Stress relief is another solid reason why working out is so beneficial for your body and health.
Cardio Training for Stress Relief
by Shirley Archer, JD, MA
If you or your clients want to improve your resilience against stress, cardio workouts may be the way to go. Regular aerobic training reduces the heart rate response to psychological stress more than either resistance training or no training, according to a study published in the journal Psycho physiology (2004; 41 [4], 552–62. Forty-five sedentary, nonsmoking male and female participants aged 18–30 participated in aerobic training, resistance training or no training for 6 weeks. Outcome measures included blood pressure and heart rate, among other variables.
Researchers at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, reported that participants in both the aerobic training and resistance training groups had lower systolic blood pressure levels than the group who did no training. Aerobically trained participants had lower heart rate levels during psychological stress after training than did either of the other groups.
The researchers suggested that since aerobic training can lower heart rate response to psychological stress, it may offer a protective benefit over the long term against an increase in the risk of coronary heart disease.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
New Web Site is Ready for viewing!
The updated web site is done and ready for viewing. Please checkout out the new and improved web site and send all your family and friends for a look! Their are new before and afters, testimonials and fitness videos to be viewed.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Fitness Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/ptclw1973
Please click on the above link to view and comment on my new videos about fitness!
Please click on the above link to view and comment on my new videos about fitness!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Annual Body Composition Change Contest
Wilson Personal Training
Highest % Fitness Contest
2010
Hi Everyone,
Every year I put on a fitness contest for all my clients. It is a mini biggest loser type of
contest. The goal is to change your body fat % by more than the other competitor. This can
be accomplished by losing body fat, gaining muscle or a combination of both. The contest
runs from February 1st, till April 1st.
There are only a few rules for the contest.
-You must have your measurements taken at the start and the end of the contest.
-You must train two sessions a week with me for the duration of the contest. That means
you must purchase 16 sessions during the two months of the contest. I will also include
clients that attend two bootcamps per week.
Prize:
-The prize for 1st is 10 training sessions. Value $600
-I will have some small prizes for runners up.
-Their may be some more prizes announced at a later date. Anyone who may be interested
in donating a prize for the contest please contact me. I will put up and advertisement in my
studio for businesses that donate a prize.
This contest is great fun every year and for you really competitive people, it is great
motivation to change your body.
If you have any questions please contact me and I will be glad to answer them.
Casey Wilson
Wilson Personal Training
www.wilsonpersonaltraining.com
(916)871-8422
Highest % Fitness Contest
2010
Hi Everyone,
Every year I put on a fitness contest for all my clients. It is a mini biggest loser type of
contest. The goal is to change your body fat % by more than the other competitor. This can
be accomplished by losing body fat, gaining muscle or a combination of both. The contest
runs from February 1st, till April 1st.
There are only a few rules for the contest.
-You must have your measurements taken at the start and the end of the contest.
-You must train two sessions a week with me for the duration of the contest. That means
you must purchase 16 sessions during the two months of the contest. I will also include
clients that attend two bootcamps per week.
Prize:
-The prize for 1st is 10 training sessions. Value $600
-I will have some small prizes for runners up.
-Their may be some more prizes announced at a later date. Anyone who may be interested
in donating a prize for the contest please contact me. I will put up and advertisement in my
studio for businesses that donate a prize.
This contest is great fun every year and for you really competitive people, it is great
motivation to change your body.
If you have any questions please contact me and I will be glad to answer them.
Casey Wilson
Wilson Personal Training
www.wilsonpersonaltraining.com
(916)871-8422
Friday, January 1, 2010
Little Testimonial from one of my Clients.
Great Trainer
I have been training with Casey for about a year. He pushes me harder than I am willing to push myself, and it has paid off. I have increased muscle mass, core strength, and have improved my hill climbing capacity on my mountain bike. I have type 2 diabetes and rely on the training to extend the length and quality of my life. Thanks Casey!
Tim Lorenson
I have been training with Casey for about a year. He pushes me harder than I am willing to push myself, and it has paid off. I have increased muscle mass, core strength, and have improved my hill climbing capacity on my mountain bike. I have type 2 diabetes and rely on the training to extend the length and quality of my life. Thanks Casey!
Tim Lorenson
Thursday, November 19, 2009
End of the Year Special and Gift Cards!
Wilson Personal Training
End of the Year Training Special!
It is that time of the year again. Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away and Christmas will
be here before you know it. Every year I have a big training special that is my best training
special of the year. The special will be good from now until the end of the year. January 1st
regular prices will go back into effect. The special is simple this year, all session packages
purchased below 30 sessions are $50 per session and all packages purchased above 30 sessions
are $45 per session. My regular base rate for training sessions is $60 per session. If you want to
get into shape now or after the first of the year, now is the time to buy.
If you want to give the gift of fitness as a Christmas present, I also sell gift cards. If you
would like to get a gift card for Christmas just give your family and friends my contact
information and we can take care of the rest. You can buy as little as one session or up to 72
sessions.
Thank You,
Casey Wilson
www.wilsonpersonaltraining.com
916-871-8422
End of the Year Training Special!
It is that time of the year again. Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away and Christmas will
be here before you know it. Every year I have a big training special that is my best training
special of the year. The special will be good from now until the end of the year. January 1st
regular prices will go back into effect. The special is simple this year, all session packages
purchased below 30 sessions are $50 per session and all packages purchased above 30 sessions
are $45 per session. My regular base rate for training sessions is $60 per session. If you want to
get into shape now or after the first of the year, now is the time to buy.
If you want to give the gift of fitness as a Christmas present, I also sell gift cards. If you
would like to get a gift card for Christmas just give your family and friends my contact
information and we can take care of the rest. You can buy as little as one session or up to 72
sessions.
Thank You,
Casey Wilson
www.wilsonpersonaltraining.com
916-871-8422
Friday, November 13, 2009
Easy to Understand Article About the Core
I wanted to share this short article because is gives a very nice and simple explanation of why your core muscles are important. I have a new blog that I should have up by Monday, so keep an eye out for it.
Casey
Online Fitness & Health Articles
Why Core Fitness is ImportantAbdominal Training Program
If you’ve listened to the buzz around the fitness world lately or perused the latest workout books, you’ve probably heard the experts referencing core fitness in some shape or form. Traditionally, strength training has been dominated by exercises focused on isolating the muscles of the arms and legs. In fact, if you look at many of the weight machines that have become popular in modern gyms, you’ll notice that they require you to sit or recline while you use them.
While these machines will effectively help you build the muscles that they target, the problem is that, in real life, we don’t use our muscles that way. We lift a box from the floor to a shelf, swing a golf club, push our children on the swing set, or climb a rock wall. In fact, the vast majority of the things we do require all of the muscles in our bodies to function together and be coordinated through our mid-sections, or our “core.”
While those activities may make the use of core muscles seem very obvious, this area, made up of the muscles of our midsection, are actually responsible for quite a few of the more subtle functions as well, including posture, balance and stability.
A weakened core will often result in poor posture and stability, yet we don’t necessarily feel the results of it in areas that show us a direct cause and effect correlation. For example, poor posture, due to a weakened core, might allow our hips to slip out of alignment resulting in knee pain. In fact, quite a few of the chronic muscle and joint pain issues that Americans are suffering with today stem from a weakened core.
It is no wonder, then, that exercise science has taken a dramatic shift in recent years to include the core in strength training regimes. Now, rather than using a machine to first exercise your legs and then your arms, trainers are suggesting that their clients use free weights or bands to combine exercises such as a squat to overhead press. By linking the two, people are forced to transition the exercise movement through their core, and the core muscles in turn help to maintain good posture throughout the exercise. The end result is that we are exercising in a fashion that mimics the movements that we use in everyday life, while creating better posture and increasing our stability and balance.
Casey
Online Fitness & Health Articles
Why Core Fitness is ImportantAbdominal Training Program
If you’ve listened to the buzz around the fitness world lately or perused the latest workout books, you’ve probably heard the experts referencing core fitness in some shape or form. Traditionally, strength training has been dominated by exercises focused on isolating the muscles of the arms and legs. In fact, if you look at many of the weight machines that have become popular in modern gyms, you’ll notice that they require you to sit or recline while you use them.
While these machines will effectively help you build the muscles that they target, the problem is that, in real life, we don’t use our muscles that way. We lift a box from the floor to a shelf, swing a golf club, push our children on the swing set, or climb a rock wall. In fact, the vast majority of the things we do require all of the muscles in our bodies to function together and be coordinated through our mid-sections, or our “core.”
While those activities may make the use of core muscles seem very obvious, this area, made up of the muscles of our midsection, are actually responsible for quite a few of the more subtle functions as well, including posture, balance and stability.
A weakened core will often result in poor posture and stability, yet we don’t necessarily feel the results of it in areas that show us a direct cause and effect correlation. For example, poor posture, due to a weakened core, might allow our hips to slip out of alignment resulting in knee pain. In fact, quite a few of the chronic muscle and joint pain issues that Americans are suffering with today stem from a weakened core.
It is no wonder, then, that exercise science has taken a dramatic shift in recent years to include the core in strength training regimes. Now, rather than using a machine to first exercise your legs and then your arms, trainers are suggesting that their clients use free weights or bands to combine exercises such as a squat to overhead press. By linking the two, people are forced to transition the exercise movement through their core, and the core muscles in turn help to maintain good posture throughout the exercise. The end result is that we are exercising in a fashion that mimics the movements that we use in everyday life, while creating better posture and increasing our stability and balance.
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