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Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Jan 2, 2016

The Importance of Strength Training

Strength training isn’t just good for your muscles, it provides a multitude of benefits for the entire body, including improved heart health and balance, stronger bones, weight loss, and improved mental well-being. Types of training include free-weights, weight machines, resistance bands, and even your own body weight. It works by applying a lo…

6 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Does Weight Training Burn Fat?

Fat Loss: Weights Versus Cardio Weight training is an anaerobic exercise, so primarily when you’re training; your fuel source is carbohydrates (glycogen stored in the muscle). But the muscle mass you build while training requires energy, so the net gain from weight training versus cardio is greater from muscle training. It’s like having a bigger engine i…

7 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

The Incredible Efficiency Of Metabolic Resistance Exercises

If you’re like many searching for that certain ultra effective fat burning workout, you may end up on the wrong side of confusion. Perhaps you read a book which promises results. Maybe a recent magazine article told you something else, or the trainer at the local gym recommended a completely different approach…

6 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Does Weight Training Cause Weight Loss?

Does weight training cause weight loss? OK, this one is a little tricky because as a personal trainer I’m sort of giving my own profession a kick in the rear end. But to be truthful, exercise will pack on muscles, give you balance, co-ordination, strength and just about everything…

3 months ago · 1 like · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Can't Do Pullups? No Problem, Try These!

Pull-ups are specifically impressive and difficult to perform and of all the “strong” exercises out there, they’re the most admired. I mean, it’s just a bodyweight exercise, right? Sure, and they look very cool being pulled off effortlessly but remember, it’s your entire weight in a fight against gravity - over and over - and each rep gets harder. Yeah…

3 months ago · 1 like · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Workout Finishers: The Ultimate Tool To Get Lean!

If you like to get the most out of your workout, you will want to end it with some great intensity. It maximizes your fitness results, burns more fat, helps you gain more muscle and get into the best shape of your life. So just what is a workout finisher? Basically it’s a workout method involving exercises done at high intensity (either with cardio or re…

4 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

How To Perform The Landmine Squat-Press

Watch now (7 sec) | If you’re looking for a novel all-body exercise with a host of benefits to add to your workout routine, try the landmine squat-press. It can be as demanding as the front squat, without the level of practice in terms of perfecting technique. It also doesn’t rely on the levels of injury-free agility which other variations such as the back squat or goblin…

4 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

The Real Benefits Of Exercise

You’ve heard that exercise is good for you; that’s old news. But besides what is common knowledge, exercise has an amazing range of health benefits that’s simply astounding. Thousands of studies back this up, suggesting the connection between exercise and health is more than just an association…

5 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Seniors: Stay Strong

BY JORG MARDIAN • THE TRUMPET.COM, September 1, 2018 Muscle strength is one of the keys to healthy aging. But after we achieve peak muscle mass in our early 30s, it’s a slow march downhill from there. If we are sedentary as we age, we become frail, we start to hurt, we lose independence, and our lives become less satisfying…

6 months ago · Three60Fitness & Nutrition Blog

Workout Finishers: The Ultimate Tool To Get Lean!

If you like to get the most out of your workout, you will want to end it with some great intensity. It maximizes your fitness results, burns more fat, helps you gain more muscle and get into the best shape of your life. So just what is a workout finisher? Basically it’s a workout method involving exercises done at high intensity (either with cardio or re…

4 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Planks: Mistakes and Benefits!

Planks: You either love them or hate them. It’s a pretty basic exercise requiring no additional equipment, but it’s also one of the most complicated isometric exercises if performed correctly. You have to engage your muscles statically as you hold a horizontal pushup position while resting on the forearms. Your elbows will be on the floor directly below…

5 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

The Real Benefits Of Exercise

You’ve heard that exercise is good for you; that’s old news. But besides what is common knowledge, exercise has an amazing range of health benefits that’s simply astounding. Thousands of studies back this up, suggesting the connection between exercise and health is more than just an association…

5 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

No Time To Get Healthy? Try Online Personal Training!

You’ve got a job to do, commitments to keep, and finding time for yourself can seem like an impossible task — even when it comes to your health. You’ve probably tried dozens of diets and fitness routines, but never found anything that really worked for you. You may even have thought of visiting a gym and considered working with a personal trainer, but ti…

5 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

A Sustainable Approach to Youth Sports

Should your child participate in youth sports? Yes! But there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. BY JORG MARDIAN • THETRUMPET.COM • SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 A well-structured and organized youth program can help your child develop his or her body and mind, learn new skills, practice good sportsmanship, and have fun. In the United States, about 40 mi…

6 months ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

What Is Functional Strength Training?

As a personal trainer, I’m often asked what type of fitness is best. As an overall answer, all exercise works if consistently applied. But there are some methods that just work better and it is these I use for clients who need to get into shape with leaner muscle-fat ratio, better mobility, range of movement, functional strength and balance…

a month ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Use Constant Tension For Increased Muscular Results

Anyone who has been training for a while understands the importance of keeping tension on working muscles and increasing the time under tension for each set. It’s a critical formula for building muscle and one advanced method used to achieve this is called…

a month ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Supercharge Training Results With The Deadlift

The deadlift is a staple of most strength-training programs. It’s a compound exercise that adds muscle to your posterior chain, and gain quality mass from your traps all the way down to your hamstrings, then this is your exercise. In a simple explanation, it’s performed by picking up a weight from the ground, bending at your waist and hips and standing back up. However, there are far more technicalities involved in your setup and technique…

a month ago · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

Is Fitness Now Racist?

If you work out and eat healthy, you may be surprised to know that your lifestyle is now the new gateway drug to the alt-right. Apparently MSNBC has blown the lid off of this racist physical fitness conspiracy. In one of their latest articles, they claimed that far-right White supremacist groups are using online workout chats to find and encourage extre…

3 days ago · 2 likes · 7 comments · Jorg Mardian CPT, RHN

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