Los Gatos Personal Trainer - Cardio Training For Sports

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Published: Tuesday, 01 July 2014 05:31

I remember when I was in junior high, we all had to run a lap around the tennis courts every time someone missed the serve during service practice. Coaches sometimes made us run for hours for no reason. And it was not unusual if athletes weren't allowed to drink water without the coach's permission. It was a common way that most coaches trained athletes back in the old days, although it certainly caused some overtraining and injuries for athletes.

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Los Gatos Personal Trainer - Soccer Helps My Tennis Game?

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Published: Monday, 30 June 2014 04:31

Do you think you should improve your tennis footwork? Do your children need these extra skills? It might be a good idea to start cross training with soccer skills. Here are some thoughts from Akari Ikeda, personal trainer at The New Basis in Los Gatos, CA.

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Los Gatos Personal Trainer - Integrated

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Published: Sunday, 29 June 2014 06:57

The last time I was in the doctor's office for my annual checkup in Los Gatos, I had to wait 15 minutes in the exam room before the doctor came in.  I almost picked up my cell phone to check email and Facebook, like I've done thousands of times before.   One of the training magazines looked interesting, so I picked it up and put it down a minute later, because I was at capacity.  Instead I decided to lay on the exam table, close my eyes and enjoy the calm and quiet.  I was so tired that I might have been able to fall asleep, had it not been for how enjoyable it was to sit in peace.  It had been a particularly busy month, and I wasn't taking care of myself well.  And then life just kind of caught up to me.

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Los Gatos Personal Trainer - What if I fail . . . again?

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Published: Friday, 27 June 2014 21:47

I have spent my fair share of time failing in my quest to lose weight and get healthy in the past 15 years. My life always had an exercise and health thread running through it, from soccer and volleyball, (always) swimming to coaching to even becoming a personal trainer and mastering my craft for my clients the last 7 years! Oh, I could lose weight by exercise, I could lose weight by dieting, and I could train for that 10k run coming up. But why did I seem to keep losing the SAME few lbs over and over again?

That's not true weight loss. You know what that's called? . . .  Maintenance!

I knew what to do, so why couldn't I just pull myself together? Some days I felt like my body was broken ~ like I was doing all the right things and nothing worked, even though science said it should. And there were other days when I just didn't make the right decisions and sabotaged myself because I was “tired of fighting” the cravings. I used to tell myself that I'd start again tomorrow, or Monday, or after that specific event . . .

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