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 In
Flight Running Marathon Training Program Closes
Registration
Registration Now Open For Fall Speed Training
Registration
is now closed for In Flight Running Marathon Training.
Have the need for speed? Register on-line for
our 10 week speed training program which coincides
with the Houston Marathon training schedule. These
mid week speed training sessions are held on Wednesdays
at 6:00 AM or 6:00 PM at Houston's Lamar High
School. Our speed workouts help fine tune your
running, increase speed and improve running efficiency.
Head Coach, Michael Merlino, is not only a fitness
trainer but has spend the past 9 years coaching
marathoners and half marathoners. Check out the
link below for more info and to register on line.
 In
Flight Running - Fall Speed Training
 Fitness
Latte
Michael's New Fitness & Nutrition Blog
Houston
Personal Fitness Trainer, Michael Merlino, offers
a fresh brew of fitness and nutrition thoughts
at his new fitness blog, "Fitness Latte".
Tune in for his takes on the latest in fitness
and feel free to reply to his posts to get some
on-line discussion going. Michael is always looking
for some new new material to write or comment
about so stop by, check out some posts and let
us know what is on your mind.
View
Fitness Latte Blog
 In
Flight Running
Michael's New Running Blog
Houston
Marathon Coach, Michael Merlino, shares and discusses
the sport of running, road racing, half marathon
and marathon training. Every runner is welcome
here as he offer training tips, discusses and
review local and national races and provides other
resources to help improve your running. In
Flight Running is also the name of Michael's
Houston based marathon and half marathon coaching
program.
View
In Flight Running Blog
 Meet
Health and Wellness Director Christina Merlino
Please welcome our new addition to the Merlino
Fitness Team, Registered Nurse, Christina Merlino.
Christina is a graduate of Indiana University
with a minor in accounting and a major in nursing.
She has worked as a registered nurse in the specialty
areas of Obstetrics and Gynecology, general women’s
healthcare and Neonatology of premature and critically
ill infants. Outside the parameter of bedside
nursing, Christina is also certified as a Clinical
Research Coordinator. She has set up several pharmaceutical
clinical trials with companies including Pfizer,
Merck, Quintiles, Eli-Lilly and others. Christina
will be educating our web visitors on health and
wellness and women's health issues. Check out
her latest article on Osteoporosis.
Christina's
Bio
Christina's
New Article on Osteoporosis
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VO2
Max, Anaerobic Threshold and Resting
Metabolic Rate Testing (RMR)
Call us at 713.523.2577 for
more information
You can call to book your appointment
or book on-line below
 With
two simple tests, which last 30-40
minutes combined, we can determine
your unique metabolic profile.
These tests are routinely done
on Olympic and professional athletes
although everyday people can benefit
greatly from them also. Using
the results from your Resting
Metabolic Rate (RMR) test
and your VO2/Anaerobic
Threshold test, you can train
scientifically, knowing exactly
how many calories per day and
how intense you need to work to
achieve the goal you want. Whether
you are looking to lose weight,
improve your cardio fitness, decrease
your body fat, or run or cycle
faster, these tests can help take
you to the next level. Training
without your true numbers is like
training in the dark, regardless
of your fitness goals. These tests
are appropriate for all levels
of fitness enthusiasts, from the
beginning exerciser, to the marathoner,
or cyclist.
More
info on RMR testing
More
info on AT (Anaerobic Threshold)
and VO2 Max testing
Book
Metabolic Testing On-line
Purchase
Metabolic Testing On-line
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 Weekly Fitness & Nutrition
Chats Are Back
Meet us at the watercooler every Friday afternoon
from 11:00 - 11:30 AM central US time for our weekly
web chats. Take a break and jump into the Merlino
Fitness chat room to discuss fitness and nutrition
with certified fitness trainer, Michael Merlino, and
weekly special guests.
Enter the MerlinoFitness.com Yahoo! Group chat room
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Hypothyroid
Disorder and Exercise
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Merlino
Fitness Health & Wellness
Director and RN, Christina
Merlino, discussions hypothyroid
disorder and how exercise
can counter-act many of the
risk factors that are caused
by this common ailment.
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Osteoporosis
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Merlino
Fitness Health & Wellness
Director and RN, Christina
Merlino, discussions Osteoperosis;
What it is and how you can
prevent it.
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Build
Your Own Weight Training Workout |
Certified
professional fitness trainer,
Michael Merlino, shows you how
to design your own weight training
program by muscle group.
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Article Archives |
Classics from our fitness and
nutrition vault.
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Weight Training
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Pulldowns
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Pulldowns
are a great exercise for
the back muscles but avoid
pulling the bar behind the
head. Pull the bar down in
front of the body toward
the collar bone and with
the bar just below your chin.
Pulling the bar behind the
head puts undue stress on
the shoulders and rotator
cuff.
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Running
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Avoiding Shin
Splints
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Do you have
lower leg pain or shin splints
from running? Running on
hard surfaces, worn out running
shoes and weak calf muscles
could be the culprit. Try
running on soft trails, buying
a new pair of running shoes
or adding calf exercises
to your weight training routine.
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Walking
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The
Talk Test
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A great way
to make sure you are staying
in your aerobic fat-burning
range is the talk test. If
you cannot comfortably carry
on a conversation with your
walking partner you probably
need to bring down the intensity
to assure yourself that you
are burning fat.
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Fat Burning
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Your Anaerobic
Threshold
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A great way
to make sure you are burning
fat during cardio sessions
is knowing your anaerobic
threshold or where your heart
rate zone needs to be to
burn fat stores. Find a gym
or fitness center that offers
anaerobic/VO2 testing. Merlino
Fitness offers anaerobic
threshold testing every month.
Check out the link below
for more details.
 Merlino
Fitness Metabolic Testing
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Nutrition
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Keys
to Weight Loss
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If you are
trying to drop weight make
sure you incorporate the
following to get you on your
way. Drink lots of water,
don't skip meals (especially
breakfast), do not eat late
night meals or snacks after
7 or 8 pm and build as much
activity into your everyday
life as you can. Michael
also recommends joining weight
watchers to anyone trying
to lose weight and keep it
off long term.
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Nutritional Supplements
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Stay
Away From Ephedra!
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The weight
loss/energy supplement is
in the news again. Supplement
companies that market this
controversial supplement
claim it is safe although
many have died from this
dangerous supplement. Make
sure you check the labels
of your nutritional supplements
as many are laced with ephedra,
also known as ephedrine or
ma huang (the actual herbal).
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Quick Tip Archives
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Our archived collection of fitness
and nutrition tips to
help you stay focused
and fit.
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