Posts Tagged ‘muscle toning’

50% OFF PERSONAL TRAINING INTRODUCTORY OFFER

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

New York Personal Training

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Cooking Healthy Meals for Kids: Veggies Can Be Delish!

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

New York Personal Training

One common excuse personal trainers in NYC often hear from parents who aren’t eating healthy goes something like this: “I can’t get my kids to eat vegetables, whole grains, or anything else remotely healthy.” That is often followed up by something that goes like this: “and I can’t afford to cook two separate meals. Who has the time for that anyway?”

It seems a lot of people interested in weight loss programs in NYC want to get healthy. They know that they need to start consuming more fruits and vegetables and less fast food to do that, but turning around the eating habits of children to make it happen for the entire family is extremely challenging.

If you relate to these common complaints, you are like many others who turn to help and advice from personal trainers in NYC. The following tips are simple and straightforward answers to the problem.

No child is immune to healthy eating. You just have to approach the switch from fries to veggies in an appealing manner.

Make it Look Good

If you just hand a child a couple carrot sticks they are likely to turn their nose up and scream “I don’t like it!” The solution to this is to give them a combination of fruits and vegetables that with different colors.

Some examples might include:

• Fresh homemade fruit salad with strawberries, blueberries, apples, and cubed peaches.

• Individual veggie platters with cucumber slices, carrots, and grape tomatoes. Include an organic, natural dressing on the side for dipping fun.

Healthy Substitutions Go Undetected

One piece of advice frequently handed out by personal trainers in NYC to parent clients goes something like this: “You don’t always have to tell them they are eating healthy.” Try to select healthier substitutions for the foods your children like most.

What exactly defines healthy? This short list will tell you what to look for:

• 100% whole grains (pasta, bread, etc.)

• Organic foods

• Hormone-free meats

• Raw produce

The goal is to give the kids foods as close to their natural state as possible. You do this without telling them by making simple substitutions. For instance, make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with 100% whole grain bread, natural peanut butter, and perhaps fruit preserves with natural sweeteners.

Most kids won’t even notice the changes and those that do will adjust quickly. Parents following weight loss programs in NYC can even use this strategy to get healthier foods into their own diet without feeling deprived.

Sweet N’ Natural

Stop using the packaged sweeteners and switch to some of these much healthier, natural options:

• Nu Stevia

• Blue Agave Syrup

• Brown Rice Syrup

• Dates

If you can make your own applesauce or sauce from other fresh fruits, you can use that as a natural sweetener when baking. Since these ingredients are sweet and natural they allow you to create sweets for your children without contributing to the worldwide childhood obesity epidemic.

It is especially beneficial to switch from the sugary drinks kids love to drinks that are healthier and inspired by pure water. You may be able to create your own drinks with the above listed natural sweeteners or experiment with fresh fruit smoothies and hide some veggies in the mix.

Personal trainers in NYC hear parents complaining all the time about the eating habits of their children. You may be able to relate, but now you have the tools to turn it all around for your kids.

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Run a 5K and Enjoy 5 Awards

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

New York City Personal Training and Fitness

You don’t have to take first place to earn awards from your first 5K. Even if you race for years and never come in first, there are five great awards that everyone collects just for putting themselves out there. Whether you finish first, twenty-first or dead last, these are five things that make all the work with in home personal trainers in NYC worth the sweat.

Award #1: A Runner’s Legs

If you aren’t already a leg-gazer when a runner pounds pavement in your direction, you should be. Next time you see someone out for a run notice how thin, well-toned, and perfectly tanned their legs are. If they are a serious runner, their legs will make you want to put down the cheeseburger and fall in line right behind them.

Running tones your calves, glutes and thighs like few other exercises can. When working with personal trainers in NYC to run a 5K, those with thunder thighs are able to achieve slim thighs they want to show off and those with virtually no butt find their rear ends lifted and firmed.

Award #2: Enviable Abs

Pair the amazing legs that your in home personal trainers in NYC can help you achieve with abs that others envy and you see the body of your dreams starting to take shape.  While training for your 5K you will go out on runs that burn a lot of calories and then perform cross training activities that burn even more calories.

Our personal trainers in NYC will help you compliment your runs with the right type of strength training so you develop awesome abs in a reasonable amount of time. While running alone naturally tones and strengthens the legs, you do need to add in the cross training and strength training to get that flat tummy or rock hard abs.

Award #3: A Giver’s Pride

5K races are held in honor of charity. There are hundreds of different races held across the country every single year and every one of them benefits a different charity. When you pay to enter the race and show up on the big day you get so much more than the body of your dreams. You get the pride and warm feelings that come with helping others.

If giving to others is important to you, look around at the races held in your area or areas you may want to travel to. Find something that you want to support and make giving an essential part of your new healthy lifestyle.

Award #4: New Friendships

Even if you work with our in home personal trainers in NYC to prepare for your 5K, you can guarantee you will meet a lot of great people when you get out there for the race. If you think having healthy-minded people around you may work to your benefit in the long run, look around your area for running clubs or other organizations.

Award #5: Routine of Success

All you have to do is set your mind to completing one 5K. That is typically enough to get you pumped to run your second 5K and maybe even a 10K, half marathon, or marathon in the future. It may seem unlikely right now, but running can be very addicting. It will definitely give you a new routine that leads to great success in this area of your life. 

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