine can often lead to impingement syndrome of the shoulder with pain while trying to do overhead work. Instead of using the military press, because it is important to exercise those muscles, you can get the same results by doing an incline press.
When doing upper-body strengthening, you want to keep your hands in your peripheral vision at all times. If you can't see your hands and fingers, the benefit of that exercise has been shown to be minimal. So if you are grabbing the bar and pulling it down behind your head, you should not go further to the point that you can't see your fingers and rather perhaps you should put it in front of you.
Most of the equipment to exercise your upper body has handles that are placed for a generic 5-foot-8-inch to 5-foot-10-inch man with a certain build. Even though the handles are put at a certain distance it is important to grab the bars at a shoulder-width distance apart. Doing wide grip lifts, except on the day of competition, offer little advantage compared to a narrow grip lift and a narrow lift grip will not injure certain parts of the shoulder.
In the lower body you should try to avoid seated leg-extension exercises. When you do seated leg-extension exercises to strengthen the medialis the patella tendon, often in people too numerous to count, can't tolerate the exercise because of the weight and the stress that's placed at the ankle. Patients come in with either arthritis of the kneecap or patella tendon pain. Simply stopping the exercise, that is, the leg extension, and substituting a one-third knee bend with an elastic cord to offer resistance, can give the same buildup of muscles without the detriment of injury.
Most exercises in the lower body should be done with a short arc eccentric load, because squatting down fully, while exciting to the trainer, offers no advantage for the muscle and only allows for injury to occur

Comon injuries of part-time athletes. Tips to avoid and to lesses injuries

2007-12-12T19:55:00.000-05:00

Our body long to be active, But we need to temper it with a consistent program, so that when we do go out and participate in tennis, running, swimming, golf, whatever it is, that the muscle memory is there so that that body part performs without getting injured. As you get older into your 40s and 50s because the body loses the memory of the muscles and so it takes more time to warm up the muscle and if you use it in a competitive way without warming up, you're going to injure yourself. The other part is start out slowly but a exercise program, this where are a personal trainer or other fitness pro can help, bad technique can lead to real programs.
The other part is once a program warmup slowly, I like to start out with abs(Situps, crunches etc.) training

In the upper body it's a seasonal thing. In spring and summer men and women like to play tennis, baseball or softball, generalized overhead racquet sports. Early March April here in Atlanta especially is when we see rotator cuff tears, that is, shoulder muscle tears. That's simply because the muscles have never warmed up and the winter has passed and they haven't used that body part. The other problem with the upper body is the weight training clients that insist on doing high weights with low repetitions, as opposed to doing low weights with high repetitions.

The common lower body problems are with joggers, runners and to a lesser extent walkers who increase their mileage suddenly and may go out while they're used to doing two miles, and suddenly do 20, and get knee pains that promote early arthritis to the knee, because they didn't build up the muscles around the knee, that is, the quadriceps muscle. People don't stretch because it is annoying, but when they start playing running sports like baseball or soccer, they get groin injuries, hamstring tears and even some foot injuries.
With good form understanding your limits and hopefully some good coaching these problems can be minized

Gyms, workout facility's personal training facilities Atlanta GA 30308, 30309 and 30305

2007-12-06T13:31:00.000-05:00

These gyms and workout facilities offer fullservice personal training, free wieghts and arobic training and more.
Eagle Claw Kung Fu Center - www.eagleclawatl.com
931 Monroe Dr NE # 206 30309, Atlanta - (404) 724-9303
1 review, directions, and more »

Fitness Factory - www.ffatl.com
500 Amsterdam Ave NE # 30308, Atlanta - (404) 815-7900
3 reviews, directions, and more »

Family Life Center - www.spdl.org
2715 Peachtree Rd NE 30305, Atlanta - (404) 231-0375
2 reviews, directions, and more »

Cardio Exercises tips and how to's,

2007-12-03T10:32:00.000-05:00

5 Tips to Lose Belly Fat
Stop making this 1 major mistake & you'll finally lose your belly fat. This article cam from www.BellyFlabIsUgly.com and I agree very much with the contend, I preach these concepts to my personal training clients here in Atlanta

Ready To Work For That Better Body? Unveil Your True Self Today.
Understanding-WeightLoss.com
With almost 40% of Americans overweight, it's clear that many of us are not following the latest fitness guidelines that prescribe an hour of exercise a day. In fact, there was no doubt a collective groan when people realized they would now have to find an hour each day to do something they can't seem to find 5 minutes for. How important are these guidelines and what can you do to make them fit into your life?
The Simple Facts About Cardio

Before we talk about how much cardio you should do, you should at least know why it's so important. Cardiovascular exercise simply means that you're involved in an activity that raises your heart rate to a level where you're working, but can still talk (aka, in your Target Heart Rate Zone). Here's why cardio is so important:

It's one way to burn calories and help you lose weight
It makes your heart strong so that it doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood
It increases your lung capacity
It helps reduce risk of heart attack, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes
It makes you feel good
It helps you sleep better
It helps reduce stress
I could go on all day, but you get the point
Bottom line: you need cardio if you want to get your weight under control and get your stress to a tolerable level.

Top 5 personal training tips

2007-12-01T22:12:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group I found this article on this site and thought you might be interested and was reprinted from happy guy.com . http://www.thehappyguy.com
Top Fitness Tips...
...according to Atlanta Personal Trainer Corey Ritter
by Corey Ritter

Atlanta personal trainer, to provide his top five fitness tips for increased energy and reduced stress to share with my Daily Dose of Happiness readers. Here is what we shared with the readership...

Atlanta Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #1:

Eat lean protein every three hours! Proteins main function: Help build and maintain healthy muscle. Which in-turn will help increase your metabolic rate to assist in burning body fat. Good sources: Egg Whites, Chicken Breast, Sirloin Lean Steak, Lean Ground Turkey, Fresh Fish, Protein Shakes.

Atlanta Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #2:

Walk around the block. There are many benefits to be gained from walking. These can include more energy, deeper and more satisfying sleep, stronger leg muscles, lower body fat, higher metabolic rate, and reduce stress! Everyday for 20-30 minutes at a brisk walk. Preferably first thing in the morning!

Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #3:

Stretch, Stretch, Stretch. Anytime, but at least once a day one week before the wedding. Increases flexibility, reduces stress, improve coordination, increase circulation and it feels good, just to name a few benefits. Hold each stretch for a minimum of 10-30 seconds, repeat 2-3 times.

Atlanta Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #4:

Avoid simple carbs! Their rapid absorption increases the chances of sugar converting to fat! Stay away from foods like: Bagels, pies, cakes, potato chips, many ready-to-eat cereals, white pasta, white bread, juice drinks with added sugar, alcohol, candy, soda pop, and syrup!

Atlanta Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #5:

Drink plenty of fresh, clean water. Yes, I know that you have probably heard this one over and over again. But there's a reason for that - it's that important! It aids in fat loss, detoxifies the liver & kidneys, & carries away waste from the body. It's recommended for best results to consume 8 10-ounce glasses of water per day.

Corporate wellness programs, group training at your location, advantages to your company and things to think about before starting a workout program.

2007-11-25T15:02:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Group, I assist seveal company's on there health and wellness programs and compiled this document to address the conserns and interest of the folks who have contacted me.

Advantage to your company
• Happier and healthier employees
• Improved productivity and morale
• Reduced absenteeism
. Employees get to know each other better, improved morale

Why use a personal group workour professional?
1) 70% of illnesses are due to lifestyle-related causes such as obesity and physical inactivity.
2) Obese individuals spend more on both healthcare services
and medication than daily smokers and heavy drinkers.
3) The annual per capita increase in medical expenditures and absenteeism associated with obesity ranges from $450 to $2,500 per obese employee.
4) Employers implementing health promotion programs have
achieved a 28% reduction in sick leave, 26% reduction in direct health care costs, and 30% reduction in costs related to worker’s compensation.

Help your employees achieve optimal fitness levels while lowering your healthcare costs. I will create healthy lifestyle program that fits the specific needs of your business and your employees.

Our program offering includes, but is not limited to:
• Customized workouts
• Nutrition assessments
. Body fat analysis
• Personal training services at your on-site facility
• Group exercise classes (Early A.M., Lunchtime, or After work)
• Lunch ‘n’ Learn seminars
• Health Fairs
. Flexible schedules
. Fun and interactive fitness training

Benefits of resistance training

2007-11-24T19:57:00.000-05:00

The benefits of regular resistance training include:
Increased muscle strength, power, endurance and size
Increased bone density and strength, Reduced body fat, Increased muscle-to-fat ratio
Boosted metabolism (burning more kilojoules when at rest)
Lowered heart rate and blood pressure after exercise (thought to reduce the risk of heart disease), Improved balance & stability, Enhanced performance of everyday tasks
Reduced risk of developing some conditions like diabetes.

The best methods for performing these exercises, Resistant bands, free wieghts, exercise machines, own body weight, I can assist you with these exercises.

Personal Training For Women

2007-11-24T19:30:00.000-05:00

Weight training for women in Atlanta GA. If you are a woman who is interested in losing fat, gaining strength, increasing muscle tone, and transforming her physique--YOU SHOULD BE WEIGHT TRAINING! Personal Training By Jeff Can Help >>

Pilates training, Background and exercise info

2007-11-23T21:19:00.000-05:00

The Pilates Method of body conditioning was developed by German Joseph Pilates more than 70 years ago. For many years, Pilates training remained a well-kept secret in the world of dance and the performing arts. In recent years the growing interest in "mind/body" exercise has brought Pilates concepts to the forefront of fitness training. At Fitness with Jeff incorporates these techinques into my workout & personal training programs, These exercises are low impact & impactful.
The Pilates Method comprises more than 500 exercises, performed as a mat-based workout or using special resistance equipment developed by Joseph Pilates and emphasizing spring resistance.
The central concept of Pilates training is strengthening the so-called "Powerhouse" or core of the body - the deep abdominal muscles, buttock muscles and the muscles around the spine. A training program based on Pilates will stabilize the pelvis and shoulder girdle, stretching and strengthening the entire body with movement initiating from "the center".

Mr Road Rage Comedian Chris Kauffman's hitting the gym and working out.

2007-11-22T09:15:00.000-05:00

I have a local Atlanta based celebrity and local comedian Chris
> Kauffman, the star of Mr. Road Rage the TV commercial for the Georgia Clean Air Campaign who is undertaking a major physical
> transformation, Chris is currently about 6'3"and 340
> pounds. Other then the poundage Chris is very good
> shape. Over the next couple of months watch as Chris
> drops the weight and slims down. Please also check
> out Chris's website at http://www.chriskauffman.com to
> checkout the before pictures. Chris's program will
> include weight training, nutritional.

"Check out Chris Kauffman's outrageous portrayal of Mr. Road Rage
in
the TV commercial for the Clean Air Campaign when you watch his comedy
demo
video at www.YouTube.com by typing in "Chris Kauffman" in the Search
bar on
the home page."

Personal training for women, Atlanta Ga

2007-11-21T19:53:00.000-05:00

Personal training for women, Atlanta Ga, Atlanta Personal training with Fitness with Jeff

Fitness programs, personal for a great overall bodywork tailored for your individual needs with all of your health and exercise concerns in mind! If you want to lose weight, tone up 'specific' body parts…including tummy, thighs, buns and arms; I can
help you reach those fitness goals! I understand that as women get
older, you’re body changes and your fitness and health needs and goals
maybe different today than they were 10 years ago. I understand that
It doesn't matter if you ever had a Personal Trainer
before, or even if you ever worked out in your life!
Certified Health Professional will come
right to your doorstep or have facilities available and might be even be able to team you up with another client or clients which is more economical and builds a level of support. I will devise a fitness program based on YOUR unique and individual
needs and goals. I provide a wide variety of fitness services
that are all custom tailored to fit your fitness needs. Give us a call
today or email and let us have the
opportunity to assist you with your fitness goals.

Nationally Certified Fitness Trainer Jeff Michaud of
Atlanta Georgia

Atlanta Personal training, Tennis instruction by
Fitness with Jeff, USPTA and AMFPT certified, I can come to your gym or tennis court or have facilities available. I’ve been in business for over 10 years working with all ages and skill levels for both Tennis lessons and or Personal training. I serve the Buckhead, Midtown, downtown, Peachtree Hills, and surrounding areas of Atlanta Georgia.

Advantages of Working out and physical fitness training, with a personal trainer

2007-11-20T20:34:00.000-05:00

Advantages of Working out and physical fitness, with a personal trainer
· Increased energy stamina and endurance- Life can be crazy at times. You will enjoy having the extra energy to spend time with the kids, go out with friends, take up a sport or improve at the one you do now.
· Overall confidence - Knowing that you are making progress will do wonders for your self-esteem and confidence.
· Motivation and Accountability - There may be days where you don't feel like working out, we will give you the extra push to keep you on track towards your fitness goals!
· Seeing is Believing- You feel great when you have to donate those old clothes that don't fit you anymore.
· Better mobility for sports and other activities, Jeff has programs designed around your choice of sport or activity, Tennis and running in particular.
· Proper form and technique. Nothing worse then using incorrect form & either do the exercise wrong & having no gain or causing Injury.
· Flexible schedules to work with your busy schedule. This is a benefit specifically to working with Fitness with Jeff, Same day appointments,

Weight training tip, don't grip wieghts to tightly

2007-11-17T14:24:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, one thing people ask me is how tight to grip the wieghts for the dumbells, and machine wieghts, I always tell people to grip only as tight as you need so the wieghts don't slip, I see lots of wieght lifers with there forarms quivering from holding on to tight. Just check yourself next time you lift wieghts.

Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon

2007-11-14T14:36:00.000-05:00

My Clients at Fitness with Jeff Atlanta love this event, great way to get out of the house. Enjoy...Jeff

Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon
Run Where the Olympians Ran Celebrate the 46th
Running of The Atlanta Marathon!
Race Date: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2007

Start Times: Half Marathon: 7:00AM; Full Marathon: 7:30AM

Course closes: 12:30 p.m.

Distances:
Marathon: 26.2 mile footrace; a loop course
Half Marathon: 13.1-mile footrace; begins at halfway point of the full marathon

Start Locations:
Marathon: Outside Turner Field, downtown Atlanta
Half Marathon: Peachtree Rd. (just north of Clairmont Rd. intersection) within walking distance of Chamblee MARTA station (Atlanta Marathon/Half Marathon Course Map)

Getting to the Races On Time!
Marathon: Carpooling is encouraged.
Half Marathon: Because of the large crowd at the Half Marathon, plan to arrive NO LATER THAN 6:15AM (or earlier if possible). The start & finish are located near MARTA rail stations. We STRONGLY urge runners to take MARTA to the start because of traffic congestion and limited parking in the area. (Only you can prevent gridlock.)

Eligibility:
All runners who have trained for a 26.2 mile footrace for the Marathon or 13.1 miles for the Half Marathon are eligible to enter. Minimum age for runners of the marathon is 16; for the half marathon is 12. For safety, no wheeled vehicles or wheeled means of conveyance (i.e., bikes, skates, baby joggers) are permitted in the footrace. Marathoners should be prepared to finish the race within five hours.

Registration:

Online registration: Half Marathon | Full Marathon

2007 REGISTRATION DEADLINES: (late fees apply after November 7)

Register online until midnight on Sunday, November 18, 2007.

Postmark no later than Friday, November 2, 2007.

In Person to the Atlanta Track Club by 5:00PM, Wednesday, November 7, 2007.

Late entries will be accepted in person at packet pick-up on Tuesday ONLY, November 20, 11AM-8PM. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 8PM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.

Entry Fees:

Online entry fee through 5PM, November 7: $50 Marathon; $35 Half.

Mail in entry fee through 5PM, November 7: $55 Marathon; $40 Half.
a portion of each entry fee will be donated to help feed Atlanta’s hungry on Thanksgiving.

AFTER NOVEMBER 7: To strongly discourage late entry, the late fee is $70.00 for the full marathon and $60.00 for the half marathon; correct T-shirt size is not guaranteed. Late entries will be accepted in person at packet pick-up on Tuesday ONLY, November 20, 11AM-8PM. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 8PM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
Switching Races:
Runners wishing to change from the Marathon to Half Marathon (or vice versa) after their entries have been processed, may do so until 7:30PM, Wednesday, November 21, at the Race Expo. Those switching on race day will be disqualified.

REMINDER: NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 8PM,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.

Packets will not be mailed. Packets must be picked up at the Expo, InterContinental Hotel, 3315 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, (404) 946-9000:

• Tuesday, November 20, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

• Wednesday, November 21, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

• Packets will contain bib number and timing chip. If you do not wish to be in the results, you may turn in your chip at the Expo.

• Race packet may be picked up by third party if copy of entrant's I.D. is presented.

No packet pick-up on race day either at the hotel or race start.
No packets will be mailed; No packets available at ATC office.

Awards and T-Shirts:

All participants receive 100% cotton long-sleeve T-shirts at packet pick-up. You will be given the size indicated on application.

For each race, awards will be given on race day to the overall male and female finishers; awards to the first masters male & female and to the top three in each age division (excluding overall winners) will be mailed.

Special commemorative medals will be awarded to full marathoners indicating their finish times in under 3 hours; under 3:30; or under 4:00. All other finishers in under 5 hours for the full marathon and all half marathon finishers will also receive a finisher's medal.

Age Divisions:
Marathon and Half Marathon, Men & Women:
19 & under, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74 and 75+.
Fluids:
There will be water at both starts, and water & PowerAde at intervals along the course as well as the finish.

Half Marathon Baggage:
A baggage tag will be included in Half Marathon race packets. Baggage transportation is not necessary for Marathon runners as the course is a closed loop. Do not bring valuables. the Atlanta Track Club is not responsible for lost or damaged articles. Tagged bags will be transported from start to finish area baggage claim.

dropping Out:
The Marathon course will close once runners doing a 5-hour pace have passed. Volunteers cannot be asked to wait longer. Course volunteers will assist runners who wish to drop out.

Course Descriptions: (Click here to download a pdf map course (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

Marathon: Loop course (starting at Turner Stadium), the first third of which runs north & gradually climbs to a relatively flat middle third with turn-around near the half way point. The final third is rolling to the finish. All streets are multi-laned with one lane dedicated to the Marathon. Streets are not closed to traffic; however, intersections will be monitored by police and official volunteers.

Half Marathon: Point-to-point course on multi-laned streets with two lanes dedicated to the Half Marathon. The first third is relatively flat; the middle has two significant hills; the final third is rolling down to the finish. Streets will not be closed to traffic; however, intersections will be monitored by police and official volunteers.

Refreshments: Coca-Cola, PowerAde, and other refreshments will be provided.

ATLANTA MARATHON and HALF MARATHON EXPO 2007
EXPO 2007 is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, Nov. 20 and Wednesday, Nov. 21 - 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

InterContinental Hotel, 3315 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, (404) 946-9000
Packet pick-up is at the Expo both days.
Late Entries will NOT be accepted after Tuesday, November 20.

The latest in fitness gear and health related products will be on display with some products available for sampling & purchase.

Questions: Call the Atlanta Track Club (404) 231-9064

Hotel Accommodations:

Book online with HCI Travel: Click here

3399 Peachtree Road

Suite 2000

Atlanta, Georgia 30326

404-841-3100 Phone

404-841-3110 FAX

Tips for working out, jogging during the winter

2007-11-11T12:40:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitness group, weather is getting cooler, remember is your running outsite that you loose more then 50 of your body heat though your head, so wear that hat when Running, Jogging or doing any physcal activity especially when the temperature goes below 40. Also still remember to drink plenty of fluids just because it not hot your body still needs hydration during physcal exercise and other activity

Walk and even better run with your dog

2007-11-09T11:29:00.000-05:00

Walk and even better run with your dog. People that run/walk with the dog are 50 percent more likely to keep the pounds off, Great for your dog to. Right now in my personal training practice I have 3 people who take there dog on runs/ walks. For a couple of the clients I hold the the dog so they don't have to worry about Fido smelling the fire hyratt or chasing squirels etc. I even have one client that pays me in addition to working her out to run her dogs, all in a days work for your Atlanta personal trainer, Tennis too!!!

Stretching within fitness training

2007-11-04T21:28:00.000-05:00

Hello Atlanta Fitnes, I found another great article involving stretching and fitness
The Basics: Stretch Your Fitness Limits
In the quest for fitness, don't overlook flexibility
By Barbara Russi Sarnataro
WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-FeatureReviewed by Kathleen M. Zelman, LD, RD, MPH, MDWe all know that aerobic exercise, strength training, and nutrition are three components of a balanced fitness regime. But there's another, just as important, component that's often overlooked: stretching.

"It's the one area that is completely being neglected," says Michael Anthony George, a personal trainer to celebrities including Reese Witherspoon and Christian Slater.

Why is flexibility -- the ability to move joints and muscles through their full range of motion so important?

First off, staying flexible means avoiding injury and pain. Without stretching, tendons, ligaments and muscles will shorten, causing damage over time, says George, owner of Integrated Motivational Fitness.

"If a certain muscle group is weak, stiff, or tight, the body will actually hijack peripheral muscles to aid in that movement," he says. "Over time, these muscles can become injured."

For example, if someone is reaching into the car to pick up groceries and is not strong enough in the abdominals, arms, and legs, "they are going to use their back. If the motion can't come from where it needs to come from, it'll come from somewhere else," says exercise physiologist Robyn Stuhr, administrative director with the Women's Sports Medicine Center at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Aliesa George (no relation to Michael Anthony George), owner of Centerworks Pilates in Wichita, Kan., sees the benefits of improved flexibility in her clients on a daily basis. Staying flexible, she says:

Counters the shortening that occurs when muscles are repeatedly used -- as in exercise or a repetitive daily activity -- and keeps muscles elastic
Increases the range of motion in joints
Decreases joint pain and stress
Improves balance, stability, and circulation
Aids athletic performance, relaxation, and posture
In fact, Michael George says poor posture is the No. 1 problem he sees. He uses the term "collapsed thoracic syndrome" to describe the rounded and raised shoulders and tight necks often caused by slumping over a computer monitor for hours at a time,

"It happens gradually and we don't even notice," he says. "One day we look in the mirror and find our shoulders are a little rounded."

Good posture, he says, "prevents injury, speeds recovery, and improves physical appearance." But of all its benefits, a better appearance is the one he stresses to his clients. "People are concerned about body image," he says. "They don't care about injuries until they have them. Out of sight, out of mind."

In a sense, stretching can also help you stay young. "As most people get older, they experience gradual losses in flexibility, partially due to aging and partially due to lack of activity and exercise," Stuhr says.

This not only affects your workouts, but it can also affect the ability to perform daily tasks, like reaching to put away groceries or turning your head to look behind you while driving. The good news is that no matter what your age, you can improve your flexibility and with it, your quality of life.

"It's never too late to increase flexibility," says Aliesa George. "It just takes regular practice."

Stretching and Exercise
Though some studies have concluded otherwise, the fitness experts interviewed for this article say they believe that doing aerobic or strength-training exercise without stretching does increase the risk of injury.

Give Your Workout a Break! split workouts

2007-10-29T21:55:00.000-04:00

Hello Atlanta personal training, group, I found this article about breaking up your workouts, I would tend to agree with this but from my experience it is better and more practical to do 2 40 minute workout several hour appart, I find that I would have more energy 4-5 hours after a workout, the below article talkes about breaking up by 20 minutes, seems to have some merits, I really like to and believe in shock works meaning to very your workouts and durations of time and exercises.

Thought it was a interesting article and thought you might like it.
Give Your Workout a Break

Want to burn more fat and calories when you walk, swim, or run? Then take a break.

The rate at which your body burns fuel may be boosted even higher if you break up a long cardio session into two back-to-back 30-minute sessions with a 20-minute break in between. Breather, anyone? (see below ↓)

Start. Stop. Repeat.
How can scientists tell that a 20-minute rest helps rev up your fat burning? Men in a study who did just that (in between 30-minute sessions on a stationary bike) showed elevated blood levels of free fatty acids -- higher blood levels than those produced during a single 60-minute cycling session. And that bump in free fatty acids is a sign of increased fat burning: Circulating blood levels of free fatty acids go up when your body starts to break down fat.

More Ways to Burn Fat
Here are a few more ways to boost the fat- and calorie-burning powers of your power workouts:
Do cardio before strength training. Here's why . . .
Eat more of this.
Build some muscle. The more muscle you have, the more readily your body burns calories.

Shin soreness through exercises, cause and treatment

2007-10-25T21:46:00.000-04:00

I had a client come to me with a problem with shin soreness. We tried some different things like anti inflammatory- Ibuprofen to take away the inflammation and then hopefully the pain and soreness in addition, ice and when possible rest. We also did calf raises and calf stretches, quad stretches and leg extensions. My thinking was that she had shin splits and these would be the most reasonable exercises to resolve her problem. My client finally when this did not help went to see a specialist. The specialist came up with a diagnosis of a problem with weak ankles leading to the shin pain. The doctors theory is that my client Kim had just taken up tennis and had increased her activity so the calves were strong but the ankles were slower to develop and caused the pain to radiate from the ankle up the shins. The treatment is do the above-mentioned items but to add a few other exercises and strategies. The doctor told Kim that she needed to stretch, strengthen and build up the ankles. The first exercise is a series of exercises balancing on a pillow, Calf raises, ankles and feet turned inwards and outwards, and I recommend about 30 repetitions. The next exercise is do one leg balancing on the pillow; this is done to work on the balance for the ankle. We will even do such exercises as bicep curls, upright rows and other upper body exercises still standing on the pillow. There are also boards with half ball on the bottom that is called balance boards that are very helpful. We will let you know how Kim does in the coming weeks.

New and interesting health and fitness web site: glambody

2007-10-24T23:43:00.000-04:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group and my friends around the country. I have found a very cool health and fitness web site called http://www.glambody.com, it is new but is a very interesting concept for finding health information, even can find a personal trainer.

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Eating for the Holidays With Halloween

2007-10-24T23:35:00.000-04:00

Hello Atlanta fitness group, I found this article out a new site called: http://www.glambody.com, seemed like a very cool site I think you guys will like Eating for the Holidays With Halloween just around the corner, so is the rest of the Holiday Season. So with all the extra calories between candy and cocktails, pumpkin pie, and the extra serving of turkey, putting on weight is easy to do. Never mind trying to loose a couple pounds. So to put a halt on the weight gain, here are a few sure fire ways to do that :

Drink a glass of water before every cocktail and before hitiing the buffet table at the holiday party

Add 20-25 min of cardio (65-80% of Max heart rate) 2-3 times a week

Serve yourself small portions and try to have a small dinner salad with light dressing before your meals

Stock up on the veggies

Drink light beers

Stay away from sugary cocktails - have vodka with diet tonic or club with a lot fresh lime juice

Let face it, tryng to abstain from our favorite holiday foods impossible to do, so enjoy (in moderation!)

And remember, you can only play hard only if work hard! Eating for the Holidays With Halloween just around the corner, so is the rest of the Holiday Season. So with all the extra calories between candy and cocktails, pumpkin pie, and the extra serving of turkey, putting on weight is easy to do. Never mind trying to loose a couple pounds. So to put a halt on the weight gain, here are a few sure fire ways to do that :

Drink a glass of water before every cocktail and before hitiing the buffet table at the holiday party

Add 20-25 min of cardio (65-80% of Max heart rate) 2-3 times a week

Serve yourself small portions and try to have a small dinner salad with light dressing before your meals

Stock up on the veggies

Drink light beers

Stay away from sugary cocktails - have vodka with diet tonic or club with a lot fresh lime juice

Let face it, tryng to abstain from our favorite holiday foods impossible to do, so enjoy (in moderation!)

And remember, you can only play hard only if work hard!

Benefits of Regular Exercise

2007-10-23T21:29:00.000-04:00

The Incredible Benefits of Regular Exercise
You keep your skin clean. You condition your hair. You’re eating right. You’re doing all you can to look and feel great. But are you missing out on an important part of a healthier lifestyle?

No matter what your age or shape, you should exercise daily. Not only does exercise tone your body so you can wear your favorite jeans, it strengthens your muscles, keeps your bones strong, and improves your skin. And there are more benefits of exercise -- increased relaxation, better sleep and mood, strong immune function, and more. Let’s look at some of the incredible benefits of exercise, then talk about how you can get started.

Benefits of Regular Exercise: Weight Control
Because exercise helps use up oxygen, it causes your body to burn stored fat and helps you maintain a normal weight. For instance, if you walk 4 miles a day, four times a week, you can burn about 1,600 calories, or nearly half a pound a week. If you don’t change your diet at all and keep walking the same distance over six months, you'll lose 12 pounds. Walk the same distance for a year and you’ll drop 24 pounds!

The neat thing about exercise is you don’t have to do it all at one time. After all, not many teens have time to walk 4 miles after school! But you can do 4 miles in short bursts throughout your day. Here’s an idea of how to work that much exercise into your daily regimen:

Take a 1-mile walk on a treadmill before school. Then, take a 1-mile walk around the track during school lunch period.
Take a 1-mile walk after school with friends or the family dog.
Take a 1-mile walk on the treadmill while watching your favorite show before dinner.
If you stay with the walking program, you’ll see benefits with:

Weight loss
Muscle strengthening and definition
Stronger bones
A lower heart rate
Better mood
An improved complexion
Benefits of Regular Exercise: Stronger Muscles
Most people know that exercise keeps muscles strong. But did you know that strong muscles burn more calories? Muscle mass is metabolically active tissue. In other words, the more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn even when you’re not working out.

Studies estimate that for each pound of muscle you add to your body, you will burn an additional 35-50 calories per day. So an extra 5 pounds of muscle will burn about 175-250 calories a day, or an extra pound of fat every 14-20 days.

Because guys have more muscle mass, they burn calories faster and lose weight more easily than girls. So girls need to work out daily to stay strong and in shape.

Benefits of Regular Exercise: Stronger Bones
Regular, moderate exercise -- particularly weight-bearing exercises like walking, running, jogging, and dancing -- keeps your bones strong. Studies show that resistance (strengthening) exercises also boost bone mass and keep muscles strong.

This Article came from WebMd.com, liked the article very much.

Exercise Myths, From the Atlanta personal trainer

2007-10-21T14:44:00.000-04:00

Hello Atlanta Personal Training group, Just wanted to pass along a very good article I found, the site link is below if you want more fitness information
Misconceptions about exercise can sabotage your efforts to get in shape. Here are the facts behind 10 common myths.

In a recent Op-Ed piece in The New York Times, Martina Navratilova decried one of sport's most persistent myths - that women lack stamina and endurance. That's why their tennis matches are limited to three sets, while men's matches can go five sets. Actually, the physiological differences that make men more muscular than women confer no edge in endurance. Women can exercise at least as hard and long as men can. And they recover from a grueling workout significantly faster than men do.

While scientists and female athletes are finally laying that myth to rest, other antiquated notions about exercise have stubbornly persisted - and new misconceptions keep popping up. Such incorrect notions can discourage you from exercising or lead you to waste time, effort, or money on workouts that don't really work. They can even harm your health. Here are the facts about 10 unfounded fears, negative notions, and false hopes about working out.

Myth #1: While light exercise does yield some benefits, it's not nearly as beneficial as strenuous exercise.

Fact: Strenuous workouts do improve aerobic capacity far more than light or moderate workouts do. While that may improve athletic performance, it does not necessarily translate into a great health advantage.

The death rates from coronary heart disease, cancer, and all causes combined are much lower in moderate exercisers than in non exercisers; but they're only a little lower in heavy exercisers than in moderate exercisers. The same holds true for the risk of developing type II diabetes, by far the most common kind.

In addition, non strenuous exercise seems to reduce stress, anxiety, and blood pressure as effectively as strenuous exercise does. And moderate exercise like walking can do just as much to control weight as vigorous exercise like jogging, since the number of calories burned depends on how much ground you cover, not how fast you cover it. In fact, moderate exercise is potentially more effective than vigorous for most people, since they can walk much further than they can run.

Myth #2: You can lose fat from specific parts of your body by exercising those spots.

Fact: There's no such thing as "spot reduction." When you exercise, you use energy produced by burning fat in all parts of your body - not just around the muscles that are doing most of the work. In fact, your genes may dictate that fat disappears from, say, your face or arms before your belly, even if you do endless abdominal exercises. However, working a specific region like the belly can have one site-specific benefit: Strengthening the muscles can make you look thinner by helping you hold in your gut.

Myth #3: The more you sweat during exercise, the more fat you lose.

Fact: The harder you work out, the more calories you'll burn within a given period and thus the more fat you stand to lose. But how much you sweat does not necessarily reflect how hard you're working. Some people tend to sweat profusely due to heavy body weight, poor conditioning, or heredity. And everyone sweats more in hot, dry weather or dense clothing than in cool, humid weather or porous clothing. (You may feel as if you're sweating more in humid weather; but that's because moist air slows the evaporation of sweat.)

Exercising in extremely hot weather or in a plastic "weight loss" suit will indeed make you sweat heavily and lose weight immediately. But that lost weight is almost entirely water; the pounds will return when you replenish your fluids by drinking after the workout. Further, you could develop heat exhaustion if you push yourself too hard in extreme heat or in plastic clothes. which prevent sweat from evaporating and, in turn, cooling you off.

Myth #4: Sports drinks help you exercise more safely and effectively.

Fact: Sports drinks contain two main ingredients that are theoretically beneficial for exercisers: sodium, which helps the body retain water, and sugar, which the body burns for energy. But very few people exercise hard enough to sweat away much sodium or to use up their carbohydrate reserves, which the body converts to sugar. You'd have to jog for at least two hours, for example, before your carbohydrate stores would start to run low. So unless you're doing a marathon or other exhaustive exercise, plain water is all you need.

Myth #5: Aerobic exercise tends to make you hungry, so it actually undermines your efforts to lose weight.

Fact: Aerobic exercise, such as jogging or brisk walking, may indeed increase your appetite - but only, it seems, if you need extra calories. Studies suggest that lean individuals do get hungrier after such exercise; that helps prevent them from getting too thin. In contrast, working out does not seem to boost appetite in obese individuals; so exercise should help them slim down.

Myth #6: Strength training won't help you get thinner, since it burns few calories and adds pounds of muscle.

Fact: Strength training, using either weights, machines, or elastic bands, can substantially increase the number of calories you burn. A typical session, in which you rest briefly after each muscle-building maneuver, uses up calories at least as fast as walking does. Circuit training, in which you move quickly from one strengthening maneuver to the next, burns calories faster than walking does. And your body continues to burn calories for hours after either type of strength training. More important, the muscle you build consumes calories more rapidly, even when you're not exercising.

In one study, three months of strength training boosted the average calorie-burning rate by an average of 7 percent, burned off 4 pounds of fat, and added nearly that much muscle. Since muscle is denser than fat, the volunteers presumably did become thinner. Equally important, they burned off that fat despite a 15 percent increase in their calorie content. If the researchers hadn't prodded them to maintain their weight by eating more than they felt like eating, the volunteers almost surely would have lost weight.

Strength training is particularly helpful as part of a comprehensive weight-loss program that includes both aerobic exercise - which burns lots of calories during the workout and some calories after the workout - and a moderately low-calorie diet. (forget crash diets, which almost always never work and can be dangerous.) A recent study found that women who ate a moderately restrictive diet and did either strength training or aerobic exercise lost more weight than those who only dieted. But those who split their workout time between strength training and aerobic exercise lost the most weight of all.

Myth #7: Strength training builds muscle and bone but does nothing for the heart.

Fact: Strength training plus aerobic exercise may be the ideal exercise regimen not only for the waistline but also for the heart. One analysis of 11 clinical trials found that strength training can reduce levels of LDL cholesterol, the artery-clogging kind (though it has little effect on HDL cholesterol, the artery-clearing kind). Aerobic exercise has a complimentary benefit: It improves HDL but does little for LDL. Further, some studies suggest that strength training, like aerobic exercise, may help reduce blood pressure. (But check with your doctor for guidance before starting a muscle-building program if you have hypertension, since straining can temporarily increase blood pressure.) One final benefit: By fortifying the muscles, strength training reduces the likelihood that sudden or unaccustomed exertion, such as moving furniture or shoveling snow, will trigger a heart attack.

Myth #8: When you stop exercising, your muscles turn to fat.

Fact: Lack of exercise does make the muscles shrink, reducing the body's calorie-burning rate. The lack of activity itself further reduces the number of calories you burn. So people who stop working out are indeed in danger of getting flabby.

But that doesn't mean that muscle actually turns to fat - they're totally different types of tissue. Nor does it mean you're doomed to gain fat around the muscles after you stop exercising; you just need to cut back on the calories you consume. (Of course, the best way to stay slim is to eat a lean diet and continue to exercise regularly.)

Myth #9: Building muscles reduces flexibility.

Fact: If you strength train without moving your joints through their full range of motion, you can indeed lose flexibility. But strength training can actually improve flexibility if you do move your joints fully. Stretch after a muscle-building workout to help keep yourself limber.

Myth #10: Strength training tends to give women a bulky, masculine physique.

Fact: It's very difficult for most women to build large muscles. That's because women have relatively low levels of the hormone testosterone, which influences muscle growth. Both men and women can build firmer rather than bulkier muscles by working against lighter resistance more than 25 times rather than heavier resistance fewer times.

Reprinted from BodyTrends.com quoting Consumer Reports on Health

Build Muscle for Life and better health

2007-10-20T14:04:00.000-04:00

Hello Atlanta Personal Training group, I found a another great article out http://webmd.com, hope you like and keep working Atlanta, Fitness with jeff Atlanta The Basics: Build Muscle for Better Health
Strength training is about more than getting buff
By Barbara Russi Sarnataro
WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-FeatureReviewed by Louise Chang, MD, MDWe all know how important cardiovascular exercise is -- how it's great for your heart, cholesterol, and blood pressure. And whether you choose to walk, bicycle, or jog, you know that any exercise that increases your heart rate helps you burn calories and melt away unwanted pounds.

But that's only half the equation.

For a balanced fitness program, strength training is essential. It can slow the muscle loss that comes with age, build the strength of your muscles and connective tissues, increase bone density, cut your risk of injury, and help ease arthritis pain.

"Strength training is very important, not just for your muscles but for your bones," says certified fitness trainer Debbie Siebers. "It's preventative for [bone-thinning] osteoporosis and other problems."

Studies from the CDC have found that muscle-building exercise can also improve balance, reduce the likelihood of falls, improve blood-sugar control, and improve sleep and mental health.

And let us not forget the weight-loss benefits. Not only does it make you look trimmer and shapelier, but building muscle also helps you burn calories -- even after your workout is done.

"Three to four hours after a strength-training workout, you're still burning calories," says Seibers, a creator of fitness videos including the "Slim in 6" series.

Strength training is especially important for dieters. When you lose weight, up to a quarter of the loss may come from muscle, which can slow your metabolism. Strength training helps you rebuild any muscle you lost by dieting -- or keep you from losing it in the first place.

Tails from the Personal Trainer

2007-10-18T16:14:00.000-04:00

This article is written from the personal trainers perspective relaying my experiences about what clients are looking for, this is my story.
I had a potential client contact me about working with just one client six days week, eight hours a day. This would make sure this client ate right, exercised in various ways, weight training, stretching, aerobics, running etc. also doing tennis instruction and play, basket ball swimming and other recreational activities. Below is the email response that I sent to that potential client.
I appreciated the short conversation that we had, I just wanted to follow up with some thoughts that I had and some ideas for some strategies. I know that you were talking about a dedicated individual on a six-day plan to assist with exercise and nutrition etc. I would not be able to do this myself because of my commitments to my existing clients; I also believe that this might not be the best strategy for addressing the needs of your person. I believe that a better strategy would be to have a collection of trainers and fitness pro’s, taking your persons interest and needs and utilizing them as necessary. I have worked with clients that have had several fitness and exercise professionals. This strategy seemed to work better because each person brings different skills, strengths and knowledge to the table. Also keeps the workouts fresh and new, one of the biggest complaints is keeping things fresh and new and fun, multiply that by my understanding that you want one person 6 days a week for 6 to 8 hours is going to be very difficult to keep interesting. My proposal would be to use myself and several other fitness Pro’s and build a program around the strengths of these people and the interest of your client. Keeps the program fresh and you should always have someone available when you need them. Also makes it where if you need to change out a person, not so distributive to your clients.

My areas of experience.
Personal and group fitness training Certified Instructor
Tennis instruction. Certified Instructor
Running and Jogging, Jump Rope
Swimming, swimming instruction and swimming related exercise
Basketball, have a basketball-based workout, very fun and fast paced
Baseball/ Softball, I have access to batting cages and fields, again great fun exercise.
Football drills and exercise
Mountain biking
American Red Cross, CPR and First Aid classes completed

Conclusion from this email
Clients are looking for all kinds of things and have all kinds of goals, the goal for the trainer is try to take these requirements and build a program appropriate to the client.

Hope this is thought provoking for the fitness pro.

Take care
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Running versus Walking, running with the trainer, Fitness with Jeff Atlanta

2007-10-13T22:30:00.000-04:00

Running versus Walking, running with the trainer
Lots of people asking me should people run or walk, I say if you can run, walking is less jarring on the legs but by the same merit, you will not get the same amount of exercise that you can get from the same amount of time. The more effort exerted the more aerobic benefit, no two ways about it. If you can run that would be the way to go, but of course start slowly by doing such techniques as walk/run. Now if you have pain doing any amount of running or if you have had injuries or conditions that would prevent you from running, walking is perfectly acceptable, just takes more time. With my clients I like to start out with stretching and then some core work and then go into walk/run building up to 30 to 40 minutes. Finish with about 5 minutes stretching and calisthenics to warm down

Tips for finding a personal trainer in Atlanta

2007-09-22T22:04:00.000-04:00

Hello Atlanta, I went though some of my achives and found some articles that I

thanks Jeff at http://www.fitnesswithjeff.com 404.451.8872