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Show muscles and light weights!

“I don’t want to look good”, said no one ever! I’ve been thinking a lot about the research article I shared with you the other day and how to better apply it in our program.  Research is often times playing catch up to what happens in the real world, yet...
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Can you build muscle with light weights just as easily as with heavy?

  Short answer:  Yes!   Long answer: Back when I was training for sports and my DKNY club clothes, lifting heavy weights and lifting weights to failure were common methods I would use to help achieve sports performance, maximum strength building and body composition...
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Athletes bring gear to their workouts, practices and games!

  Did you play sports growing up? How about activities?  Did you do any physical extracurricular activities growing up? If yes, then you probably had gear and had to bring it in a bag. Football players had cleats, cups, pads, helmets, pants, jerseys, water bottles and a...
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CYBBC, 2017, P4 Overview: loads, equipment, habits, guest week, minutes and more!

Happy Spring to you!   Are you ready to change and keep getting better?  I hope so because our fast workouts from Q1 are continuing with fresh changes and the return of stations.   Q2, P4 Overview The theme for the quarter is Fat Loss, Muscle Definition, Beach Season #1...
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Stealing Bases

// Stealing Bases is a super fun way to help your team score more runs by getting you into scoring position easier.  I was an all-league, leadoff hitter and center fielder for my high school team and stealing bases was a great strength of mine.  I’m not very fast, but...
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Coaching: how do you like to be motivated?

You may have noticed that I’ve been bringing more enthusiasm and energy to your workouts lately and if you haven’t noticed, that’s o.k., I am and I’m writing to ask you what kind of coaching you like best or another way of saying it, is how do you like to...
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2013, P3, Week 3 Recap

Happy empowerment week to you!  I hope you’ve gotten your 1st challenge workout in and you’re ready for next one.  Today I completed CW#4 which was tough.  Man those 25 rep goblet lateral lunges make me so winded.  Does that happen to you too during the goblet lateral lunges?...
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2013, P3, Week 2 Recap

Today I shot CW #1. It was tough. The CW won and it was not pretty (Nasrin get your popcorn). However, even though it made my words mumble while coaching the 9am class and my appearance, sweaty & gross, if you want to become your best self and get in your best shape, do...
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2013, P1, Week 2 Recap

Great Friday to you! I hope you’re feeling as awesome as I am b/c earlier today I beat Challenge Workout #1 in 14min and change.  That’s Carol Vaghar, Nasrin Sadeghi and all of you other smack talkers out there.  I’m 1 for 1 in the new year.  😉 Week 2 was great.  People are...
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2012, P12, Week 3 Recap

Happy Tuesday to you! I hope your empowerment week is off to a great start and your feeling real good about what you’re going to accomplish this week.  V and I have our Christmas tree so the holiday good karma is brewing at the Alves Compound East. Speaking of good karma.  Here’s...
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