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Long Island Personal Trainer joins the Polar Bears on Superbowl Sunday!

What an amazing weekend. I was able to experience 2 great events. The Superbowl and the Long Island Polar Bear plunge at Long Beach to raise funds for Make-A-Wish foundation of Metro New York.
The Superbowl was exciting because both competitors really brought their A game and battled it out. The Saints at the end were [...]

Make these changes and you can have her results too!

I hope you had a great week so far. We are finishing up with a strong mindset here at Breakthroughs To Fitness with our thoughts already focused on what to come ahead next week.
If you haven’t read the last post (which you can get to by clicking http://breakthroughstofitness.com/blog/state-of-the-union-address-sparks-long-island-personal-trainer-to-reform/) I suggest you do so. You will [...]

Long Island Personal Trainer Battles Excuse Making

Long Island Personal Trainer, Rasheen Slaughter from Breakthroughs To Fitness, states “it’s time to stop blaming everything else but yourself for not reaching your goals whether it be fat loss, strength gain, etc. If you’ve been following the Biggest Loser, you will notice one contestant claimed she was doing everything possible to lose weight, but [...]

Pushups For Charity Long Island Advanced Pushups

I got inspired one night to just do 25 different variations of pushups that just came to mind. Boy was it a blast. Fortunately I was able to put the building blocks in place in order for my body to handle the different pushup variations.
As much fun as these pushups are to do, remember to [...]

5 facts about pushups that will transform your body

Pushups are such an amazing tool to transforming our body, yet the most under utilized. As a society we have become so addicted to relying on machines or free weights to build up strength. That’s not to say we do not believe in those tools as part of an effective training program. It’s just that [...]

Forget Resolutions, Take Action!

As many of you prepare to ring in the New Year, undoubtedly thinking, “What am I gonna make my New Year resolution this year?” We here at Breakthroughs To Fitness want to give you some ideas.
For starters, stop making resolutions and start creating results. You see resolutions only require “words” but results, they require [...]

Hollywood Turmoil Reflective of National Problem

A tragic ending for a star that shone brightly, Brittany Murphy’s career was cut short when news broke that the star had gone into cardiac arrest while at her home in California. While early reports have stated that Murphy’s death came from natural causes, many are looking at the star’s history which depicts her in [...]

Carbohydrates: the good, the bad and the useful

There has been much debate among health enthusiasts, personal trainers and even doctors regarding carbohydrates and their advantages and disadvantages. While some of the information has been useful, other pieces have not been useful even mistaken.
So once and for all, here we are to clear up exactly what carbs can do for you and [...]

Long Island Personal Trainer Reveals Pushups For Charity

Pushups For Charity

Remember in my P.S. to you I mentioned I had big news?
Well a pushup has the power to make a child’s wish come true who has a life threatening illness. Imagine the power behind that statement.
We are part of an elite mastermind group of other fitness businesses nationwide. We all agreed to team [...]

Long Island personal trainer reveals truth about your resting metabolic rate

Many people don’t realize the importance of your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) when trying to lose fat and become healthier, many don’t even know what it is. Perhaps it’s the various confusing definitions used by health professionals.
We at Breakthroughs to Fitness consider it a very vital piece of information to know, so we are breaking [...]