Fitness and Diet

Boot~ique: What the new federal food guidelines mean for you

It seems like every year, we hear more and more about what we should eat from a variety of sources.

Now, the government is taking its turn at advising you on what you should eat.

The old food pyramid was compromised of, well, a pyramid.

Created in 1992 by the USDA, the pyramid was divided into six horizontal sections containing depictions of foods from each section's food group.

These guidelines were updated in 2011 and the pyramid was converted to a plate.

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Scott Herman's Getting Fit VIDEO: Beat Me Down Episode 6 - Gravity Kills!

Combining body-weight exercises with the intensity of having to use extreme brute force to flip a tire; is there anything else you wish you were doing right now?

This episode of BMD is really going to push you to your limit and show that you don’t need iron weights to put your body through a killer workout! But the real challenge here is going to be trying to figure out the best possible way to complete all 6 exercises as fast as you can!

Each exercise has a set number of reps that must be completed and the workout is not done until all 525 reps are complete.

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Scott Herman's Getting Fit: My leg workout

This week, Scott Herman changes things up and shares his leg workout - scroll down to see his full plan below:

Boot~ique with VIDEO: Burn off the body fat circuit

Looking for a quick workout you can do to burn off crazy amounts of fat without ever stepping into a gym?

Here's the perfect solution.

In fact, all you need for this fat burning workout is your own body weight.

You're going to do a circuit of six exercises, back-to-back without any rest, for 20 reps each.

Sarah, one of our amazing San Diego Personal Trainers, will show you how to do each exercise in the video.

Once you complete a round, take a short rest up to 90 seconds and do it again.

How many rounds can you do?

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Scott Herman's Getting Fit VIDEO: ZEUS CHEST! A chest worthy of the gods!

If you struggle with an uneven chest, then it is time to switch your routine!

Dumbbells will allow you to activate more muscle fibers and ensure that you are working out each pectoral evenly.

For the best results, find an experienced spotter to ensure that you are maximizing each rep and finish each rep range for both arms.

We are going to be focusing on muscle growth and a bit of strength gain with this routine so you will be doing a pyramid for your sets.

Remember, although you are expected to max out your weight for each rep rang, do not sacrifice weight for form!

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Boot~ique: How to stay motivated in the winter

It's that time of year where it's dark early (5:30 pm early) and colder outside.

It's the time of year where all you want to do is come home from work, relax, eat some comfort food, curl up next to a fire or under a blanket and ease into your night.

Certainly working out doesn't sound very appealing when it's cold and dark outside.

How can anyone stay motivated to exercise in such conditions?

True, it's a bit more difficult to keep motivated in the wintertime, but it's definitely not impossible.

One key tip is to create a playlist.

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Scott Herman's Getting Fit VIDEO: Scott & Sean's Q&A Episode 15

Have a question for Scott and Sean? Ask HERE.





(0:37) Ronak Patel

I was wondering if it is possible to strength train and hypertrophy train at the same time. I want to gain a considerable amount of strength in my legs and lower back and want to gain a considerable amount of muscle on everything else.

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Scott Herman's Getting Fit VIDEO: New Year Medicine, Part 1

This may not quite be the medicine you thought it was, but not all remedies come in a bottle!

New Year Medicine is the first part to an amazing routine that utilizes a medicine ball! Today you will be tearing up your lower body with 5 super intense moves! Be sure to practice proper form and use the right size medicine ball for you!

Trans Fit: The aerobic and resistance training sequence question

When combining the two modalities in the same session, is one sequence better than the other for optimizing "after-burn"?

Combining aerobic exercise and resistance training in the same workout session -- a technique referred to as concurrent training -- can be a time-efficient training method.

Perhaps one of the longest-lasting and most engaging debates for fitness professionals has been with regards to which sequence is better when combining the two modalities. 

Boot~ique with VIDEO: Quick upper body workout

Want to make your upper body stronger this year?

Finally reach that goal of doing all of your push-ups on your toes?

You can! Use this boot camp video workout to strengthen your arms, shoulders, chest, and core. 

It's just three exercises but it can be intense. Push yourself to get as many reps as possible each round.

You don't need any equipment other than a Gymboss interval timer to make it easy to move through the circuit.

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