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…
Lower back pain accounts for more than 264 million lost workdays per year, and costs American’s more than 50 billion dollars in health care cost per year! Yet, not all employers are proactive enough to protect their employees from acquiring lower back pain. It appears that there is a big lack of understanding of the…
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,…
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…
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…
The mistakes you make when trying to lose stubborn body fat often leave the individual confused as what to do next. Unfortunately, we are easily misinformed by the conflicting information that the media tells us. They are usually trying to sell a quick fix solution to a problem which never works. Instead, focus your valuable…
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…
The three leading causes of acute injury in the gym are improper warm up, improper form and performing the incorrect number of exercise reps, sets and loads. As a Mesa Arizona Personal Trainer with over 18 years in the health and fitness industry, I have seen enough eye opening recklessness in the gym that would…
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 70 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure also known as hypertension. That’s 29% of the American population or 1 out of every 3 adults. Of that 29%, only 50% of the inflicted hypertensives have their blood pressure under control. Reducing high blood pressure naturally…