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From Sloth to Spartan in 100 Days: Week 1 Day 1 – 7

March 15, 2013 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

If you just stumbled across this article from the interwebs, be sure to check out my intro article to a new training program I’m setting up: From Sloth to Spartan in 100 Days. Essentially, this is a Spartan Race training guide. More specifically, this is how I’m going to train for my Spartan Beast race […]

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7 Ways To Reduce High Blood Pressure, Bad Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Levels

October 21, 2010 By Eric Astrauskas 4 Comments

There are many ways one can reduce high blood pressure, bad cholesterol and blood sugar levels. First of all, any consistent exercise regiment (especially, full body exercises or cardiovascular exercise) will improve the body’s insulin response. This aids in controlling blood sugar levels. Through dietary means, one can improve insulin sensitivity and lower blood pressure […]

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3 Big Fitness Trends Explained: HIIT, Tabata and CrossFit

July 28, 2010 By Trainer Andrei 6 Comments

Unless you’ve been living under the rock for the past couple of years then you have probably heard of HIIT, Tabita and CrossFit. Although each training methodology hasn’t hit the mainstream fully, but the components of each are evident in bootcamps that everyone runs these days and in workout videos such as P90X. So, what […]

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Burn More Calories With a Heart Rate Monitor

July 19, 2010 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

In the past couple of weeks I conducted a mini experiment. I wanted to see if wearing a heart rate (HR) monitor burns more calories. The HR monitor won’t burn calories on your behalf, but rather help you stay within your target heart rate (easier than doing it manually). I wanted to compare this to […]

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3 Reasons Not to Use an iPod Armband During a Workout

July 14, 2010 By Trainer Andrei 102 Comments

If you listen to music or other type of audio while working out then you’re probably very familiar with the armbands.  It’s a little mp3 player or an ipod holder that straps around your upper arm.  Well, get rid of it today if you use one.  Manufacturers that created it, obviously did not take into the consideration […]

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What is an Overload Principle and Why it’s Important

July 5, 2010 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

Overload. This is probably one of the most important, if not the single most important fitness principle out there.  Look up any fitness program or talk to any personal fitness trainer you will always see and hear that in order to see real results you need to push yourself a little harder at each an every workout.  Essentially, an […]

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