Excerise

What is timing?

Posted by Claudia on June 8, 2012
Posted in: Personal Training.

I told a gentlemen at my gym once that he should work with his negative motion since he was just using weights throwing DB’s around…
He laughed at me and said ” I haven’t done that in years…. That’s old school!”
Well, he is wrong!
Just that people forget using muscle fibers in every way!
Or sometime ego takes over and says ” you can do heavier than that “!
In Personal Training we call this timing 🙂
Our muscle fiber develope with concentric contraction ( as in lifting a coffee cup), isometricly ( as in drinking the coffee while your arm remains still), and eccentricity as in putting the cup back on the table!
We build muscle in all 3 phases…
So if you cut out one, you are keeping yourself from
getting more and better muscle!!!
Or look at it this way : you are prolonging the time it takes to get the body you want!!!
You can make a workout extremely hard just by changing your timing!
Let’s say your Bicep curl will be a 2-2-3 timing, meaning 2 counts in your concentric phase ( curling your DB up ), 2 counts holding in your concentric phase, 3 counts in your eccentric phase (bringing the DB back down)….
Now change timing to 2-4-6…
See what happens?
It takes 1/2 the time to exhaust that muscle!!!
You can apply this principle almost to all your muscles!
That’s when play time starts :))
Pre exhaust your muscle by doing a 2-4-6 timing, then start partial reps ( 1/2 movements) and finish with a 2-2-2 time….
Kills you everytime!
So, remember to get the body you want use the right timing!
Otherwise you’re just throwing weights….

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Emotional state during Competition Training!

Posted by Claudia on June 7, 2012
Posted in: Diet, Excerise, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle.

Competitors go through a variety of feelings while dieting and training for a Competition!
After the first few weeks the feeling of “depravation ” is coming in!!!
Competition diets are very restricted of alcohol, sugar, heavy fats and starches !
There are carbohydrates involved, but they are all good old boring plain clean foods….
The use of food for emotional feelings is completely out!!!
In the end there is no cheating allowed at all and eating has to be 100% on dot!
Timing , amounts, ratio, water intake, supplementation……
As your body fat goes down a woman will create less estrogen and more testosterone !
That just happens naturally in your body!!!
As a woman we are producing estrogen not only in our ovaries but also in our fatty tissue 🙂
A woman’s brain works on estrogen ….
Ever wonder why women go crazy once entering menopause?
Estrogen deprivation !!!
And even though a Competition Woman does not enter menopause, she is still going through estrogen deprivation …..
Emotional ups and downs, crying a lot without reason, feeling sluggish and depressed are typical symptoms!!!
So what can you do about it?
Well, you can not take estrogen if you don’t want to add body fat!
But you can mentally prepare yourself and your family that this is what will happen during the last Quater of your journey!
Try to keep a positive mind set.
Surround yourself with positive friends.
Play up beat music …..
Focus on the date set of your goal and the changes you made in your body!
Design a dinner date in your head once Competition is over!
But even just by knowing that this will be only temporarily will help you focus on bigger and better things!
Just be prepared…

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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Group Figure and Bikini Training 12 week Program

Posted by Claudia on May 27, 2012
Posted in: Diet, Excerise, Fitness, Lifestyle, Nutrition.

Group Figure and Bikini Training is launching their next 12 week program June 5th at 6:45pm at our beautiful Las Vegas Athletic Club NW location ( Rainbow Blvd and Lake Mead or 95!
What is Group Figure Training?
Group Figure Training is Competition Training in a group style workout!
Regular group training will help the individual shed excess pounds, while Competition group training focuses on body fat loss, muscle gain, and overal tightness!!!
It doesn’t matter if you are thinking about competing or just want that tight look…. This will give you the body you’ve always wanted!!!
What else is different?
Nutrition in Competition Training is a bit tighter or stricter!!!
While on our regular program you can still have some low fat dairy or some whole wheat product, this would be a no no for our competition program….
Group Figure Competition Training offers the quickest results in the shortest amount of time.
Results are mostly visual and body fat wise, not so much weight wise…..
So what is the difference between Group Figure and the Las Vegas Figure and Bikini Team?
Group Figure is offered to everyone Competitor as Non Competitor!
Las Vegas Figure and Bikini Team are the actual Competition girls!
As soon as you decide to enter a Competition, you are in this Team!!!
The Las Vegas Figure and Bikini Team is very successful in placing high and bringing home trophies!
I might add one of the most successful Teams out there!
Group Figure and Bikini Training offers an amazing support system through emails, CD rom, Facebook , and individual friendships that are being build!!!
It is almost impossible to fail!
We have increased in members from 4 to 57 in the last 4 years and numbers still go up!!!
Training times are Mondays and Wednesday’s 6am 7am 8:30am 3pm 4pm and 5:45pm
Tuesday’s and Thursday’s 6am 9am 3pm and 5:45pm
We are also including weekly weight and body fat, nutrition adjustment depending on the individual’s , posing klinik ( weekly Thursday at 7am and Thursday at 5:30pm)!
We guide you in every step on suit purchase, shoes, hair and make up, tan….
We also have monthly events to raise money and help our girls with expenses like boarding, flight, and registration costs!!!!
Compared to one on one training Group Figure Training is about $35 per session, while one on one is $75 per session!
Contact us today at
Claudia@bodyrevisionbyclaudia.com
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Typical Body Revision Leg Workout!

Posted by Claudia on May 27, 2012
Posted in: Excerise, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle.

Still trying to improve my lateral quads and glutes!
I am eating more carbohydrates as well as more calories in general on leg day!
After the initial warm up , which can be a light cardio or active stretching to activate the nervous system, I start with squats ….
Right now I am choosing octagon squats ( that funky frame you see on the floor at your gym) because of a shoulder injury!
I am trying to go heavy enough to barely finish 10 reps with my legs shoulder width apart!
The octagon frame helps you go a bit deeper as usual to activate your glutes better!!!
Start by using the frame only, then add weight!
My legs are the strongest part in my body which means I am adding two 45 lbs plates and a 25lbs plate on each side!
Next I will do some sumo squats 🙂
Legs spread apart as in a pli A position!
Go down thighs parallel to the floor and return!
Watch your knee’s from caving in….
Knee over mid foot, lower position 90/90 degrees!
Next I will do dead lifts on the bar!
Slight bend in my knees, only joint moving is your hip joint!
No more than 10 reps max…heavy weight!
Hacksquat machine is next…
I use the Hacksquat in reverse!!!
If you are on the pad where does your booty go?
Legs out to the side ( heels on the machine but toes on the floor )
One legged squats are done on the squat machine …
Go low enough to activate that glute muscle!!!
Alternating lunges and good morning combination will be my next one!
I keep the barbell on my neck with low weight, do a lunge on each leg , then continue with one good morning in between!
10 lunges on each leg and 10 good mornings!
I keep a break of about 1-2 min between each set, 4 sets for each exercise, 10 reps for each set to grow some muscle!
In this segment I do not isolate muscles ( leg extensions, leg curls , ….)
Don’t forget to ad BCAA’s for growth, have some protein and carbohydrates within 60 min after your workout ( and some before), and make sure to get enough rest!
Remember that muscle growth happens in your resting period!!!
Your workout is there to tear it down so your body can repair better, stronger, bigger…

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