The human body!

This week's post is a reminder for everyone that do not take care of their own BODY. It is common that most of you are busy with everything else that is happening around you such as work, family, school and other responsibilities.

I will admit that I do the same as well, but did you ever think if you are taking care of your body in terms of exercise, nutrition, stress, injuries etc. If you think that your body does not need any attention...here your wrong. Your body should be your only priority and if you do not take care of it, yep you will see the negative consequences later.

Think for a second....when was the last time you trained, do you follow a well-balanced nutrition regime, are you a stressful person, do you have any injuries acute or chronic? These are some valid questions that you should ask yourself and seek for the answers right away.

DO NOT wait for the New Year Resolution. Delaying your actions for the future is not the answer. Your body is your NO.1 priority now and its best if you take care of it.

Balance everything out and remember that there is always TIME for everything. It all depends on YOU AND ONLY YOU.

JUST LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.............I'm out!

The influence of a personal trainer!!!

SELF-SELECTED RESISTANCE TRAINING INTENSITY
IN HEALTHY WOMEN: THE INFLUENCE OF A
PERSONAL TRAINER
NICHOLAS A. RATAMESS, AVERY D. FAIGENBAUM, JAY R. HOFFMAN, AND JIE KANG
Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the
influence of resistance training with a personal trainer versus
unsupervised resistance training on the self-selected intensities
used by women during resistance exercise. Forty-six resistancetrained
women (age = 26.6 6 6.4 years; body mass = 64.2 6
10.9 kg) who either trained individually (n = 27; No PT) or with
a personal trainer (n = 19; PT) were carefully instructed to
select a weight they used in their own resistance training
workouts that enabled the completion of 10 repetitions for the
chest press (CP), leg press (LP), seated row (SR), and leg
extension (LE) exercises. Each participant was subsequently
tested for one repetition-maximum (1RM) strength on each
exercise, and the self-selected intensity was calculated based
on a percent of each 1RM value. For self-selected relative
intensity, the PT group selected significantly greater intensities
for LP (50% vs. 41%), CP (57.4% vs. 48%), and SR (56% vs.
42%) whereas a trend (p = 0.10) was observed for LE (43% vs.
38%) compared with No PT. Overall, the average self-selected
intensity for all exercises was ~51.4% in PT group and ~42.3%
in the No PT group. 1RM values for LP, LE, and SR were greater
in the PT than No PT group. Ratings of perceived exertion
values were significantly greater in the PT compared with the
No PT group for CP, LE, and SR but not LP. These results
indicate that resistance training under the supervision of a
personal trainer leads to greater initial 1RM strength values,
self-selection of greater workout intensities, and greater ratings
of perceived exertion values during resistance exercise.

from:
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
www.nsca-jscr.org