Exercises from the 80s should stay in the 80s!! Doing aLat Pulldown behind the neckis extremely dangerous as you put pressure on your cervical vertebrae and restricts your breathing! This exercise should be done with a neutral spine, aiming the bar at yourchest(yes, you are still working on your lats this way). Arnold may have done some funky exercises way back when, but please, be smart, stay safe!

 

 

Another exercise from the 80s is using theDecline Bench Press. Blood rushes through your head a lot faster than you can build your lower pecks or abs.

Working with a trainer is one of the fastest, easiest, most successful ways to improve your health & fitness.  Personal trainers are used by people of all different fitness levels, age, gender and economic levels in order to help their lifestyle changes especially those who could not achieve those changes by themselves.

You may want to consider the following things a trainer can help you do:

1)Improve Your Overall Fitness. This means, that you do not need to be super fit in order to get a trainer nor extremely unfit.

So you have started a new exercise program!!You’re working out with your trainer regularly, plus walking a few miles on your days off. You’re pretty proud of yourself. But wait, you’ve gotten this far before and still slipped “off the wagon”. How do you make sure you stick with the program this time? Often times, “staying there” is a lot harder than “getting there” .

Emphasize the Long Haul. Look at the big picture! Exercising for a couple of months or until you lose the weight is not enough. This is why diets don’t work.

Resistance training is a form of strength training. It is a type of training that uses a resistance to the force of muscular contraction. It is also very important in strengthening of bone mass and weight loss. 1 in 4 women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis and arthritis.

Many women believe that if they do weights they will “bulk-up” when in fact, doing weights can help them slim down. Resistance Training requires the muscles to “fire-up” which consumes energy therefore, burning some of the fat.

Cardio is short for cardiovascular, which refers to the heart. Cardiovascular exercise is exercise that raises your heart rate and keeps it elevated for a period of time. Another name for it is aerobic exercise. The kinds of exercise that are associated with cardiovascular workouts are things like jogging, fast walking, and swimming where there is no break in the routine. Exercises that emphasize stretch and strength, like Pilates, are generally not considered cardio exercise, though Pilates can be done in a cardio way, and can certainly be combined with cardio workouts to great effect.