When All Else Fails–Take Care of Yourself

October 19, 2008

Lucky we live Hawaii. Hawaii is such a beautiful place. Even in beautiful places, bad things happen to good people. I’ve been a Personal Fitness Trainer here in Honolulu, Hawaii for well over 6 years now and let me tell you–I hear all kinds of crazy stories from all kinds of

Check Out Joyce’s Fitness With Chris

September 22, 2008

What can you accomplish in one month’s time? How much of a change can you really make in 30 days? When I’m interviewing potential clients, I’m looking for a few traits in a person to make sure that my personal training program is right for them. I don’t just take

A New Mom And A New Fitness Program

September 4, 2008

Congrats Lorna! I’d like to send out a congratulations to Lorna (and Sonny!) on the birth of their first beautiful daughter: Illiana Kaleilani Velez 7.1lb 20″ born August 26, 2008. Sonny and Lorna are such great people. I know they are going to make absolutely wonderful parents.

Together Everyone Achieves More

August 18, 2008

I started an extension of my blog on the Honolulu Advertiser. I don’t know where it’ll show up on their site or if it’ll show up at all but, I’m here to help people and the only way for me to accomplish that is to get more people to hear what I have to say. If you know

K1, Taking Initiative, and a Free Workout

August 11, 2008

Aloha Readers,

This past weekend, K1 held an event here in Hawaii at the Stan Sheriff Center. Billy Hall was scheduled to compete on the card as a Heavyweight vs Gohkan Saki; the eventual tournament winner. Unfortunately, Billy injured his foot about a week and a half before the fight in a sparring session at his martial arts gym, HMC, and was therefore unable to compete.

The walk into the Stan Sheriff Center was nostalgic for me. I had not been anywhere near the Athletic Department at UH since I was a student in those very classrooms. I used to sit outside on those concrete steps waiting for Dr. Hetzler to arrive for Exercise Physiology, and Nutrition for Exercise and Sports.

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Hawaii Moms Taking Action

July 31, 2008

A lot of people think about getting into shape. A small percentage of people do something about it. An even smaller percentage of those people will actually see change/results and stick with it. It’s sad, but true. It’s in our nature to procrastinate. It’s in our nature to quit

Biggest Loser Contest–2 More Weeks

July 1, 2008

ATTENTION Biggest Loser Contest PARTICIPANTS How much progress have you made towards your goal? You have just 2 more weeks to lose as much body fat as you can. Get your final measurement Monday July 14 3pm-5pm, or Tuesday July 15 3:30-5:30. Be The Biggest Loser And You Could Win $200! Sponsored

Exercises For Abdominals

June 30, 2008

Get a six pack in time for your Hawaii vacation! Any personal trainer can show you a few fancy ab exercises but if you really want to get a 6 pack or even just a little more definition in your midsection, then you had better read the text before trying the routine below. When I first started my

The Biggest Lie In Fitness

March 7, 2008

Everybody plays the fool. Almost every person out there with excess body fat has tried an ab belt, or some other kind of fitness gimmick to lose weight and get toned. I remember many years ago when I was living in Hilo, Hawaii, my ex-girlfriend’s family had pretty much every ab machine I

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