Welcome to my fitness page
What is fitness?
Fitness means living up to your genetic potential. Fitness means being physically and mentally prepared for a successful life, in whatever environment you find yourself. Fitness is the essence of wellness and longevity.
We are athletes and team players by nature
Just as fish are designed to swim in schools, birds are designed to fly in flocks, and monkeys are designed to live together in trees, we humans are designed to lift, run, stretch, think, and collaborate in every environment on earth. We are like expensive race cars that must be taken out onto the racetrack regularly and operated according to our design specifications. As a fitness trainer, my job is to help you do just that.
I am a professional fitness trainer
I studied and trained with the late, great bodybuilder Mike Mentzer
I follow his Heavy Duty protocol: Intense, brief, and infrequent.
A Certified Personal Trainer with NASM
The prestigious National Academy of Sports Medicine. The leader in fitness education.
A former fitness trainer for Balley Total Fitness gym in Culver City, CA.
A fitness enthusiast since 1977
I possess a thorough knowledge of weight training, hatha yoga, aerobic interval training,
a dozen sports and other athletic-related activities, seven years of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,
a practicing Taoist, and everything to do with fitness of mind and body.
Fitness of mind and body are two sides of the same coin.
Mental fitness
You cannot be mentally fit and a physical wreck at the same time.
Physical fitness
You cannot be physically fit and a mental wreck at the same time.
The triad of physical fitness
Strength
Flexibility
Endurance
Maintain or Increase the thickness of muscles, bones, tendons, and the walls of the heart chambers. A strong body builds confidence.
Your strength workout will build or maintain physical fitness in 20 minutes, 1-2 times per week, and will put you on the road to good health.
Endurance
Flexibility
Endurance
Increase the volume of the heart chambers.
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), every second or third day, will provide the quickest results for aerobic fitness and good health.
Your interval-training workout will last
8-12 minutes, 2-3 times per week.
Flexibility
Flexibility
Flexibility
Flexibility training can be performed as often as you like. Yoga combined with foam rolling provides best results for physical fitness.
A great flexibility workout can take as little as
30 minutes, three times per week.