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Exercise’s Most Productive Time (don’t skip this)
don’t skip this part! – exercise’s most productive time If I could pick just one issue that would have the biggest impact on most peoples’ exercise results, it would be to increase their effort level when an exercise gets hardest and most challenging. This means increasing the effort right at the end of a set of repetitions on each exercise. This certainly would be my #1 recommendation to people who exercise on their own either at a regular gym or at home. And even for our company’s own personal training clients, I find that although on the whole our clients work much harder during their workouts than most other people who exercise, many of our clients could achieve even better fitness results if they gave even more effort at the most productive time. What “even more effort at the most productive time” means in practical terms is to carry every
Judy Lost 2 Sizes and 26 Pounds!
Judy lost 2 sizes and 26 pounds! Strength training helped Judy, 66, lose 26 pounds and drop from a size 12 down to an 8. She says her clothes fit better, she has more energy, she sleeps better, her shoulder and neck pain is gone, and she has a more muscular, toned body. When your husband is a foodie and a chef who makes amazing meals, it can be a challenge to stay in good shape, especially at age 66. For Judy Schons, it wasn’t for lack of trying. She did the obligatory one-hour block at her health club, whether that was a spinning class, on the treadmill, or some other aerobic exercise. She got good results, but Judy describes that kind of exercise as being “a rat in a cage,” and thinks exercising inside for an hour is ridiculous and abhorrent for anyone who lives in beautiful San Diego.
“From my first visit, I was hooked!”
“from my first visit, i was hooked!” For anyone who’s considering slow-motion strength training, Margo says, “You have to try it. It’s something wonderful to do for yourself. The Perfect Workout is worth it to me. It’s my health! I’m turning 60 in July, and this is not the time to backslide!” Margo Smith came to The Perfect Workout in November of 2011 to rehabilitate her knee. “I had spent the previous year very restricted,” she says. “I had a torn meniscus in my left knee from attending a fitness bootcamp. The surgery didn’t go well, and I was left with only 40% cartilage in one knee, or what is known as ‘bone on bone.’ After doing physical therapy for a year, I knew I wanted to get a trainer, particularly one who was aware of what to do with my knee.” She had already done her homework on The
Muscle and Strength Gains for Beginners
During your first session at The Perfect Workout, you may have asked your trainer the following question: “How much muscle (or strength) should I expect to gain during my first few weeks?” Based on your trainer’s experience, he or she may have offered an educated guess. However, the truth is we have no idea how much strength or muscle you, as an individual, will gain during your first few weeks. No one does. There is just too much variability between separate people. Sure, we can offer averages based on previous results, but results vary and outliers do exist. This point is illustrated well by a 2005 study that involved 9 schools across the US and one in Dublin, Ireland [1]. This large study showed that you’re almost guaranteed to gain strength and muscle from a proper strength training program, but as far as how much you’ll improve is very
Lost 33 pounds, 27.2 inches, and 11% body fat (1yr)
in one year heather lost 33 pounds, 27.2 inches, and 11% body fat overall For others who may be at a similar point that she was, Heather says, “Get up and do it. Give it a try. You can do anything for 20 minutes. I’m over the moon about The Perfect Workout.” Instructor Lauren Le Blanc remembers the very first time Heather Frederickson came in to check out The Perfect Workout. “Heather told me she was not a believer, and that I had a finite amount of time to prove that this method worked. I assured her we would find a way to work with her body issues and injuries and that I would challenge her safely.” Heather admits, “I’m quite a skeptic, but I was at the point I knew I had to do something.” Even though she was skeptical about the claims that you could do a full
Dr. Sol Finkelstein has lost 44 pounds since last August! The other doctors call him “Skinny”!
dr. sol finkelstein has lost 44 pounds since last august! the other doctors call him “skinny”! Dr. Finkelstein (shown far left in August 2013, and on the right in March 2014) has lost six inches off his waist, dropped 44 pounds and put on muscle. He explains, “I have biceps that I never used to, stronger abs, and I leg press over 500 pounds.” When you practice family medicine at a large medical center in San Diego, you don’t have much time to exercise. A couple years ago Sol Finkelstein wasn’t feeling very healthy. His back hurt, he wasn’t working out, and he realized that he was more overweight than he wanted. “I was always aerobically active,” says Sol. “I was in a running club during college and medical school, but didn’t incorporate weight training. I flirted with it, but got bored really easily.” At one point back in the
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