Irvine Personal Trainer – Personal Fitness Training

Irvine is loaded with fitness options.  Health clubs, Mega Clubs, Boot camps, Yoga, Pilates, Fitness meetups, healthy restaurants, specialty stores and, of course, personal training.

But how do you choose an activity?

Which style of training is best for you?

Well, in my opinion, it all starts with your personality and goals.  For example, I am a very competitive person that thrives on challenges and pushing myself.  If I’m not a little bit nervous before a workout, then it won’t hold my focus and I get bored.  So, for me, traditional gyms or slow yoga classes are like pulling teeth.

I need something new, something that pushes me, and I prefer to have a crew of people that I can workout with, that push me and be in an environment that has lots of energy.

After 3 years in Irvine, I wasn’t happy with the gyms that were available, so I opened my own.  Its raw, exciting, and challenges people’s bodies and minds.  You can feel the environment!  Its not a place for people looking for a quiet place to do cardio.  This place was built for people looking for a challenge, people looking for real change, people looking to get strong and for people looking for an environment that feeds their need for team and change.

I think that anyone thats competed in the past, misses the days of practice, working hard and going through tough times in order to attain something great!  Innovative Results has created that environment again!

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For more information, give us a call

866.243.4472

…and rest assured, we aren’t about high pressure sales tactics.  We want people in our gym that want to be there.  So, give us a call, come in for a FREE trial, and if you like it, great.  If not, we will help you find another place that fits your needs.

Have a great day!

OC Trainer in Training Christin’s week in Review

Monday 1/12

Excited for this week. I’m going to the Red Cross tomorrow to get my CPR/AED/First Aid certification and I can’t wait. I love how focused I’m feeling, its getting to be like second nature. Here’s to one more step to becoming the next best trainer.

Total Calories: 1,235

Tuesday 1/13

SO GOOD. I passed my CPR/AED/First Aid class with flying colors. I had such a good time too. It was great meeting new people who wanted to learn how to properly beat on another humans chest as much as I did. I feel confident that I will be able to help in a life or death situation. So feel free to choke, pass out, or have a heart attack in front of me, I got your back.

Total Calories: 1,150

Wednesday 1/14

Going to work tonight and bringing my flash cards with me. I’m taking every opportunity to study for my upcoming test. The 24/25 is coming up fast, too fast. I have a lot going on this weekend into next week and I can’t let it take all my attention. I am determined to stay on track, I will not falter, I will not fail. 

Total Calories: 1,200

Thursday 1/15

I feel great. I’ve lost another pound making it 16 down. It’s such a wonderful feeling knowing that your heard work is paying off. My goals are high, the road is long, but the pay off its going to be amazing.

Total Calories: 1,250

Total Weight: 179lbs

Friday 1/16

Long weekend ahead of me, working  21ish hours, boyfriends parents are in town, long time friend is in town too ( and they brought friends with) and don’t forget study time, lots and lots of study time. Trying to keep the stress to a minimum, but I can really feel it rising. I’m going to keep my head down and stay focused and all will be OK. At least that is what I will repeat to my self  if it gets a little out of hand.

Total Calories: 1, 230

Got big thighs?

Question

Is there a better way to train, especially women, who have bigger legs and thighs? I have heard that high impact training not be right for them.

Answer

What a great question. The answer requires some background in Functional Anatomy and Serial Distortion Patterns. Let us discus. Serial distortion patterns develop over a period of time. They are very insidious in nature. One of the most common patterns has to do with women who wear high heels and sit for a large part of the day. High heels do not just mean 8 inch stilettos. Most tennis shoes people wear are considered high heels. If the heel of the shoe is built up at all, it is considered a high heel. This would constantly keep the calf in a shortened position. This shortened position tends to make the foot roll out laterally. The foot rolled out would in turn roll out the tibia. The tibia rolled laterally would place stress at the knee and eventually lead to a lateral rotation at the femur. This would shorten the biceps femoris and the piriformis. Because she sits for a large part of the day, we can assume that her hip flexors, especially the iliopsoas, will also be shortened. When the hip flexors are shortened, the hip extensors are lengthened. The hip extensors are the glutes. Thus, the glutes are not strong and tend to look flabby. It also tends to be the area in which women generally hold any extra adipose tissue they may have. The femurs are rolled out and the greater trochanter sticks out to give the appearance of an even larger hip complex. I would also wonder if she has lower back problems. Most people with this type of serial distortion will incur low back pain.

Another common sign that this serial distortion pattern is occurring is to check her IT band. The IT band is located on the outside of the femur from the knee up to the hip. If she were to roll her IT on a pliofoam roller and mention some extreme discomfort, we are on the same page.

Now that we may have determined what is going on, what do you do? There are some general guidelines to follow. We need to loosen what is tight and tighten what is loose. This is easier said then done. I agree with your earlier comment that she should stay away from high impact events, at least at first. We need to prepare her for impact events before she starts that type of routine. Currently, with the imbalances that are occurring in her body, a high impact program would increase her chances of injury significantly. I would say that the most important part of her program would be flexibility. You must establish proper length-tension relationships before we place outside stress to the structures. We must stretch the calves and hip flexors. Please refer to the stretching exercises in that portion of PT on the Net.com. After we have stretched her out, the program should incorporate many exercises involving the glutes. Both the gluteus maximus and medius need to be addressed. We can accomplish this most efficiently by having her stand up while performing her exercises. One must have an adjustable cable column or a set of resistance tubing to do this most effectively. I would like to recommend the Ground Zero adjustable cable column or the LifeFitness dual adjustable pulley. Another helpful hint is to have her try to do her exercises either in a squat type position or even done standing on one leg and alternating legs between the sets. Standing on one leg and making sure the opposite side hip does not drop will concentrate on the standing side gluteus medius. This technique will actually burn more calories than traditional weight training and will focus on her specific needs of working the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex more efficiently. Thank you for your thought provoking question. Let us know if there are any other training scenarios we can help you with.

Mike DeMora M.S., BCET, PES

Innovative Results

Orange County Personal Trainer talks about Allergy Medicine and Exercise

Question:

I have exercise-induced allergies, and I am training for a marathon. I went to the doctor and all I got was Claritin. What can I do?

Answer:

There is the classic East meets West answer for this question. I am drawn between answering this question in a neat and tidy Western influenced answer and answering the way I want to with an Eastern flare, so I will attempt to do both. At our clinic in Los Angeles, we try to tackle all problems with an eclectic point of view. The Western thought of your allergies would tell us that with all this training for a marathon, you have developed an allergic reaction to some of the irritants outside. Most experts agree that even with severe allergies, exercise should not be cut out of one’s daily routine. The exerciser should try to make informed choices on his/her exercise program. The first step is to try to nail down exactly what you are allergic to. Screening for the particular allergen can only be done by an allergy specialist. The allergist will put you through a series of distinctive tests, shots and trials until they can narrow down the possibilities. A great web site I would like to refer you to is drkoop.com.

If we look at the rise in allergies and quirky aches and pains in today’s society, we will see that it has hit epidemic proportions. Has the earth really gotten that much worse in the last 20 years? I don’t think so. There is a book called Heal Thy Self by Saki Santorelli that I think you may be interested in if you want to open up your mind for a while. Another author I strongly recommend is Mary Louise Hayes. These authors delve into the reality of self healing and realizing that allergies are signs saying that the body as a whole is not liking what is going on right now. To medicate and try to mask the real issues can put you on a roller coaster of Western medications, surgeries and quick fixes to line the pockets of extremely wealthy pharmaceutical companies. We strongly recommend anyone who is undertaking any exercise program, let alone a task like a marathon, to take time for their inner being as well as their exterior. Far too often exercise enthusiasts will turn ill for no apparent reason. People will ask if exercise is so healthy, why did those people get sick or worse? The reason is quite simple really. Exercise is nothing more than stress to your body. Hopefully, the stress is placed in such a way that we adapt to the systematic stress placed on the system to become a stronger organism.

What should you do? Track the time you spend in training for your marathon, and compare it to the time you spend in healing exercises such as deep, tranquil meditation or prayer. How does it balance out? Most exercisers will topple the scale in athletic pursuits and preparations without giving a second thought to their inner spirits or their mind power. Even the IDEA trainer magazine’s cover story in the May 2002 issue is “Focus on Psychology.” In this article Dr. Jim Galvin delves into the concept of how our emotional histories may actually sculpt our physical selves. He raises the idea that people look a certain way based on their mental states and past experiences. He goes so far as to say that trainers may be doing their clients a disservice if they don’t take into account the client’s mental well being. APEX nutrition stated in their certification course that the number one determining factor of whether an exercise and nutritional program is going to be successful was the mental state of the individual at the time of undertaking the program. Yet, for two days we did not discuss psychology of any kind.

We are being bombarded by the quick fix attitude and the 99 cent heart attacks on a daily basis, but occasionally a book or movie will inspire our creative nature. The two latest movies that may intrigue your inner spirit are K-pax and Pay It Forward. In K-pax, Kevin Spacey actually states that, “All life forms have the power to heal themselves, we just choose to ignore it.” I wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t mention that there are programs to help people take an active role in their overall health. Paul Chek has a program called “Optimal Health and Fitness through Nutrition and Lifestyle” that I think is right on the mark. The NCEP also has a class dealing with the psychology of sport and exercise. The concept of mind, body and soul have been with us since the beginning of time. They are meant to create balance in one’s life. The choice is yours to accept.

I didn’t intend to overdo the alternative healing routes on you without warning. This article was in no way meant to say that you don’t legitimately have an ailment in which a suitable medication may be available. I intended this article to provoke thought on a different level to our readers. Thank you for allowing the forum of question to convey this message. I hope I answered your question proficiently in both Eastern and Western styles

Mike Demora
Owner, NCEP