Most of us have goals to increase lean muscle or lose fat or both. Exercise is, of course the only way to increase lean muscle. Losing fat can come from both dietary changes and from exercise, the most effective is a combination of both. More calories burned and fewer calories consumed equals loss in weight. That much is obvious but … Read More
The Best Whey To Weight Loss
For many of our clients, Nyack Boot Camp is part of their overall plan to lose weight. For weight-loss to be healthy and permanent our strength training program is essential but it cannot effect weight-loss on its own. A diet designed to restrict calories and provide the proper nutrients is critical to success, and the key ingredient is protein. A … Read More
Beth Chamberlin’s Guide to Taking Care of Your Skin
Younger-Looking Skin by Beth Chamberlin Take care of your skin from the inside and the outside. Engaging in regular vigorous exercise has helped to keep my skin looking younger than my years. The reason for this is that vigorous exercise helps pump blood and, therefore, nutrients and oxygen into deeper layers of the epidermis. This helps ensure younger-looking skin. Strength-training … Read More
Stop Your Teenager’s Summer Slide
Warm weather, sunny days, school’s out and your teenager is about to enjoy a summer’s worth of outdoor physical activity. Not so fast. Xbox, Wii, iPhone, iPad and when all else fails TV create more electronic distractions for young people than ever. Each one pulls them ever deeper into an addictive pit of sedentary, mind-numbing, couch-potato syndrome. It used to … Read More
Beating Cellulite
Stop spending your hard earned dollars on miracle creams and treatments. Here’s why they don’t work. . . By Peter G. Roy, DC, CFT March 10, 2015 Also known as orange peel syndrome, cellulite primarily affects women in their late teens and older. Theories abound as to why this occurs, and there are most likely numerous factors that can lead … Read More
Weight Loss & Fruit
Although fruit is vital to a healthy, balanced diet and very good for you, it is important to remember that fruit is a form of carbohydrate (sugar). Moreover, most fruits are high glycemic index carbs, which means they deliver a lot of sugar into your bloodstream very quickly. This can be a problem when you are trying to lose weight … Read More
Runner Shatters His Own Personal Record
When Chris came to his first workout at Nyack Boot Camp about 3 months ago he had been hearing from his mom how great our training is and finally decided to give it a try – maybe just to get her off his back, I don’t know. He told me his goal was to develop more strength, especially in the … Read More
Summer Slide
Every September when the school year begins we hear about the “summer slide” – that drop in children’s scholastic abilities that is attributed to 10 weeks of vacation spent avoiding all situations where learning might actually take place. Thankfully the agile little minds of our children seem to kick into gear fairly quickly once classes begin and they start exercising … Read More