“This time he was different,
he not only wanted to race, he wanted to win!”

When Mark and I first started working together in March 07, he came to me to get ‘in shape’ for the upcoming mountain bike race season. Mark was 39 years old, 6′ tall and weighed 223 lbs with a body fat of 30% (typically unhealthy). Biking had been a casual hobby for the previous few summers, but this year he wanted to race. Having not worked out formally in decades, I first identified and began to correct some muscle imbalances Mark had developed from long hours of sitting in front of his computer. I then incorporated a lot of balance, stability, and core muscle work into his routine, before we knew it the first race was upon us (in photo, left)…and I didn’t work with Mark again until January 08.

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Thanks to all my clients who joined me at The Exercise Spaces’ Client Appreciation Night at The Skate King in Bellevue on Saturday 4/12. We were sweating, and laughing, and some of us falling…:) Read More »

I ask all of you what motivates you to live a fit and balanced lifestyle…

We exercise to burn calories, so why would we want to undo this by eating before and after a workout? For one, we need energy to carry us through our workouts. I have actually caught a person, or two, while fainting in the middle of a training session. Oops they tell me, I was too busy and forgot to eat. Dizziness and nausea are the first signs of lack of fuel. We need energy to burn energy, the key here is to make sure you are burning more than you are consuming. We don’t get the green light to eat whatever we want just because we worked out - a huge misconception among many. Additionally, after we workout our body needs food to feed our hungry muscles. We need to quickly (within 30 minutes) get food into the blood flow following exercise. Protein and carbohydrates before and after weight training can enhance recovery, allowing the body to spend more time on building muscle rather than repair.

Some good pre and post workout snacks are : Read More »