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Circuit Training - Efficient!
13 May 08 06:52 PM | Corinne | with no comments

Circuit Training is hot right now. You can hardly go into my gym without seeing groups of people running around doing all sorts of weights without burpees, mountain climbers, or stair running thrown in to raise the heart rate. I have been training this...

Filed under: Circuit Training, Exercise, Strength Training

Why Are My Quads Feeling Tight, Pumped, and Hard?
25 February 08 02:23 PM | Corinne | with no comments

When I went into the forums today I had a great question posed by one of the girls. Between sets in Superset 1, my quads felt really tight ; I tried to do a lot of stretching--as much as possible between sets. I continued that throughout each superset...

Filed under: Exercise, Weight Training, Strength Training, Supersets, intensity, building muscle, muscle pump

Does Lifting Heavy Make Women Bulky?
04 February 08 02:41 PM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)

NO! I'm going to give you the quick, down, and dirty on muscle. This is the total easy to follow version. Then I will link you to pages that give you the "scientific" talk that a lot of you are interested in reading. 1. Except during the...

Filed under: Strength Training, bulking up, building muscle

More Workout Intensity Talk...Making Ugly Faces
29 January 08 08:43 PM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)

In the PNP forums we've been tossing around the term "making ugly faces" when it comes to bringing it in strength training. Why do we call it ugly faces? Because when you are truly working it hard and squeezing out every last rep to burn...

Filed under: Strength Training, intensity

If I Lift Heavy I Am Going to Bulk Up...My Rant
24 January 08 12:34 PM | Corinne | 12 comment(s)

I had an interesting question posted to me in our private forums today. For one, I want to thank her for asking and being brave enough to let me rattle off how I feel about bulking up. There's nothing that drives me more crazy than women who are afraid...

Filed under: Strength Training, bulking up

How to Change Up Your Weight Loss Program
07 January 08 08:20 AM | Corinne | 6 comment(s)

The body is a VERY SMART machine. It's adapts itself to whatever you routinely throw at it: food, cardio, weights. The keys to losing the fat are change, intensity, and consistency. No matter what you talk about, food, cardio, or weights, you have...

Filed under: Exercise, Weight Training, Strength Training

Oh! The Scale is Terrible!
17 October 07 05:07 PM | Corinne | 1 comment(s)

The scale is horrible. It's no indicator of your fat loss success. Sure it eventually gives you props and when you are losing fat, that's great. But that scale often LIES to you. It goes up and down or refuses to budge when you are doing everything...

Filed under: Client Results, Scale, Strength Training