Decreasing food calories does lead to some weight loss but doesn’t lead to long term permanent weight loss. To date, there are no scientific studies to show that decreasing food calories leads to long term weight loss. Some studies indicate a loss of healthy lean body tissue known as muscle, but an inadequate amount of…
It is a well-known fact that as we age we experience a progressive loss of strength and flexibility. In most cases, this loss of strength and flexibility is due to a decrease in physical activity and movement over the years. Harvard Health Studies have discovered that the average human will lose 3-5% of strength and flexibility…
Scottsdale Arizona Personal Trainer Philosophy About Holistic Health and Fitness Scottsdale Arizona Personal Trainer Rivak Hoffman says, “The secret to changing the quality of your health can be found by challenging yourself incrementally”. Attempting to fill your bucket with too many goals often leads to failure. Improving your overall health is about acquiring a total…
Scottsdale Arizona Personal Trainer’s Best Solutions To End Holiday Battle Of The Bulge. Christmas is almost over and your summer clothes no longer fit. So now what will you do as New Year Eve approaches and that little black dress no longer fits? For you, it’s been very difficult to forlorn the holiday cookies,…
Rivak Hoffman is a former Surgical Physician Assistant who made the transition to holistic health and fitness 18 years ago He now successfully works at Every Bit Fit Arizona as a Scottsdale AZ Medical Personal Trainer and Spine Therapist. He has a lot of experience under his belt. He has helped improve the quality of life…
Holiday Weight Gain Facts And The Grim Reality Of Aberrant Human Behavior. Weight gain during the holiday months is perpetual problem troubling millions of Americans. Horrific eating behaviors lead to an extra unsightly 7-12 pounds of holiday weight gain. This weight gain is typically seen around peoples faces and bellies. The worst thing about…
Strength Training Better Defined Strength training should be designed to improve your overall health and well being, by creating proper muscle contraction and growth of muscle also known as hypertrophy. In addition, when properly performed, strength training should promote good joint stability by increasing tendon and ligament toughness. In other words, strength training should promote…
Any experienced holistic Scottsdale personal trainer will tell you that the key to fitness is not only having a well designed exercise program, but also maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This is one of the simplest but significant things that most people tend to ignore. As a Scottsdale Personal Fitness Trainer, I often encourage healthy clean eating…
How to get rid of arm fat is a nagging problem many women face as they transition through the decades of life. That unsightly jiggle of loose under arm fat, bothers women and often hammers on their self esteem. It becomes an embarrassment for some women to publicly reveal their arms in short sleeve shirts,…
Physical Stress in general is healthy for the human body until obsession takes over and one over exercises. Over exercising leads to over activation of the sympathetic nervous system and increased cortisol production. This in turn leads to tissue catabolism versus tissue anabolism. Scottsdale Personal Trainer Rivak Hoffman is and advocate of working in with…