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Friday, April 18, 2014
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Friday, January 02, 2009
5 Ways to Guarantee New Year's Resolution Success
- Decide on a goal - Take the time to write out your personal goals. Write out how much weight you want to lose and how long you expect it to take you. Don't skip this step.
- Devise a plan - Your plan should be specific. Without a specific plan, you are just randomly trying things hoping something works. It doesn't just happen that way. You have to write out your weekly and monthly requirements to achieve your goal. Your plan will include components of the next 3 steps.
- Nutrition - Most people hate to hear this, but nutrition is the most important step if you plan to lose weight this year. Follow a specific nutrition plan that you can stick with for longer than 3 months. You want a lifestyle adjustment, not a quick weight loss plan.
- Cardiovascular - You have to include cardiovascular training into your program. The program should include some aspects of an interval based program that will help you burn fat fast and reduce the amount of time you spend doing it.
- Strength Training - If you plan on losing fat fast, strength training must be included. By building muscle, you will increase metabolism, therefore resulting in faster weight loss.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Workout Videos for your home
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Fat Loss Secrets - Revealed - Newsletter from June 15th
- Low Carbohydrate vs. Low Fat diets. Which one really works the best?
- Aerobic Exercise. If you do aerobic cardio 5 days a week for 6 months, how many pounds can you really expect to lose?
- Calories in, Calories out. If 2 people consume the same number of calories and burn off the same number of calories, could they expect to see the same results?
- Either lose fat or gain muscle. Can you lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?
- Spot Reducing. Is it possible to lost bodyfat in just one part of the body?
- Fishy Results. Can eating more fish show a significant change in your waistline?
- Supplements. Are they a big waste of time, or do certain supplements really give you better results?
- "Fat Burning" Zone. This one will probably get me in trouble, so let me present it with the research to back it up.
- Strength Training vs. Aerobics. Which one will help you lose weight the fastest?
- EPOC. Don't know what it is? It could have a major role in your results.
I realize that some of the things I am going to say in the upcoming e-mails may contradict things that I have told people in the past. However, I am willing to open my eyes to new research results as long as they are credible studies. That's why each e-mail will only cover one topic, explained in full, and have sources to back up everything I am saying. So I apologize that I'm not giving you the answers to all of the topics above, but I have to do this the right way.
In the meantime, have a great week, and watch for my next e-mail.
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
The order of doing exercises. Is it important?
To make this more simple....let's say you are doing a normal workout and have a desire to tone up and lose weight. The best solution is to begin with a simple warmup, followed up by your strength training. Begin with the large muscle groups and work down to the smaller muscle groups. Follow that up with your cardio and use that to focus on your fat burning. Taking it out of order can make it harder to see your results over time.
I'll try to do an article on this on katyfitness.com in the near future.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Workouts Delivered to Your E-mail Address
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I'll e-mail new workouts to you monthly, and provide some fitness tips to you, as well as alert you about health and wellness events going on around Katy that particular month. If there is anything else I can provide to you, let me know and I'll do my best to include it.
Just add your e-mail address to the Katy Fitness Newsletter box, and I'll send you an at-home workout that you can do in your own living room.
Jason Hodge
Certified Personal Trainer
Medical Exercise Specialist
Bringing over 13 years of personal training experience to the Katy, TX area, Jason Hodge strives to improve the health of local residents by helping them lose weight and eliminate pain. While Jason has numerous educational accomplishments, he feels that his greatest asset is his concern for others. Trying to lose or get out of pain is a very tough journey, physically and emotionally. It is my committment to help everyone that I can.
Jason Hodge has been featured in:
- Katy Magazine
- Absolutely Katy Magazine
- Houston Chronicle
- OnlyKaty.com
- Freckletown.com
Jason Hodge also:
- Has Been featured twice on a national radio show
- Leads the Katy Chamber Health and Wellness Committee
- 2007 Katy Sun Readers' Choice Award - Personal Trainer of the Year
- 2008 Katy Sun Readers' Choice Award - Personal Trainer of the Year
- Bachelors in Kinesiology
- Coopers' Institute Certified Personal Trainer
- NASM - Certified Personal Trainer
- NASM - Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist
- NASM - Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist
- Titleist Performance Institute - Golf Fitness Instructor
- AAHFRP - Medical Exercise Specialist