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Gabriel Lamas

KEEPING YOUR EXERCISE ROUTINE

FITNESS TIPS WHILE TRAVELING Traveling can often be a major impediment to staying in shape and maintaining health and fitness. That’s typically because we’re removed from our usual routines, usual amenities and separated from our gyms, personal trainers and spin classes.  For many, it can be easier to just resume their workout program when their ... Read more

FINDING BALANCE IN HEALTH & FITNESS

We live in a society today based around immediate gratification and instant results. Technology has conditioned us to have what we want, literally at our fingertips. This phenomenon has transferred into all aspects of our lives, including the health and fitness world. Billboards hang over our streets and highways promising immediate weight loss. Commercials flash ... Read more

EXERCISE AND KIDS

I’m sure that many of us have heard the notion that children should not engage in  “heavy” resistance training. I am also sure that many of us remember the somewhat odd and disturbing documentary of the heavy weight lifting child dubbed “Little Hercules” who – at an unreasonably young age was  extremely muscular. Now, I ... Read more

STAYING FIT

The craze of “low carb” diets is not a new phenomenon, but one that has begun in the mainstream with the famous Atkins diet and has continued onward as a mainstay of most people’s weight loss diets as well as overall nutritional values. By that, I mean most people consider carbs to be “bad.” So, ... Read more

LOOK LIKE AN ATHLETE

Lately, my personal training company has been doing a lot of work with triathletes and marathon runners. To most of us (myself included), these people represent the pinnacle of dedication to physical fitness. As someone who is obviously passionate about working out, it boggles even me to think about running for three or more hours ... Read more

LESS CARDIO FOR MORE WEIGHT LOSS

During both my formative years as a personal trainer and nutrition student in college and while owning personal training businesses throughout Miami, I have crossed paths with countless people looking to change their body in one way or another. More often than not, the number one request is weight loss. Usually, one’s first plan of ... Read more

GETTING IN SHAPE – PLANNING FOR YOUR SUCCESS

Let’s be 100 percent honest – working out is not always fun. In fact, as a fitness enthusiast myself, I’d go so far as to venture to say working out is usually not fun. Forgive the overused fitness industry cliché but “that’s why it’s called ‘working out ‘ – its work!” Except for the few ... Read more

FIT FACTS

Through my years working as a personal trainer as well as an avid exercise enthusiast in my own personal life, I have come to two realizations regarding most people’s exercise programs: 1) Most people’s want to “lose weight.” 2) Most people never see results. In the personal training business, when a prospective client is interested ... Read more

3 FATLOSS TIPS

“Lose 10lbs in 1 week!” “Six pack abs in 10 minutes a day!” “Drop 4 inches off your waist in the first month!” We’ve all heard these exaggerated weight-loss promises spouted off by late night infomercials, plastered in colorful magazine advertisements or blasting from the radio on the way to work. Ultimately, though, these are ... Read more

FITNESS

THE LOW DOWN: Low-Calorie Indulgences That’ll Fill Your Cravings Losing weight and getting in shape can often be daunting when many of the diets out there alternate between insane fads, such as soup only, or the effective but ever-miserable bodybuilder style chicken and broccoli five times per day. While there are definitely foods that have ... Read more