Gina Jackson Personal Fitness

A teacher/trainer/friend shared this video link this morning and while letting the water boil for coffee I was captured  completely by the performance. You will be too when you see it. Most of us will think, oh this is impossible for me to do. Might be. Yes, the performers are professionals and if working your body with consistency, focused attention and commitment can change your one step forward to be just a little lighter, than you will be doing all that is necessary for you – at this time.

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I shouldn’t be surprised because the results have been magnificent.  But this surely explains why I have been sooooo happy with my haircut.  Turns out Gary Evans, my new stylist extraordinare, is a celebrity stylist for many names you may know, and some we can’t even mention.

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This is a good read for those young males seeking to train your body to add “bulk” with the use of supplements. There may be a few hidden “ah-ha’s” in the NYT article.

I found it in stark contrast to the Healthy Aging, With Nary a Supplement by Jane Brody a few days earlier, which was aimed at the older fitness consumer, more likely female, such as myself (and a avid supplement user of Tonalin CLA, Collagen + C and Reservatrol; none of which are mentioned/referenced in the Brody article) where conscious attention is recommended toward healthy diet and exercise and a deep bent toward natural supplementation from the nutrients derived in our food choices.

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Kick-ass workout today. Started at 830am in the gym with leg presses and I pumped up the volume to three plates. That means, ladies that I pressed 270 pounds for 20 reps about 4-5 sets. After which I worked my hamstrings, quads and adductors and abductors.

Then the best part, because of the 50 degree temperature of this sweet December, post-Christmas morning, was my 3.5 mile run outside in my Kangoo Jumps which people don’t seem to be surprised with anymore….I am just part of the woodwork and the shoes are the paint on my woodwork. Read the rest of this entry →

I think the Collagen I & III that I am taking (with Reservatrol) each morning for the past 4 weeks is doing not only wonders on my hair growth but my nails, skin glow and big time on my energy levels.  So much so that I actually think it’s an ‘upper!’  Gesh! Read the rest of this entry →

I started using Resveratrol about 2 weeks ago and am starting to pay closer attention to the differences in my energy and those of many (well actually most) of my students and clients that are generally younger than me.

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Time to think about what you are doing and have done for the year.  Time for Thanksgiving preparations and that means the Annual Thankful Hike in the Palisades to prepare your body for the delicate balance of holiday, life, food and exercise. For the past few years, (since 2003) I have been leading outdoor excursions along the Palisades just to clear my head and have invited everyone I know to join me, just for the fun of it. Read the rest of this entry →

but we get up!” So says the gospel by Donnie McClurkin from a few years back.  I quoted it in response to a client’s admission of falling off her regimen of a clean diet for the past three weeks.  Read the rest of this entry →

This study is pure fact.  It is about those “funny shoes.” My body is my testimony to the powerful use of the tool and I stand now at the end of the summer, now 52 years young, having exclusively used this tool with so much joy and pain free training, that I cannot and will not ever return to a “traditional form” of running in shoes….ever!  Technology and science, as reported below, make it impossible to go backwards.  If you experience any pain in your joints and movement while running or walking, read and follow me thru the the world with Kangoo Jumps.  And, I have a way for you to get a pair with a discount!! Read the rest of this entry →