Anatomy and Physiology

Changing Form!

Posted by Claudia on August 9, 2012
Posted in: Anatomy and Physiology, Diet, Excerise, Fitness, Health, Personal Training.

Depending on your genetics your body will hold fat in different areas!
A lot of times it doesn’t seam to come of where we want it …
If you are like me and your body is holding on to abdominal fat ( stored energy), it will take extra time to trim that part down!
Clients with larger midsection and smaller arms and legs have a hard time building while trimming down that part!
And it is a little easier for men than for women to do so!
The reason for this is testosterone and muscle!
Men have greater amount of muscle, are lower in body fat to begin with and have ( much) higher testosterone levels!
Plan of action:
I will ask my female clientele what is more important to them to do first….?
Lowering abdominal fat, or gaining leg muscle?
The answer is always lowering abdominal fat!
Which means lower all carbohydrates and fat intake!
Cutting all sugars (including fruit) and alcohol completely !
Lowering overal caloric intake!
Once abdominal fat is gone, increase clean carbs slightly ( while monitoring body fat), increasing overal caloric intake!
It is a step by step process…
So what about woman that are endomorph build?
Small upper body, small waist, big butt and legs…?
Overtraining legs in low weight, high reps to
Break down excess muscle!
Density training to take care of intramuscular fat tissue, while keeping the diet low in fat, starch, and calories especially on leg days!!!
Lower back fat has a lot to do with alcohol intake!
Don’t want love handles?
Stop those cocktails 😉
As in everything we do, it takes time for change!!!
Whether it is gaining muscle, losing body fat, changing genetics….
Positive about this is that it can be done 😉

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Turn on your lean genes!

Posted by Claudia on May 31, 2012
Posted in: Anatomy and Physiology, Diet, Health, Nutrition, Sponsors, Supplements and Vitamins.

What’s the biggest nutrition breakthrough for the next 25 years? The vote goes to nutrigenomics…the study of the interaction between food and DNA!
Here is how it works: each cell contains DNA for your entire genetic code.
This combination of proteins, hormones, and molecules remains unchanged through your life!
What does changes in this the combination your body is using to create more of the specific enzymes, hormones, and compounds that you need!
Foods that can increase you bodies natural fat burning power are: green tea …. Turns of genes that are responsible for fat cells and sugar uptake and turns on genes that mediate sugar uptake by muscle cells!
Results: smaller fat cells and more active muscle cells!
Fish oil: EPA and DHA are known to activate a specific protein in your cells called Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors ( PPARs).
They can increase fat burning for energy and improve insulin sensitivity.
Pistachios: fight inflammation!
Pomegranate : are packed with antioxidants called anthocyanins! These are known to stop the growth of fat cells by down regulate the expression of the pro-obesity and diabethis gene plasminogen activator inhibitor -1.
Olive Oil: increases adiponectin, a hormon that helps your muscle use sugar.
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What makes a good Trainer?

Posted by Claudia on May 30, 2012
Posted in: Anatomy and Physiology, Excerise, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition.

Certification of course is very important!
There are numerous online certifications that a 12 year old can pass!
Years of experience are very important!
How many years has this person been doing it?
What other credits come to their qualification ?
Are they practicing what they preach?
Has this trainer had experience in the same field you are using him/ her for?
Endurance training, sports conditioning, competition training?
Do not use a trainer that has no idea what you are feeling or going through!
Is the trainer capable in performing those exercises themselves?
Results and transformations, referals, behavior….
Adjusting your progress through a program can be helpful, but a Trainer also needs talent!
What I mean is watching how a client moves, how do his/ her muscle look? How is the client feeling?
Performance?
A good trainer can determine when to change the clients diet, cardio, program!
The Talent of what to do……to give the client 100%
Nutrition and Program have to go hand in hand to be able to have 100% results!!!
If one or the other is lacking, you will open up the gate for failure..

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