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Ready To Help You Lose Weight, Build Muscle, Burn Fat and Improve
Your Sport
We are ready to roll up our sleeves and help you
reach your fitness goals. Train with us in our new private studio
or the Houston Downtown YMCA. We offer a variety of fitness and nutrition
services. Call us at 713-523-2577or follow the links below to start
your program today.
We listened to your feedback and have almost completed
building the new and improved MerlinoFitness.com. It is almost fully
functional so feel free to take it for a spin at the link below. We
have some more interactive features coming your way during the summer
so tune in often. Visit
The New MerlinoFitness.com Website
Weekly Fitness &
Nutrition Chats Are Back
Meet
us at the watercooler every Thursday night at 6:00 pm central time
for our weekly lunch-time chats. Jump in the Merlino Fitness chat
room to discuss fitness and nutrition with certified fitness trainer,
Michael Merlino, and weekly special guests. Go
To Chat Room
Meet Our New Advisory
Board Member Dr. J.D. Hasenbank
Merlino
Fitness welcomes our latest Advisory Board Member, Dr. John D. (J.
D.) Hasenbank. Dr. Hasenbank is a Houston area chiropractor whose
treatment methods can improve anyone's health and quality of life;
however, his passion is to alleviate lower back and neck pain and
to speed recovery from athletic injuries. Dr. Hasenbank will be sharing
his knowledge on rehabilitation and injury prevention with our web
visitors in upcoming Merlino Fitness articles. Dr. Hasenbank's Bio
Featured Articles
How To Avoid Food
Cravings
Is that mid-day trip to your co-workers candy dish
sabotaging your diet? What about the visit to the vending machine
or the late night ice cream treat? Things happen for a reason and
food cravings are no different. Registered Dietitian, Amy Carlson
offers up some suggestions on how to avoid those nasty food cravings
that get you in trouble. Latest
articlesArticle
archives
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. Latest
articlesArticle
archives
Quick Tips
Web Visitor Questions
Answered
Pamela from Chihuahua, Mexico asks...
I work out 5 days a week and can't loose weight. I do spinning, tae
bo and many types of cardio. Where am I going wrong? Click
here for the answer
Nutrition - Keys To
Weight Loss
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. Nutrition
tip archives
Grocery Store Pick
- Soy Dream Ice Cream Sandwiches
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). Nutritional
Supplement Tip Archives
Weight Training -
Lat Pulldowns Performed Safely
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. More
weight training basics Weight
training tip archives
Fat Burning - Your
Anaerobic Threshold
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.
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 routine.