Fitness Spotlight: Trainer Tells All – What I Have Learned About Health and Fitness. Long bulleted list of practical advice:
Diet is 85% of where results come from…..for muscle and fat loss. Many don’t focus here enough.
The first big amount of lbs you lose in the first week dieting is mostly water
Squatting to parallel will only give you weak hamstrings and lead to more knee issues. You should be able to go down like you were going to pick something off the ground, as that is the reason our bodies were designed to squat
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