Words matter. These are the best David Kirsch Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The Swiss ball is such a great tool because it forces you to recruit more muscles in order to stabilize yourself.
In addition to intense workouts, you need to be mindful of what you are feeding your body in order to keep it looking trim and tight.
If you have a resolution to go to the gym, it’ll be a lot easier if you get a great trainer or get your partner or your work buddy or your best friend to go with you so that you’re held accountable to yourself and to that other person.
Don’t fool with machines you’re not familiar with – stick with the treadmill and elliptical.
If there’s one thing that we need to avoid, all of us – young, old – it’s processed, refined sugar. There’s nothing good about it.
A boot-camp class that combines upper- and lower-body moves – like walking lunges and push-ups – gets the heart rate up quickly, burning fat and calories and toning muscles in a time-efficient way.
I have both my daughters on gluten-free diets, and you can see the difference. They are only four years old, and it definitely changes their mood. You can see that for sure.
Avocado is one of my favourite fruits, and my daughters and I love avocado in salads, and even in smoothies.
It’s interesting to work with celebrities; they are very goal-oriented. But they still have to put their shorts on one leg at a time.
When training intelligently, ‘one size doesn’t fit all.’ There are exercises and weights appropriate for some body types, ages, and overall objectives and not for others.
Movement is exercise. Seemingly simple things – taking a walk, for example – can be just the spark your body needs to get back on a healthy track.
If you’re going to have a piece of pie, have it. I love pecan pie – but it won’t be with ice cream; it won’t be with whipped cream.
The Swiss Ball Pike is a total-body exercise that is especially great for your core, arms, and lower back.
Work out to music that’s fun for you. I like a good beat; something from Jay-Z or Eminem.
Working out is for both the mind and body, and being in a beautiful setting is conducive to a more pleasant experience. The more you enjoy your surroundings, the more likely you are to work out longer and harder.
Despite popular belief that watermelon is made up of only water and sugar, watermelon is actually a nutrient-dense food with a high amount of vitamins such as A and C, minerals such as iron and calcium, and is high in antioxidants.
All of the exercises in the world won’t give you that buff bikini body if you are not eating and hydrating properly.
Asparagus is the best at de-bloating, since it helps flush out the bad stuff.
The point of workouts are no longer to do double 60-minute sessions or go to classes five times a week. You don’t want to burn out and beat your body up.
Move with them, be active with them – whether it’s swimming or scooting or bicycling or playing soccer. Engage your child.
Being pregnant is not license to forget all the rules that you abide by when you’re not pregnant. Moving your body, getting enough sleep, staying hydrated, and eating proper foods throughout the day are even more important when you’re pregnant.
If the mind is not healthy, you’ll never get a sound body.
People often don’t hydrate enough – they don’t drink enough water. One will see marked improvement in their overall wellness, in their skin tone, even in their hair, if they hydrate enough.
You want to have fun and try new things but also shock your muscles with new workouts so that you keep your body guessing and get the maximum results from your workout.
I find often people wait to order until I order. And then I love upsetting them. Sometimes I’ll order a cheeseburger and macaroni and cheese.
Ideally, we should be controlling what we eat by cooking for ourselves.
Blueberries, strawberries, and broccoli are all high in vitamins.
If motivation is an issue, I would try to get out of your house to work out, not just go into the basement.
We live in a society where healthy choices aren’t usually the most popular choices.
Avoid any exercise that is quad-centric. None of my clients come to me because she wants bulkier quads – you aren’t fitting into your skinny jeans with those!
I love when my hotel room has a fridge, and I simply shop at a local supermarket for things like Greek yogurt, fresh fruit, healthy cereal – like Kashi – and skim milk.
The most common mistake when women go into the gym is to watch someone else do an exercise and start doing the same one.
People tend to lean on cardio machine handles, and their posture begins to suffer.
Dinner should be low in caloric intake. Foods like fish and broccoli are very good choices.
To me, loving your kids means teaching them to make smart choices from an early age – not just handing over a sweet treat.
I like quick and efficient circuit training.
If you go on a calorie-reduced diet without increasing your level of exercise, at a certain point, your body will lose a little weight and then plateau. You need to trick your body to burn more fuel than you’re ingesting so you can continue to lose weight.
Instead of a woman who is starving herself to be a size 0, give me a healthy woman who is a size 8 or 10 any day.
Here’s a universal truth: If you’re not working out in the morning, you probably won’t do it later in the day, either.
Eating processed foods will prevent you from losing weight and shedding fat.
If you take care of your body, it will take care of you.
Jumping rope is better than running because it engages the whole body.
It’s impractical to assume people aren’t going to eat out or eat late or even have pizza occasionally. And all that’s fine as long as you work out, even just for 10 minutes a day.
One of the easiest things to incorporate into your everyday life is plank exercises: great for your core, great for your lower back.
On weekends, I’m chasing my six-year-old girls around the city. That’s my cardio!
There are things we do out of habit that are not always good for us. Break the bad habits and develop some good ones.
The program for me, ‘The Ultimate New York Body Plan,’ is about realizing the best you and really loving the body you create.
If you’re genetically predisposed to having bigger, more muscular legs, spinning is definitely going to accentuate that, for sure.
If you look at Jane Fonda’s first tape, it’s like, ‘How to injure yourself to music.’
With enough lunges and squats, your butt will stay firm till you’re 80.
Remember that it’s never too late and you’re never too old to get the body you were born to have.
Combining proteins like egg whites and oatmeal with berries is the best and most important food of the day. The mix will help energize you. And you should have it in the first 30 minutes of rolling out of bed.
Walking is great because it’s an amazing exercise, and it also helps to clear your head and relieve any built-up stress before the work day begins.
A jump rope is cheap, it’s portable, and you can do it anywhere.
You need to stick to a workout that fits into your lifestyle, targets your body issues, but also correlates to your objectives, whether you’re at home, on vacation, in the office, or on the road.
What applies when we’re younger maybe doesn’t so much when we get a little bit older.
Eating is not a bad thing; it’s not a curse. And I think to have long, sexy, lean, tight muscles, you need to feed them with good quality proteins and make sure you stay hydrated.
Lie and tell the waiter that you’re deathly allergic to butter. This way you can enjoy the steak without all the excess fat.
A combination of cardio exercises on the rowing machine, treadmill, elliptical, or The Gauntlet will help blast fat in the lower half of the body.
Nuts have gotten a bad rap because of their high fat content. But their protein, heart-healthy fats, high fibre, and antioxidant content earn them a place in your daily diet. I often say ‘less is more,’ and portion control is key to healthfully enjoying nuts.
