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Late January tends to be about the time when everyone who resolved to lose weight on January 1st either notices that what they are doing is working, or are starting to slack on nutrition/exercise, or are reconsidering if their goals were realistic in the first place. Hopefully you are in the 1st category, but if you are one of the fortunate to have seen some results at some point you will plateau or hit an obstacle life tends to throw ...
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‘Tis the season for holidays parties and all the assorted sugar bombs and alcohol that cause millions of people to make that New Year resolution to exercise more and eat better this year. And this time they really, really mean it.
Now we all know prevention is the best medicine, so none of you are going to fall into that old pattern right? I thought so. Regardless, I’m going to provide you with a few strategies to make it through the Holiday ...
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If you read fitness magazines or websites chances are you’ve heard the saying “train like an athlete”. I’ve used it plenty when discussing methods of strength training with clients, and in general there is truth to it regarding getting people to move better. However, I believe there are aspects of training like an athlete that are not optimal, nor even healthy for the vast majority of people.
This past week writer Jim Collins was on the Charlie Rose show ...
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My profession is pretty simple in that essentially I assist people in aspects of health and fitness using a base of knowledge, strategies, and experience that helps them attain their goals more efficiently then they could do on their own. Sure, everyone knows that fast food is unhealthy, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing down the rise in obesity. Everyone knows exercise is good for you, but how many people get lost in waves of contradictory information on what ...
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We are busy down at EFL today putting together our new squat rack from EliteFTS. It’ll be a nice addition and the last piece of large equipment to go in. I’m also busy digging into some just published research so look for a review of that in a few days.
For now please have a look at a couple of articles I wrote that just went live online.
The first is from a relatively new website owned by the Portland Tribune company ...
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As the weather gets warmer and the ratio of sun to rain increases I see more and more people out pounding the pavement and pedals around Portland. It’s also the season when there are multiple options every weekend for competing in a bike or running race.
A few weeks ago one of my clients requested some information on training for the Portland marathon, and as if on cue the latest NSCA Strength & Conditioning Journal arrived with an article entitled “Training ...
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Welcome to the EFL website and blog.
I’ve been thinking and rethinking what I should write about for the first official post, and when my friend Lou Schuler kindly wrote a testimonial for my new facility I had an answer. Since Lou is the professional writer I figured the maxim always let a pro handle it applies and followed his lead.
In his testimonial Lou says” Elemental Fitness Lab is a 21st-century gym, with every square ...
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