10 Celebs Who Buddy Up For Workout Sessions


Updated 07/25/11 2:36 AM · Posted by Heather Dale · 1 comment

10 Celebrities Who Work Out With Friends and Trainers

Whether it's heading to the gym for a kickboxing class, or taking to the streets for a five-mile run, having a friend, a loved one, or even a personal trainer join you in your efforts makes all the difference. It not only turns your workout into a social affair, but you have someone there who is sweating it out with you, and they can also give you a motivational pep talk when you're experiencing Read more

Trainer Gains Weight to Better Understand Clients: Cool or Not?


Updated 08/11/09 8:22 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 40 comments

Poll on Personal Trainer Gaining Weight to Better Understand Clients

There are plenty of personal trainers who didn't always live healthy lives and worked hard to shed a bunch weight to reveal inspiring physiques. When someone is overweight and working out with a trainer, it can be motivating to know the person playing boss has been there before. But a trainer/former underwear model who becomes overweight by choice, just to lose the weight once he's hit his goal Read more

Would You Date Your Trainer?


Updated 08/18/09 8:06 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 24 comments

Kimberley Locke Is Dating Personal Trainer Harvey E. Walden IV

Former American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke recently revealed that she is dating her trainer Harvey E. Walden IV from Vh1's Celebrity Fit Club. Locke said: "We go running and everything, but the whole working out in the gym thing didn’t go so well.” "Two bossy people? He wants me to do things his way. I want to do it my way — I’m going to do it my way. It didn’t work out.” So of Read more

Holiday Fit Tip: Tip Your Personal Trainer


Updated 12/14/09 3:38 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 12 comments

Tip Your Trainer This Holiday Season

I know that with all the things you've got going on this holiday season, the last thing you need is another person to add to your gift recipient list. However, don't forget to tip your personal trainer. If you have no idea what to give, a good rule of thumb is to give the value of one session with him or her. If that seems a bit much, then try to come up with something more personal or homemade. Read more

Tips From Jessica Biel's Trainer!


Updated 04/10/08 10:48 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 18 comments

Tips From Jessica Biel's Trainer!

Jessica Biel continues to have one of the most wanted bodies in Hollywood. So when her trainer, Jason Walsh, tells Forbes a few things Jessica does to stay so fit, I am all ears. Here's the deal: Jason Walsh, the man responsible for Jessica Biel’s lingerie-clad body in this summer’s I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, says that maximizing any workout requires a mastery of the basics. "Learn Read more

Do You Prefer to Work Out Alone or With a Friend?


Updated 07/05/10 6:41 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 40 comments

Do You Prefer to Work Out Alone or With a Friend?

We all have our own strategies to help ensure that we work out. For some of us it is making an exercise date with a friend. Others prefer to work out alone and consider exercise time "personal time." How about you... Source Do You Prefer to Work Out Alone or With a Friend? I prefer to work out with a friend. I prefer to work out alone. Other - Tell me below. Read more

How to Get Lance Armstrong's Trainer


Updated 04/10/08 9:15 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

How to Get Lance Armstrong's Trainer

Chris Carmichael is not a household name, but he is the coach behind the legend Lance Armstrong. Who, although he participated in one of the least popular sports in the U.S., is a household name. Want to know some of the secrets behind training to become one of the world's top endurance athletes? Then head on over to Read more

Pump Up Your iPod


Updated 12/18/06 8:00 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

Pump Up Your iPod

PumpOne Personal Trainers are fitness training guides that you can download to your iPod, Nano, Treo and other devices. The guides guide you through your work out with photographs of exercises showing the starting and ending positions of exercises, complete with easy-to-follow tips. And you can use them while listening to your play list. PumpOne Trainers are like having a little exercise book, Read more

Enter The EnterTrainer


Updated 11/14/06 12:30 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Enter The EnterTrainer

Many of us have the luxury of working out at home on our own equipment in front of our own TV. The problem with such a luxury is that it is quite easy to slack off and not workout as hard as you would at the gym or with a trainer. The Entertrainer ($139.99) basically works like a remote control except that your intimidating personal trainer is holding it. The device monitors your heart rate and Read more

How to Achieve Gwyneth Paltrow's Grammy Awards Arms


Updated 02/13/12 1:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Gwyneth Paltrow Arm Workout For Grammy Awards 2012

Gwyneth Paltrow was all arms at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Looking even more defined than we remember her, Gwyneth's sleeveless Stella McCartney gown showed off her shapely shoulders and strong arms. Gwyneth is no stranger to working hard to look good: she and celeb trainer Tracy Anderson put a lot of time toward her fitness regimen. See some of the arm exercises Tracy and Gwyneth do together to Read more