A very common question that we receive from our Personal Training clients in Napa has to do has to do with what are the best times to consume your carbohydrates? In this article, we’ll explore some commonly asked questions about when and why to eat carbohydrates to create the best lean muscle building and fat …
Tag: Exercise Instruction Napa
Oct 14
Healthy Salads! Simple Staple Ingredients for Awesome, Delicious Salads!
A great staple to anyone’s diet is to include salads into their weekly snack, lunch or dinner food choices. Why? Well, by choosing a healthier salad option, you can positively promote positive life style choices in a path to maintaining a healthy weight, gaining healthy vitamins and minerals through raw whole foods, and getting nutrients …
Oct 06
Alcohol Free Days, AKA “AFD’s”
Everyone wants to go out for a drink with their friends every now and then. It’s always nice to celebrate the end of a long work week with a tasty alcoholic beverage such as the one of the finest glasses of wine from the Napa Valley, a delicious craft IPA, or an awesome cocktail from …
Oct 04
Weekly Progressions in Strength and Motivation: Progressive Overload Schemes
Ensuring that your performance is increasing in an exercise program is a critical component to committing to a fitness routine and putting it all the hard work. This means that adhering to a program that shows success in your exercise performance is a very useful tool. In our case over here at Napa Tenacious Fitness, …
Sep 26
Why Hire a Personal Trainer?
Personal Training is a service that covers a lot of different aspects of improving oneself in their everyday quality of life. Clients who train at Napa Tenacious Fitness approach us with many different goals, motivations, and reasons to adhere to a supervised training program. Some of these reasons include injury prevention, losing weight and gaining …
Sep 15
Shoulder Rotator Cuff Injuries: Frozen Shoulder
The rotator cuff in the shoulder joint is a very unique joint that allows range of motion of the arm in various planes of motion. The shoulder joint is a ball-and-socket joint which allows the arm to move in a broad range of motions. Along with the broad range of motions that are involved include …
Sep 05
Compound Exercise Movements: Resistance Training, Weight Lifting and Strength Training is Critical for Building Lean Muscle and Burning Fat!
The development of lean muscle is a critically important factor to maintaining strength, reducing the likelihood of injuries, and regulating the production of excess fat in the body. While working with our Personal Training clients at Napa Tenacious Fitness, we put a strong emphasis on compound exercise movements. These exercises include compound lower body movements, …
Aug 23
Seasonal Veggies! Use the Seasons to Add Variety to your Life!
A great way to stay healthy and include variety into your healthy meal prep. is to notice the vegetables that are in season. Usually, the vegetables that are in season are on sale out at the supermarket. You can find very innovative ways to add variety into your nutritional Habits by looking at the vegetables …
Aug 11
The 50 Year Old Hunch- Neck, Shoulder and Upper Back Pain… Solutions!
While working with one of my Personal Training Clients here in the Napa Valley, he mentioned that working on posture is one of the most challenging things that he does throughout his day. His reasoning for this is that he has spent 50 years of his life working behind a desk and not worrying about …
Jun 08
The Medicine Cabinet… Clear It Out and Start Exercising!
Health issues caused by becoming overweight are becoming increasingly prevalent. Conditions such as hypertension, sleep apnea and arthritis are just a few conditions whose names are on this list. A common solution to resolving these problems are referring to the services of a general physician. The physician will more than likely offer a prescription of …