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5 Reasons You Won’t Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

OK, it’s January 18th and about two weeks after the New Year when everyone starts to trail off on their New Year efforts. You may notice your gym thinning out already and it’s only been two weeks. I’m not a huge believer in resolutions. I do set goals each year, but I think if something is important enough, you’ll start it today! The following list is a compilation of the main reasons I see why people don’t keep their resolutions. Don’t fall into these traps. Continued…

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Can you really get it all from one program?

A widespread myth among fitness enthusiasts has it that one must train one way for increasing muscular size and strength and another way for improving cardiovascular condition; lift weights to build strength and jog to enhance aerobic condition. As Arthur Jones of Nautilus stated, “Half of that belief is true, since jogging will do nothing to build strength and size and will, in fact, if overdone, as it usually is, do quite a bit in the way of reducing both muscular strength and size. But it’s not true that proper strength-building exercises will do nothing for improving cardiovascular condition.” How did Jones arrive at that conclusion? Continued…

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Diet vs. Cardio

This video may help shed some light on why just doing “cardio” or why trying to burn off fat may be a losing strategy before it begins. Take a look below. Continued…

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2010 New Year Change Your Body Kick Start Premium Program

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28 Day Rapid Fat Loss Program (Video included)

Hey Chris Lutz-Master Trainer here,

Wanted to share this video with you today to show you 2 things.

1. The awesome snow storm we got in VA that’s at 2 feet and counting. Supposed to go until tomorrow morning. Continued…

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