by Sandra | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog, Bodybuilding, Exercise, Health & Wellness, Weight Training
Here are some ways to recognize overtraining. If you are training hard and don’t factor in enough recovery time to your program, overtraining can result. Recovery comes in many forms; enough calories & the right balance of macronutrients, enough sleep,...
by Sandra | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Bodybuilding, Exercise, Fitness Classes, Weight Training
It is important to know when to increase your load in resistance training. An essential component of any resistance training program is the concept of progression. In other words, to move toward a predetermined goal, you have to increase load (weight), volume,...
by Sandra | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Bodybuilding, Exercise, Fitness Classes, Weight Training
According to NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, an exercise is classified as a Core Exercise if a) it involves two or more primary joints, which would make it a multi-joint exercise and b) engages large muscles while activating synergistic muscles. One...
by Sandra | May 23, 2015 | Blog, Exercise, Fitness Classes, Health & Wellness, Nutrition & Dietary, Seminars, Special Events, Weight Training
Free event! Rawmana Fitness Open House. We will have our doors open with special activities, such as seminars on the “5 Nutrition Tips We Should All Practice” with guest speaker, Sandra Blackie , B.A., N.A.S.N., N.A.S.M., A.F.A.A., & I.F.B.B. Pro...
by Sandra | May 8, 2015 | Blog, Exercise, Health & Wellness, Nutrition & Dietary, Weight Training
One of my clients just got the wonderful news that she is pregnant! Does she have to eat or exercise differently compared to before? Because she is a new client with weight loss goals, it is important that she focus more on eating healthy than dieting, at this point....
by Sandra | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Bodybuilding, Exercise, Health & Wellness, Nutrition & Dietary, Weight Training
Post- competition: This can be the best time for positive change! No, this is not “pigging out” after the show. Nor is it time to regain all the body fat you lost before the show. It is a time to gradually re-introduce responsible, off season eating, back into...