Fitness, Health, Nutrition

Calories vs. Cardio

How long does it really take to work off the calories in the foods you eat? We’ll show you the time before you do the crime.

Click on this link to read more!  Let us know what you think in our comments section!

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Fitness

What You Forgot to Ask Your Personal Trainer

Here’s a great article on questions you should ask your personal trainer from Sparkpeople.com.  Would love to hear everyone’s comments!
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Fitness

How to Choose a Personal Trainer

Here’s another great article from our friends at Sparkpeople.com!  Please feel free to leave us your comments!

Things to Consider Before Making the Investment in Personal Training.  Personal trainers can help people reach their health and fitness goals, or they could be big wastes of money. It’s tough to know whether or not you need a trainer’s expertise. And if you do, it’s even more difficult to pick the right one. Many gyms offer personal training services for their members (at additional fees that can be pretty expensive), and their high-pressure salespeople might try to convince you to buy a package. But before you sign on the dotted line, it’s important that you’re making the right decision with the right person to help you reach your goals.

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Classes, Gold's Gym

The History of Cumbia for you Zumba Fans!

WITH COLOMBIA’S CUMBIA, THE BEAT GOES ON

So we all know how to do our cumbia moves in Zumba class. But do we know where that fantastic cumbia music came from?
Of course we do! Don’t we? A little history please! Cumbia refers to a Colombian folk-dance music approach and its dominant rhythm, which, over time, became part of a great deal of Latin-American music in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Health

If Hearts Could Talk

CONTROLLING AGING
10 WAYS TO HELP RETAIN YOUTH AND PROLONG THE ONSET OF AGING

1. MUSCLE MASS- Americans tend to lose 6.6 pounds of lean body mass each year with the rate accelerating after 45.
CONTROL FACTOR: EXERCISE AND PROPER NUTRITION
2. STRENGTH- The average person loses 30 percent of his muscles and or nerves between age 20 and 70. Strength and size of remaining cells can be increased.
CONTROL FACTOR: RESISTANCE TRAINING
3. CALORIES- At age 70 a person needs 500 fewer calories per day to maintain body weight.
CONTROL FACTOR: REDUCE CALORIC INTAKE
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Classes, Videos

Check out this video of Kinesis!


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Polls

Have you ever tried Kinesis?

Have you ever participated in a Kinesis session?  Let us know!
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Polls

Favorite Body Part to Work out

What is your favorite part of the body to workout? Cast your vote and see what other’s think!
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Gold's Gym

Spring is Here!

Spring is finally here and as the warm weather sets in we will be enjoying the outdoors.  Make sure your body is prepared for whatever activity you are involved in.  Our staff of Certified Personal Trainers are the best in valley and can help you get ready for whatever lies ahead!
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Polls

What do you want to see on this site?

Its our first poll on our new website and we want to know more about our readers and what they want.  So we ask you,
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