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Al Painter, BA, NASM-CPT, CES, PES
- Nov 21, 2015
- 4 min
REVIEW: MONKII BARS MAKE THE WORLD YOUR GYM
Price: $149 on the monkii bars website Pros: Makes fitness more accessble, all but eliminates excuses for not exercising, size, portabili...
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Al Painter, BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES
- Oct 22, 2015
- 3 min
GET ON YOUR MARK WITH ADAM KEMIST IN LOS ALTOS
I. Love. Shoes. I would buy them every day (with watches and sunglasses too, for that matter) if I could. Nothing beats the smell of a ...
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Al Painter, BA, NASM-CPT, CES, PES
- Oct 15, 2015
- 4 min
FINE TUNING FITNESS AFTER 40 - PART 3 THE WORKOUT
I love lifting heavy things, always have. However, as I've gotten older lifting heavy things requires a lot more precision from the plann...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Oct 8, 2015
- 6 min
FINE TUNING FITNESS AFTER 40 - PART 2
I'm assuming if you read the first installment and you're here, you're still over age 40. You'd probably also like some more information ...
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Al Painter, BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES
- Oct 4, 2015
- 1 min
5 FOR FITNESS YOU SHOULD READ
Here we are on the last day of the regular season for baseball. Its always a bitter sweet thing for me as a Giants fan. Well, at least in...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Sep 23, 2015
- 5 min
FINE TUNING FITNESS AFTER 40 - PART 1
I've got a shocker to share with you the faithful peruser of my fitness prose. Chances are, you're going to turn 40. I know right??? It h...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, CES, PES, TRX Qualified
- Sep 15, 2015
- 5 min
TRIATHLETES: 7 WAYS TO PUT YOURSELF BACK TOGETHER IN THE OFF SEASON
Done For Your Strength Training Are you looking for an off season strength training program you can do on your own, but don’t know where ...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Sep 13, 2015
- 2 min
PARENTS: FITTING IN FITNESS AT HOME - WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Are you a busy parent with an impacted day who finds it tough to find time to exercise? I've got two kids at home and a crazy schedule so...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Aug 21, 2015
- 2 min
3 ESSENTIAL CORE STRENGTH MOVES FOR RUNNERS
Runners, your performance gains/losses are directly tied into how well your opposite hip and shoulder are connected through your core. Th...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Aug 6, 2015
- 4 min
CONFESSIONS OF A RECOVERING FITNESS TRACKER FANATIC
Life used to be normal. It used to have meaning. It was something I regularly enjoyed. Until I got a fitness tracker. I used to think the...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Jul 27, 2015
- 1 min
BUSY PARENTS: 4 WAYS TO FIT IN FITNESS AT HOME
Can I just say WOW! AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! The awesome I speak of is the third installment of the “Sharknado” trilogy (with confirmation of...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Jul 22, 2015
- 2 min
REVIEW: FITNESS MADE SIMPLE WITH THE LIFELINE USA JUNGLE GYM XT
When you do the majority of your workouts at home, convenient fitness is one of the biggest components. If it takes too much time to set ...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Jul 16, 2015
- 3 min
SMALL GROUP TRAINING: WALLET FRIENDLY FITNESS THAT GETS RESULTS
Every team that wins a championship always points to one major reason for their success: team chemistry. A group of people working togeth...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Jun 29, 2015
- 5 min
BIOFORCE HRV: THE KEY TO SMART TRAINING
A long time ago, in a gym far far away, I picked up my first weight. It was a tool to enhance the way I moved on the baseball diamond in ...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- Jun 22, 2015
- 3 min
LADIES, PICK UP HEAVY THINGS IN THE GYM, IT'S OK
A few months back, Daniella Dayoub from DFitLife, Alison Corcoran from Goldilocks Training, and Karen Koutsavlis fromNew England360 were ...
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Al Painter BA, NASM-CPT, PES, CES, TRX Qualified
- May 28, 2015
- 6 min
MY FITNESS WEARABLE WISHLIST
The newest hotness in the fitness industry is wearable tech to help you keep tabs on weight loss, steps taken throughout the day, your he...
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