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Rivak H. Healthy Living Professional

San Diego, California
President of Somagenesis Health & Fitness. Registered Physician Assistant, Cooper Institute Master Fitness Specialist NSCA- Certified Personal Trainer.
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Maverick San Diego Personal Trainer says. “Diets just don’t work and never will!” by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Time to wake up people! How much money do you plan to throw away in 2011, attempting to acquire the hail grail of weight loss success. Put your hard earned dollars away an ... Read on »
The undeniable truth behind middle age weight gain. by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training You hit your 40s ,  and soon you find your self plagued with muffin tops and and a belt line that heads south. The scale show a scary 20 pound weight gain beyond your norm ... Read on »
Research discovers the new weight gain monster by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Obesogens are these new crazy chemicals that disrupt  the hormones in our body. Many leading researchers are now discovering that these Obesogens lead to obesity, which i ... Read on »
San Diego Personal Training Business and State of the Economy update by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Its been a while since I have blogged, and all for a good reason. Business has picked up for Somagenesis.com Not so much in the sense of pure physical fitness training, ... Read on »
San Diego Personal trainer discusses weight loss accountability with the I-Phone by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Lets face it, counting calories and logging then in your spiral binder is so freaking boring. So boring, I bet you will stop logging your intake in just a matter of ti ... Read on »
Maintaining your health and fitness during difficult times with physical fitness by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Yes, the United States is in an economic funk. We are all feeling the ramifications of a crippled economy and job losses in the thousands. The media who creates a negati ... Read on »
San Diego Personal Fitness Trainer,discusses the world of non completer’s by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training It is very unlike me to gloat on the negative, since I consider myself a motivator by nature and high achiever in both my business and physical life.  This is without a ... Read on »
San Diego Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis client may be cured by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training A while back, I wrote about my favorite client Bob, who was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis some 15 years ago. He is evidently a quadriplegic and w ... Read on »
San Diego Fitness Pro says “Get Fat and shrink your brain” by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Right when I think it can’t get any worse for the morbidly obese, the National Institute on Aging just released a study showing the brain masses of the clinically look 1 ... Read on »
San Diego Personal Trainer Success with post craniopharyngioma surgery client by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Well, its been two months and 24 sessions later working with my client Michael for a weight loss and testosterone boosting fitness program.  To date Michael has dropped ... Read on »
San Diego Personal Trainer Rivak Hoffman discusses difficult weight loss due to pituitary and... by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Being both a Physician Assistant and  a San Diego Personal Trainer has its advantages and disadvantages is regards to working with the difficult weight loss population. ... Read on »
Perpetual fitness training can help you avoid the wheelchair in our later years. by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training For many individuals approaching their mid 60’s, the new established mindset is to kick back, sleep in, watch TV, eat excessively and vacation as much as possible. What ... Read on »
How Other Countries Fight Fat by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training This morning when reading the Sunday San Diego Union Tribune, I read the best article regarding government control of weight loss in other countries. While  some governm ... Read on »
Everything about the San Diego personal training industry, that I learned in 2008 by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training 1. Go for the positive expected value, not what’s less risky. 2. Don’t do things that you don’t understand, even if you see your competition doing it. 3. Hope is n ... Read on »
San Diego personal training economic forecast for 2009 by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Reflecting on my business stats for the month of December,and its not yet over yet, I can only jump for joy. December has been a record month for Somagenesis Health and ... Read on »
Somagenesis San Diego Personal trainer reveals the ultimate strength and conditioning weapon! by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training I have been working out for over 25 years. The thought of going to a conventional cookie cutter gym, using the same old cardiovascular and weight training equipment bore ... Read on »
Somagenesis San Diego personal trainer explains why diets don’t work by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training There isn’t a month that goes by that Somagenesis Health & Fitness doesn’t receive the panicked phone call, from a potential customer, claiming they just can’t lose weig ... Read on »
Expert San Diego Personal Trainer’s treatment for painful medial epicondylitis. by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training Medial Epicondylitis is an often debilitating condition, that personal fitness trainers can expect to see when training clients, especially men. Medial epicondylitis (M ... Read on »
Personal Trainers in San Diego feeling the heat of a bad economy. by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training It is Thanksgiving and I have much to be thankful for this years. My mind is spinning over a series of events which transpired yesterday. It was one on my busiest tra ... Read on »
San Diego Medical Exercise Personal Trainer rehabs primary progressive MS. by Rivak H. Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook Posted in: Blog Posts in Strength Training In most cases, primary progressive multiple sclerosis totally incapacitates the individual. One exception is my client Bob, who I have been working with for several mont ... Read on »