by Kristen Perillo | Jun 16, 2020 | fat loss, general health, motivation, nutrition, women
At the beginning of June 2019, I put my summer fat loss goals on hold. Stress, death in the family, end-of-school-year bullshit, and exhaustion all warranted a short break from calorie restriction for me. Good news: The break helped. I was ready to get that six pack...
by Chris Rombola | Jun 16, 2020 | general health, fat loss, strength training
Hey, Chris, I haven’t been getting all of my weightlifting workouts done lately, but it’s been beautiful out, and I’ve been going on way more jogs and bike rides! Will I get the same fat loss results? P.S. I’m of the social media generation; can you make the answer...
by Chris Rombola | Jun 16, 2020 | general health, strength training
A client asked me this last week, and this is how I answered. This client’s workouts have some specific requirements that were customized to this client’s goals, but everything else about the answer—concentric, eccentric, intramuscular coordination—applies to...
by Chris Rombola | Jun 16, 2020 | general health, fat loss, strength training
Hey, Chris, I have a fat loss question for you, but I also have some stipulations on it! The question is, why do I have to lift weights to lose fat? Why can’t I just walk? And the stipulations are, I zone out when you talk all sciencey, so make it stupid simple. And I...
by Chris Rombola | Jun 16, 2020 | fat loss, general health, nutrition, women
Letter to the editor: Howdy Chris, I was hoping you could shed some light on a subject I feel left in the dark on, but there’s a big IF involved, and that IF is Intermittent Fasting. It seems to be all the rage online, and I’m curious—does it work? Should I take a...
by Kristen Perillo | May 3, 2020 | general health, strength training
Why do we change programs every month? We get this question a lot at Fit House. And right now, when our clients are training with customized at-home programs, we get this question even more. Why can’t we just get a program and stick with it for the ENTIRE pandemic,...
by Chris Rombola | Apr 28, 2020 | general health, motivation, strength training
My favorite memes/videos I’ve seen during this quarantine have been those put out by hair stylists cautioning clients NOT to cut their own bangs or do their own hair coloring during the mandatory shutdown because they are going to fuck it up. Why? Hairstylists are...
by Kristen Perillo | Apr 21, 2020 | fat loss, general health, motivation
I did something I should not have done this morning: I read the comments on a Facebook news article link. It was an article about whether gyms and salons could reopen, and while many of the comments were more thoughtful, many of them said things like this: “Why? So...
by Chris Rombola | Apr 14, 2020 | fat loss, general health, motivation, nutrition, strength training, women
Teachers love teaching; to honor that, I’m going to use Danielle to teach a simplified lesson in weight. The picture to the left is from 2012. She weighed 113# and was running 25+ miles a week to maintain her body composition. The reason I have this picture is...
by Chris Rombola | Mar 20, 2020 | general health, strength training
When I was a but a youth, I tried out every weightlifting program imaginable. I was so passionate about training that, every time I read something new, I had to partake immediately; I was jack of all trades, master of none. It was a catch-22: I was garnering a large...
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