Core Principles Personal Training Blog: Senior Fitness Tips & Advice

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How Good Coaches Modify Strength Training for Adults 50+

Imagine two people standing next to each other in a gym.   They’re both doing a leg exercise. One uses a weight. The other holds onto a support and doesn’t go as low. Who’s doing it correctly?   Potentially, both of them.   Personalized strength training isn’t about inventing completely...

The Fastest Way To Recover

We all know that working out is not supposed to tickle, it should feel like work and be challenging at times.   You may even work so hard that you feel sore for a day or two following your workout.   Yesterday I was asked a great question by a...

Are you from stamford ? if so may just know Donna.

When you introduce people at parties or at social events, I always feel pressure to make a great conversation for the introduction.   Donna would be one of those amazing people where you step back, and she handles the rest.   Donna nothing but welcoming to every person that walks...

The Best Way To Train For Balance

Recently I have had a few of our clients talk about how much they love that we train balance here are Core Principles.   Balance seems to be very important to our clients 50 and older because it is clear that as we age our balance decreases a little. However,...

Why Less Food Isn’t Always The Answer

We hear it over and over again eat less, lower calories substitutions, juice cleanses, etc. It seems like everywhere we turn people are saying less, less, less.   Now if your goal is strictly weight loss and nothing else, yes you need to eat fewer calories in order for the...

3 Of The Biggest Mistakes Your Doing In The Gym

You know that old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Although I think that is a great saying I don’t think you can apply it to your workouts.   It is super common to find yourself doing the same things over and over again at the gym because...

The Real Reason All Diets Work

It seems like everywhere you turn you hear about some new diet that is supposed to be even better than the last. Each one seems to be a little different, the Keto folks tell you don’t eat carbs and get into Ketosis for weight loss, the Paleo folks say you...