I would like to introduce our newest personal training partner with CASS Fitness, Enitan Falana. I actually met Enitan several months back training a client at the same White Flint Condo complex I train a client at. We would occasionally run into each other as we trained our clients at the same time a few times a month. During my down time, I saw how he interacted with his client. I saw the detailed explanations he gave for every exercise and why he was having his client do those exercises.…

Are you looking for an intense cardio exercise you can do anywhere? Do you need to torch body fat? Let me introduce you to Mountain Climbers. Many of you may already know this exercise and do need an introduction. Here is how you do a Mountain Climber: Begin in a Push-Up position, with your weight supported by your hands and toes. Flexing the knee and hip, bring one leg until the knee is approximately under the hip. This will be your starting position. Explosively reverse the positions of your legs,…

Are you looking to add some variety to your fat burning routine? Are you looking to build muscle while burning fat? Are you pressed for time? If you said, "Yes, Yes, Yes", not only do you sound like Daniel Bryan, you want something fun and challenging! The Bicep Curl into a Step Up is a compound exercise used in some of our fat burning routines we use for our clients. Check out the video demonstration by Matt Bible below, and read how to do this exercise! Start off in front…

This is a video from our certified personal trainer, Richard Greene, while he was working with a group during his time working at Gold's Gym. He has a group of trainees, male and female performing dips and pull-ups. Take a look at this video here to see Richard's work. Richard motivates and trains one on one clients, couples, small groups, large groups, and he will modify the workouts to your abilities! Book him today at info@cassfitness.net to jump start your results and get into the best shape of your life!…

Here is a sample workout we created that we would like to share with you. In fact, I have been doing it the past three Sunday mornings. It's a great workout for those of you pressed for time. It is a timed superset workout. There are no breaks until you are done with the timed interval. Do as many sets as you can (with proper form) in the time allotted. Do one exercise, then immediately move to the next one. Once you go down the list of exercises, go right…

2014 is wrapping up and hopefully your year was full of fun and physical activity had by everyone in your family. I hope this year brought you closer to the realization, if you weren’t already aware of it, that physical activity is not just an activity you do sporadically, but a life-style that even the youngest members of your family should be participating in and can benefit a great deal from. Please check out my previous posts to read more about those benefits if you haven’t done so already! Usually…

Are you looking for a workout to build your chest strength but do not have access to a bench press? What if you can do 40-50 push-ups without breaking a sweat? You need a challenge! Try the 30 Second Slow Burn Push-Up. We saw this first on DDP Yoga. I decided to take this workout and run with it in so many different ways, including making it a part of an intense slow burn bodyweight workout. You count to 10 as you go downward in the eccentric phase. You hold…

From our experience, not only in personal training, but in our own personal weight loss and strength training goals, as well as goals our friends have met, they are achieved even more easily with a partner. CASS Fitness has trained couples, multiple friends, and multiple family members at the same time for our hour long personal training sessions even if their goals are different from each other. The clients sometimes get competitive with each other. It also adds another dimension of accountability, since you are in your uphill battle together.…

CASS Fitness is proud to announce we are sponsoring an up and coming bodybuilder who will be competing in the 2015 Mr. Pittsburgh contest. Doug Connor is no ordinary bodybuilder. He has a story behind him. Standing at 5'6, Doug once weighed 230lbs., Doug was not in top shape even though he was a consummate athlete. Doug competitively participated in football, basketball, and was even a track star. He had noticed that he had fallen off of his exercise and healthy eating routine the past few years. That fact combined…

Are you looking for a challenge? Are you looking to spice up your routine and dive into the unknown? You may like the results of what I am about to share! This workout is NOT easy. However, it can be tailored to your current strength and ability. I created this workout based on learning the slow burn push-up from DDP Yoga. Each repetition should take nine seconds. DDP did the lowering or the eccentric phase of the push-up for three seconds. He then held the isometric static position for three…