Will And Desire

About the Author:

Sam Y. is a Personal Trainer, Coach, Performane Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Enhancement Specialist, Pilates and Yoga instructor, and holds multiple certifications. He is also an avid Martial Artist, training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Boxing, and MMA. He is also the author of the popular fitness blog All Out Effort as well as the popular martial arts blog Inner BJJ. You can find him in the Los Angeles area personal training his clients, or at home annoying his wife, or on Facebook at his personal fitness page.

All Out Effort Interval Training

Doing 15 seconds of all out effort. 15 seconds of rest. Moving from station to station. Dips, Bulgarian bag squats, and undulation rope slams.

Of course with the best work out music of all time!




About the Author:

Sam Y. is a Personal Trainer, Coach, Performane Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Enhancement Specialist, Pilates and Yoga instructor, and holds multiple certifications. He is also an avid Martial Artist, training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Boxing, and MMA. He is also the author of the popular fitness blog All Out Effort as well as the popular martial arts blog Inner BJJ. You can find him in the Los Angeles area personal training his clients, or at home annoying his wife, or on Facebook at his personal fitness page.

THE FIVE STAGES OF (FOOD) GRIEF

How Bad Do You Want It?

Do you want to succeed as much as you want to breathe?

Voted Best Work Out In LA

Thanks LA!

Reminders About Yoga

Yoga is very popular and growing more and more in popularity. With good reason, its a great blend of strength, flexibility, calmness, and breathing. I even teach yoga to my clients and have a background as an instructor. Now with that being said, I have also hurt myself pushing and stretching too hard during yoga.

Hot yoga is very popular and growing more and more so. The chances of overstretching and pulling muscles is even greater with that style of yoga because of the fact that, you are so warm and loose that you hard a harder time knowing where your limit is. It's easy to over stretch. My wife just recently hurt her back during hot yoga.

If you are mindful and present during yoga just like anything else, you will gain a lot of benefit. I practice yoga at least once a week and benefit immensely from it. I also don't try to compete with anyone, and if something feels wrong, I ask for modifications. Even if something doesn't feel wrong, I ease into it or stay within my normal range of motion just in case.

Hot yoga makes you feel like a wet noodle, but you aren't and when you get back home and start to stiffen up you may pay the price. So be mindful, present, and careful. Namaste.

About the Author:

Sam Y. is a Personal Trainer, Coach, Performane Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Enhancement Specialist, Pilates and Yoga instructor, and holds multiple certifications. He is also an avid Martial Artist, training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Boxing, and MMA. He is also the author of the popular fitness blog All Out Effort as well as the popular martial arts blog Inner BJJ. You can find him in the Los Angeles area personal training his clients, or at home annoying his wife, or on Facebook at his personal fitness page.

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83 years old and doing a 153lb deadlift. Amazing. Crossfit has some amazing athletes.

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Just had my first corporate speaking gig. I spoke about performance. It was a 4 hour talk filled with activities.

Miss California Contestant Jona Xiao Yelp Review

I was very proud to train Miss California Contestant Jona Xiao. Out of over 5,000 girls, her just being selected was a major milestone. She looked great and though she didn't win she made everyone who supported her along the way proud.

The thing that was best about working with Jona was, it was so easy! She did everything I asked, never whined, showed up, and trained like a mad woman! I thought being a beauty pageant contestant, she would be hard to work with and a bit of a diva. No way. I don't think she missed even one day of training. I told her what to do, and she just did it. If everyone trained like her, well my job would be easier, and they would get this kind of result. She was all business!

Jona has a bright future ahead of her.

Read about her experiences in her own words here:

"When I was selected as an official representative for the Miss California USA pageant (My title was Miss Melrose 2012), I furiously looked around for THE best personal trainer so I could confidently wear a bikini for the millions of viewers that would be watching.  I am so fortunate to have found Sam Y, as I achieved this goal, and so much more. 

Knowledge.  Inspiration. Unparalleled trainer of both the body and mind.  And I've worked with several personal trainers, most of whom use a one size fits all approach.  When I would inquire about kettlebells, tabatas, greasing the groove, or other exercise programs, most of the trainers I interviewed would either give me blank stares or mumble that they weren't as familiar with these fitness concepts.  Sam's immense fitness and nutrition knowledge is so expansive that it feels like he can field any array of questions pertaining to these subjects to a degree that instills so much confidence in him as a trainer and the regiment he puts you on.  He answers the WHY that gave me confidence in what I was doing. 

In a mere 7 weeks of training with Sam, not only did I transform my body, but also my level of fitness in the areas of cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength and power.  When I first started with Sam, I would feel slightly tired jogging up a flight of stairs.  About a month into our training, I did a late night jog at Griffith Park with a former marathon runner, and barely felt tired during the uphill portion of the run.  I was shocked to find out I had been jogging over a mile uphill to start out.  Sam and I hadn't even been doing any treadmill or running work at that point, but it was the eclectic power, strength, and muscular endurance exercises that helped me get from "feeble to fit" (one of Sam's goals for clients). 

I love Sam's take on building strength through MOVING weight rather than LIFTING weight, which is much better for the body, and you see incredible results.  When we first started training, I would complain that my body wasn't "feeling" certain exercises as much as other exercises.  I think we often are under the false pretense that an exercise is only effective if we are in severe physical discomfort.  Not so.  I built strength and endurance without feeling like I was about to pass out or my muscles were going to give out every second.  Makes the sessions much more enjoyable as well. 

I had never actually looked FORWARD to going to the gym or working out with a trainer prior to Sam.  Nothing ever felt stale because we did a variety of workouts, ranging from kickboxing, to kettlebells, to weighted Indian bats, floor exercises, endurance drill competitions between clients, and much much more!  He was very available via phone and email, proactively checking on my progress, both physically and mentally. 

At the very least, do the personal assessment with Sam.  His keen eye for detecting bad form and habits will provide you new information about your body and the way you use it. If certain habits aren't corrected (if you aren't aware of them, how can you begin to change them?), they could lead to very debilitating injuries in the near or distance future..." Read more.

Here's a testimonial she shot at the contest:




About the Author:

Sam Y. is a Personal Trainer, Coach, Performane Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Enhancement Specialist, and holds multiple certifications. He is also an avid Martial Artist, training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Boxing, and MMA. He is also the author of the popular fitness blog All Out Effort as well as the popular martial arts blog Inner BJJ. You can find him in the Los Angeles area personal training his clients, or at home annoying his wife, or on Facebook at his personal fitness page.