Personal Trainer in Harlingen | Rio Grande Valley

What’s Your Real Age?

What is your REAL age, versus your calendar/chronological age? Take this fun test to find out. It’s interesting to see all the things taken into account that you may not even think matter.  Some of you have probably seen this before, and as a result made some...

Medicine Ball for Strength & Conditioning

Soft Medicine Balls, also known as a medball, exercise ball, and weighted ball are great for abdominal/core work, legs, arms, shoulders, (demo photos below) and overall conditioning.  Soft Medicine Balls are very different from the much lighter and larger Stability or...

Strengthening Your Back Muscles

I’VE GOT YOUR BACK, SO SHOULD YOU! Any well rounded program includes exercising the muscles of your back, the latissimus dorsi, aka “lats”. We often spend much of our time working certain areas (abs, arms, thighs) that are very visible to us; for...

Jumping Rope

You’ve all heard of jumping rope or skipping rope, and probably did it as a kid. Well, we’re all just big kids, so think about incorporating it back into your exercise routine.  Right away many of you may think “but my knees”. Jumping...

Through Rain, Sleet, Heat, & Snow

As I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:  There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing! If you like being outdoors, be outdoors. In a bad mood? Go take a walk. Need to de-stress? Go take a walk. Shake it off and take a short (or not...

Weighted Body Bar

For those of you looking for an alternative to dumbbells, a weighted body bar can be a nice addition. They vary in weight size from 8 to upwards of 20 lbs.  I use them for shoulders, arms, lower back, thighs, tush, upper back and chest. You can do it all with one...