Looking for that extra encouragement to help you or your loved one stay active in retirement? Regular fitness, even as little as 30 minutes a day, plays an important role in your health - not only helping your hearts, lungs, bones and muscles stay strong, but combating heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, even Alzheimer’s and dementia. Exercise is even more important as you age, but finding the energy and motivation to tackle routine fitness might escape you. Don’t miss these 4 creative tips for finding the incentive to get going. Dogs:…

One of the leading reasons of foot injuries are exercises. Why is it leading? Our feet contain over a quarter of the bones of the entire body, along with hundreds of nerves, ligaments and muscles. They bear the whole body’s weight, and during exercise and activities involving a large amount of force, they usually bear over 20 times your usual weight, so injuries are bound to happen. When you perform excessive exercise, lots of different types of injuries can happen, so in this article today, we will discuss the types…

One of the leading causes of foot problems is foot tendonitis. Leading because it is literally caused by most of our day to day activities including: · Playing sports like basketball, tennis, golf, football et cetera · Gardening, carpentry, raking etc. · Walking, jogging or running · HIIT workouts, cycling among many. Also spelled as tendinitis, foot tendonitis is the swelling and irritation of the foot tendons due to injuries, overuse, obesity, abnormal foot structure, aging or some medical conditions like diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Tendons are the tissues that…

Earlier this week, we came across an excellent article on MyFitnessPal, which listed 67 Science Backed Weight Loss Strategies. From the list, we came up with some of our favorite numbers. I personally have used many of these strategies, and I recommend them to my clients. There are some new ones on here as well that I will share with my clients and everybody reading this article. Here are some that personally helped me out and have helped out my clients. 7. Prioritize your pantry - It is recommended to…

Losing the weight you have always wanted to lose feels great. I am fortunate enough to have done that transformation and I am fortunate that helping other people lose weight/fat/inches/gain muscle is what I do for a living! Is it easy even with the best possible plan and guidance? Not always! It is not impossible, though! We are normal human beings with jobs, kids, commutes (especially if you live in areas similar to the DC area), stressors, lack of sleep, the need for a social life and so on. We…

If you are just joining me here, read http://cassfitness.net/my-journey-through-low-back-pain-and-recovery-pt-1/ and http://cassfitness.net/my-journey-through-low-back-pain-and-recovery-pt-2/ to get caught up to speed. In the last installment, we left off at my progress at the end of 2012. Fast forward a few months, and I embarked on my journey to become a personal trainer.  I had some professional setbacks along with a larger desire to enjoy a career in the fitness industry, and help others with weight loss, strength training, and injury recovery. I knew I also needed to teach people Squats and Deadlifts without hurting…

Good evening everyone! In between the last time we talked, I made a video on how to make gluten-free pizza you can check it out on the CASS Fitness Facebook page. Now some of you left me comments about my gluten-free bread article. Some of you said Isaac, you're not being fair to gluten-free bread. It's not that bad. You might not know how to prepare it.   So in light of these comments, I tried gluten-free bread again. It was still disgusting! So people please spare me your alternative…

Hello everyone! Today we will take a break from my gluten-free journey to talk about shopping while being gluten-free. Now I don't know about some of you, but I like Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club. The reason I like these places is because I eat 4 to 5 meals a day which helps me reach my caloric intake goals. Or in other words I eat a hell of a lot food.   A while back my nutritional coach and The head wellness coach of CASS Fitness Ms. Carmen Griggs. Along…

  Hello everyone! I'm back talk to you more about my gluten-free journey, just like I promised at the end of part one. Today we are going to talk about food. I want to start off with gluten-free breads (sigh). I gave it my best shot...I really did! One of the things that I've always eaten was Ezekiel bread because it is low glycemic and it tastes great.   My family has a long history of diabetes both on my mother's side and my father's side.  I currently do not…

Good evening friends! My name is Isaac Spence, and I am the nutritional consultant for CASS Fitness. I have recently been told by my allergist and my dermatologist after they did extensive blood work that I have allergies to things that I've never had allergies to in my life. I now have allergies to tomatoes, peanuts, peanut butter, almonds, almond butter, wheat and gluten.   Now when I got the news, I realized it wasn't the end of the world but my God it felt like it. It wasn't even…