John DeFendis, the Director of Personal training of Coops and the only Fitness Hall of Fame Inductee residing in South Carolina, writes a fitness column titled 'Your Personal Trainer' for the Anderson Independent. This column talks about current events pertaining to Health & Fitness as well as all topics the community is interested in. View the latest articles below or click on Anderson Independent to view all past articles. These articles are a must read!
I am a very tired, weak and fatigued middle aged woman who was just recently diagnosed Fibromyalgia and I don’t know what to do.
Read Full Entry“Laziness and inaction breeds doubt and fear in all of us. Action breeds CONFIDENCE, STRENGTH & COURAGE!”
Read Full Entry“What would you do with a new cadillac and no payment?
Read Full Entry“The personality, habits and disciplines of a mother and father is the medium through which a child grows and takes form.” — John DeFendis
Read Full EntryLet’s face the facts: We are allowing our children food privileges that we never had growing up, while affording them more time to lay around playing video games and doing less exercise.
Read Full Entry“Depression loses its power… when fresh vision pierces the darkness.”
This Peter Sinclair quote says it all. Our feeling of depression becomes weakened when we decide to take control of our lives by setting new goals and going after them. Our drive to succeed will supersede the depressed feelings and allow us to get back up [...]
According to health and wellness experts, more people die of heart attacks during the months of November through January than any other time of the year.
Recent studies at various universities across the country report that 53 percent more heart attacks occur in the winter than summer. January was the leader with twice as many heart [...]
I am not going to beat around the bush or candy coat this today. I am going to shoot fast and shoot straight: Being overweight is unhealthy, it’s expensive and it’s a rapidly growing problem right here in our own state.
A study by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that more than 65 [...]
Q I am trying to lose weight while lowering my cholesterol and I am working with a personal trainer at another gym. He told me that I could no longer have sausage patties with my 2 eggs in the morning for breakfast.
Does your program allow Sausage patties and can I have them with my eggs [...]
