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How Safe Is Your Protein Shake Supplement

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by coachjon on June 3, 2010

One of my fellow coaches from Texas, Luke Leaman pointed me to this article at consumerreports.org. While I don’t agree full with all the protein recommendations (I see better results with slightly higher protein content in food and less starches for most personal training fat loss or fitness bootcamp clients), this is a non-profit, unbiased [...]

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One Problem With Online Attitudes

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by coachjon on May 5, 2010

As people who are interested in maximizing our health and life, we have to beware of what I call the “online attitude”. That attitude is that we can get whatever we want for free. Download free music, movies and books. Take whatever you like, it is easy to get whatever  you want. Besides the legal [...]

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There is always the question asked ask by people who know that I own a personal training gym and fitness center. “I can’t make it to your gym, what should I do at home?” – Should I buy a TRX suspension trainer like I see at all the outdoor fitness bootcamps, how about kettlebells, how [...]

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Shin Splints And Prevention

by coachjon on March 18, 2010

One of the keys to preventing shin splints is the strength of your anterior tibialis muscle that pulls your foot upwards towards your knee. This is called dorsiflexion and this muscle is important in absorbing shock during running and jumping. When it is strong, and free of tension problems (fixable with soft tissue massage) chances [...]

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What I Learned About Cancer Tonight

by coachjon on February 10, 2010

I just finished a phone consult with one of the finest natural medicine and detox specialists in the world. Dr Bob Rakowski. I wanted to know more about natural solutions to cancer because recently I have several family members/friends who have it. All kinds – breast, colon, liver, pancreas etc. From our 30min consultation, I [...]

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Almost everybody knows that sugar is bad for you. And my personal training and fitness boot camp clients certainly know this because we try our best to inform our clients about the negative effects of sugar consumption for their health. But the processed food manufacturers know that customers are becoming aware of this too! Customers [...]

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Singapore Gym & Health Questions Q&A

by coachjon on August 10, 2009

Here are a few questions that I was asked by our personal training and Singapore boot camp fitness clients last week. I hope these answers help you with your health, fitness, weight loss and fat loss goals too. What seafoods are ok and not…for example I love prawns and crabs ..are they ok as meal [...]

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How To Prepare For Sports Competition

by coachjon on July 29, 2009

Many of the clients at the Genesis Performance Center play a sport of some kind. Because many of these clients are highly motivated types of people, they often play these sports competitively and want to do as well as possible in tournaments. The level of the tournament can range from school leagues to professional (i.e [...]

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It’s no point knowing. Knowledge is useless till it is applied. And that is where the art of coaching meets the science of training. There are 4 general types of clients that we see, either as kids, children, youth or adults. And each type requires a slightly different coaching style to get the best possible [...]

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Now I’m upset! I’m not a big fan of the pharmaceutical industry to begin with. Drugs in general mask symptoms and do not treat root causes of disease. But this one really takes the cake. “Scientists” – probably ones who don’t take their health seriously… have found a drug that simulates exercise and put it [...]

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