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I was thirteen years old when the Newport Beach Athletic Club first opened its doors. We had four handball courts, no basketball court, a vibrating back machine with one leather strap (would love [...]

Every one can improve their speed. But its important to know that the speediest people are gifted with that talent. True speed is based on genetics. Some people have it and some don’t. How [...]

Today I just wanted to address some things that make anybody who is trying to stay healthy go crazy. And its those people that seems to be able to eat anything, work out just as much as you and [...]

Change sometimes is as good as a vacation. Changing your workout can be good as long as you don’t get to extreme or overly creative with the lift. The benefit is simple, it challenges your [...]

Here at NBAC, I talk a lot about functional fitness. It is the core of our fitness philosophy and the central tenant of many of our blog posts and personal training sessions. So in order to add [...]

When I was born our first home was an apartment above our gym in Los Angeles. By the time I was walking I got knocked unconscious by a guy doing dumbbell flys.  When I reached four years old I [...]

I have been in the gym business my entire life and the one question I always hear is why did I ever quit working out?  As a person reflects on their life they can come up with many logical [...]

In our fast pace society as people rush from one event to the next, at the end of the day is there time to do anything else?  It is at this moment that a person may say to themselves I really [...]

The mind set of many parents today is that I must get my child into some type of organized sport, soccer, baseball, volleyball etc… Of course the earlier the better, because if they start at 4 [...]

Strength or resistance training challenges your muscles with a stronger-than-usual counter force, such as pushing against a wall or lifting a dumbbell or pulling on a resistance band. Using [...]