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Lactic Acid, Muscle Pain and Testosterone Production

January 21, 2019
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What is Fitness, Irina Marchenkova Victoria, Irina Marchenkova, CHIC Irina, personal trainer in ajax, personal trainer in Whitby, Personal trainer in Oshawa, lactic acid, muscle pain, testosterone

I bet that you never made a link between the pain that you get when you exert your muscles and an increase in your testosterone production. Well for you men over the age of 30, I have good news. You can continue to have a healthy sex drive as you age. Just hear me out... Lactic acid, or lactate, forms in the muscles through metabolism. You might be familiar with the presence of lactic acid when you feel that burning muscle pain. That sensation is caused by the muscles lowering the pH levels around the muscles. No Pain - No

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What is Your Superhero Name?

October 20, 2018
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| Categories: Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

Superhero Name... What is Yours? [yotuwp type="videos" id="BDFl39SJgvo" player="cc_load_policy=0&iv_load_policy=3"] Start by Creating your Superhero Name? Then be a Superhero All Year Round!! Train like a Superhero... Eat like a Superhero... Think like a Superhero... Be your own Superhero... My superhero name is CHIC Irina.. What is yours?   You can Work out with Irina at Life Time Athletics. Irina Marchenkova is a Fitness Trainer in Ajax doing Personal Training in Ajax at Life Time Athletic. Personal Trainer Ajax | Personal Trainer Whitby | Personal Trainer Oshawa Personal Trainer Durham | Personal Trainer Pickering | Irina Marchenkova Victoria

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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving | What’s in Turkey

October 8, 2018
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Whats in Turkey, Looking Young, Improve my life, Irina Marchenkova Victoria, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Personal Trainer Pickering, Personal Trainer Whitby, Personal Trainer Oshawa, Personal Trainer, Fitness Trainer Ajax, WIO, Work it out, workitout, wowi

What's in Your Turkey? Every thanksgiving and Christmas we gather around with family and friends and typically talk and eat turkey. So what are we actually eating in turkey? Dark turkey meat typically contains more vitamins and minerals than white turkey meat but also more fat and calories. Pasture-raised turkeys typically have higher omega-3 content than factory-farmed turkeys. Removing the skin of a turkey also removes much of the fat content. Eating high protein food like mean helps you to feel satisfied and less hungry for longer.   Most of the fat in turkey is in the skin, so remove the skin for a leaner meal.

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Three Meals a Day NOT! Eat Frequently

September 19, 2018
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Three Meals, Irina Marchenkova, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Personal Trainer

Three Meals a day (NOT!) - Eat Smaller amounts of Food More Frequently.  Eating three meals a day is a recent development for us humans. It may seem very normal now, but the foundation of these eating habits has strange roots. The practice came from the European settlers to North American. They watched the indigenous people and determined that it was more important to have a timing of each meal. They saw that the indigenous people had what appeared to be unorganized eating habits. They generally ate with they were hungry. The indigenous people in North America had what would be

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Training Recovery: The new fitness trend

July 31, 2018
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Training Recovery, Irina Marchenkova, Fit at Forty

Training Recovery Consider adding training recovery to your workout routine. Getting out the gym, on the trail or at the track is essential to moving towards improving your health and longevity. What many people don’t realize is that spending hours lifting, running or jumping every day might actually be detrimental. Sounds counter-intuitive, doesn’t it? Rest and recovery are an essential part of making progress in your workout routine. Many experts argue that the recovery is as important than the exercise itself. There are 3 types of recovery period the first type is immediate recovery , the second part type is

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Training vs Nutrition: Which is more important?

June 23, 2018
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It is impossible to separate the influences of training vs nutrition on fitness. When considering overall fitness it is important to separate fitness into cardio and weight or resistance training.  These three operate with each other and influence each other. You will have to consider all of diet and caridio and weight training if you want to lose weight or gain muscle.  It is a three point solution: I would say that it is impossible to say which one is more important, but one or more may be more important depending on your fitness experience. Training vs Nutrition for the

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