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Lexington Trainers is a resource that was started as a way to address all the questions and subjects that our personal training clients are asking. The weight loss, personal training and fitness world is full of bad and misleading information. Our goal is to provide evidence based and reliable information for our readers and clients. It is easy for a personal trainer to make you sweat and get you sore, but helping a client establish life-long wellness takes more than just sets and reps.

Using the Relaxation Response

by Gary Ditsch

I have written about the Relaxation Response in terms of sports performance and endurance training several times in the past. You can read those posts over on our triathlon and running focused website: – How to exercise when you want to lower stress? – Health First : Working through the health, fitness and performance model. [...]

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The relationship between coritsol and weight gain

by Gary Ditsch

We often hear that there is a relationship between stress and weight gain. The question that this relationship begs to ask is: Does stress cause an individual to change their behavior, which leads to weight gain? Or, is there an underlying physiological link between stress and weight gain? The short answer is “Yes”. In the [...]

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Lifestyle modification for weight loss boosts mood.

by Gary Ditsch

The past couple posts I have written have dealt with the relationship between mood, weight loss, exercise and nutrition. The last post was specifically about Robert Thayer’s theory on mood’s relationship to energy (high versus low) and tension (calm versus tense) and how exercise and diet choices matter. You can read those two posts here: [...]

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A deeper look at tension, energy, mood and healthly behaviors.

by Gary Ditsch

A deeper look at tension, energy, mood and behaviors. Robert Thayer, Ph.D. has proposed a theory of mood that relates the awareness of physiological states of energy and tension. In this model an individual fits on a spectrum of energy versus tiredness and tension versus calmness. These two dimensions create a quadrant, therefore an individual [...]

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The role of moods in weight gain

by Gary Ditsch

(Link) View more Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Quotes and Sound Clips and Mike Myers Quotes and Sound Clips That quote from Austin Powers was a pretty funny line when I first heard it, but when you think about the contents of what he says and how real that situation is for many [...]

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Why do Doctors suck when dealing with weight loss?

by Gary Ditsch

There is constantly discussion on television, radio, in magazines, books, and around the dinner table (or coach depending on your habits) about the detrimental impact that obesity has upon an individual’s health. It is a topic that is everywhere we go, even First Lady Michelle Obama has chosen childhood obesity as her issue to address [...]

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Hormones that control appetite and influence weight loss.

by Gary Ditsch

In my post yesterday, “Does sleep impact your ability to lose weight“, I briefly mentioned the role of two hormones: ghrelin and leptin. These two hormones help to control your appetite, therefore they can be important in a person’s attempt to lose or mange their weight. You should go read yesterday’s post to see how [...]

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Does sleep impact your ability to lose weight?

by Gary Ditsch

One behavior that I personally notice is that when I start to get less sleep a few things start to happen: A – I feel more fatigued during the day, which makes getting a quality workout completed more difficult. B – I seek out foods that I feel will help boost my energy levels.  Generally [...]

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The red meat debate again.

by Gary Ditsch

I pulled up my google headlines today and saw this from The Washington Post, “New UK Guidelines: Eat Less Red Meat“.   It appears that the British government is advising the following: To help prevent cancer by cutting down on steaks, hamburgers, sausages and other red meat. Government experts say people should eat no more than [...]

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Why we like to eat grass fed beef.

by Gary Ditsch

Growing up in central Nebraska, you are exposed to many different aspects of agriculture and ranching. There were summers I spent time weeding bean fields with my cousins, early memories of living with my grandparents and the hog operation grandpa helped uncle Johnny with, riding in the combine or grain truck as the wheat was [...]

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