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Common Muscle Building Mistakes

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - May 16, 2022

In this month’s blog, I want to go over the most common muscle building mistakes you might be making and how to fix them. Even if your goal is to lose fat and not building muscles, this is still a blog I recommend for you to still read. The pointers that I will explain are […]

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Making Fitness A Lifelong Habit

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - April 25, 2022

Wanting to get on track and actually getting (and then staying) on track are two totally different things. This is for everything in life. With fitness, there is no clear-cut way to make it a habit in your life. Every person has their own “recipe” to sustain long-term success with health and fitness. Becoming fit […]

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TOP 7 Reasons to Strength Train

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - April 5, 2022

Strength training is one of the greatest tools to help you to lose body fat for so many different reasons. I want to take this time to dive deeper into other reasons and benefits of strength training and why more people should be adding it into their routine.   #1: GAIN STRENGTH The first reason […]

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How to Workout Smarter

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - February 14, 2022

In fitness and training, there are so many factors to focus on. But which is the most important factor? What should you focus on when you train? For both advanced and novice people, consistency has to be the most important factor to focus on in training. You should NOT aim to be [very] sore. Here […]

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How to Make Fitness Sustainable: Be Your Best You in 2022

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - January 17, 2022

Welcome to 2022. We are coming to 2 years of these “COVID” times. Some of you, or maybe a lot of you, have gone through a couple of cycles of wellness during this period. I think many of us have gone through something like this…” You eat healthy and exercise and have lost weight. You […]

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Firecracker Workout

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - July 2, 2021

Whether you’re heading out of town or staying home for a backyard cookout this Fourth of July, KB fitness has you covered with an Independence-Day themed workout to get you ready for the star-spangled celebrations. You’ll head into the holiday weekend feeling like you’ve earned every second of rest and relaxation with this full body […]

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Proof in the Protein

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - January 8, 2021

Happy New Year, everyone!   Are you focusing on your personal nutrition in 2021? We’ve talked about how to introduce meal prepping into your schedule in our past blogs before. If you’d like to catch up on tips for meal prepping, check out our previous blog HERE!   For those that are taking their nutrition […]

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Perfecting the Lunge

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - December 9, 2020

It’s All About Angles in Lunges   The lunge is a VERY good exercise to strengthen the quads (thigh muscle) and glutes. However, if done incorrectly, it is a wasted movement that causes major injury in the knee. Now, this is about the forward and backward lunges. If you hear me in class, I usually shout, “Take big […]

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Push-Ups: Getting Your Full Range

Posted by: Carlo Varquez, M.S. - November 19, 2020

The Benefits of Wide Push-Ups and How to Do Them   The Push-Up is only beneficial if we can get our chest close to the floor. Compared to dumbbells during the chest press, our bodies are much heavier than dumbbells. Therefore, it makes sense that push–ups are generally harder. However, there are ways to improve the […]

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