Overview: L-Glutamine promotes muscle recovery, in effect reducing muscle soreness and the effects of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). Boosts your immune system. Reduces lactic acid build-up. Helps you recover faster so that you can get your butt back in the gym. What is L-Glutamine? L-glutamine is an anti-catabolic amino acid that is found in […]
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PT Intel: Tim Orcutt Shares His Favorite Fitness Tip
In this afternoon’s PT Intel, Tim Orcutt, NCSA-CPT and owner of Capitaland Fitness shares an essential truth to achieving your fitness goals that can apply to just about anyone, no matter what their fitness goals: Dedication is everything. When you make progressive workouts specific to your goals as important as paying the rent or mortgage, […]
5 Tips for Setting Up a Home Gym
Setting up a home gym not only saves you the time it takes to commute to a gym — not to mention the waits for machines — but you simply cannot beat the convenience. Toronto-based personal trainer Kathleen Trotter shares 5 tips for building a home gym. Besides being a personal trainer, Kathleen lives her […]
3 Interval Training Workouts to Spice Up Your Cardio
Not everyone likes to do cardio — that is pretty much an engrained, scientific fact. Toronto-based personal trainer Kathleen Trotter drops 3 different interval training workouts that can help keep the ho-hum of routine at bay. Besides being a personal trainer, Kathleen lives her advice, having completed 10 (count ’em!) marathons, an Ironman (well, Ironwoman […]
The Plank Exercise – What You Need to Know
The plank, or planking, or whatever the kids are calling it these days, is an isometric exercise (isometric means that you are in a static or stationary position) that develops the core, as well as your arms, back, glutes and shoulders. It is a fantastic way to develop flat abs, but more importantly from a […]
PT Intel: Ellen O’Hara Shares Her Favorite Plank Set with Range
In this afternoon’s PT Intel, Ellen O’Hara shares her favorite plank set. Ellen has her Master’s Degree in nursing from Boston College, while holding an MA RN license. She is also a certified personal trainer via ACE, and is also certified by Yogafit. You can find her online at Core Asset Fitness Training, a mobile […]