Category Archives: Dr. Emily

Do you want to be a personal trainer? Get your IFTA personal trainer certification from Dr. Emily!

Attend the IFTA Personal Trainer Certification class next Sunday December 11 at the Lucille Roberts 42nd St. location. Dr. Emily will be teaching the course, which is open to Lucille Roberts members interested in improving people’s lives through fitness.

(Note: If you’re taking or have taken Dr. Emily’s PT Academy, you still need to get IFTA certified through a course such as this one before becoming a personal trainer.)

IFTA Personal Trainer Certification Course
Sunday December 11, 2011
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Lucille Roberts 42nd St.
$125

To register or to ask questions email Emily@LucilleRoberts.com.

Take your passion for fitness to the next level by becoming a personal trainer!

Want to be a personal trainer at Lucille Roberts?

Attend the PT Academy on Wednesday November 16, 3:30pm-8:00pm at Lucille Roberts 42nd St. (Grand Central). The fee is $99; this includes the 1-day workshop as well as a 5-week mentorship.

Register at any Lucille Roberts front desk. For questions, email Emily@LucilleRoberts.com.

(Can’t make it? Next one will be in January. We’ll keep you posted!)

Whether you just finished a session with your personal trainer or took one of the many high intensity classes at Lucille Roberts, even the most avid gym-goer has experienced muscle soreness. Although there are many factors which contribute to muscle soreness, one of the most important is the formation of lactic acid in the muscles.

The good news is that you can help your body clear more of this lactic acid and thus reduce the soreness in your muscles by adding just a few minutes of core exercises to the end of your workout.

By now, you’ve probably read many of Dr. Emily’s “Fit Tips” here on the blog, but you may still be wondering who she is and what exactly she does at Lucille Roberts. So, we asked her!

How long have you worked at Lucille Roberts? Tell us a little about your job here.

I’ve been with Lucille Roberts for a year and a half. I’m the Fitness Director, which means I’m responsible for overseeing the education programs, new classes, and program development for Lucille Roberts.

Have you always been active? Did you play sports growing up?

Since a very young age, sports and exercise have always been a major part of my life. Growing up, I did competitive gymnastics, which pretty much consumed my days but become a major part of my identity. Now exercise and fitness are not only my passion but also my career!

Looking for a more accurate measure of body fat and lean muscle mass? One of the most common body composition measures, body mass index (BMI), is under criticism, as it does not assess bone density and lean muscle mass. Recent studies have demonstrated that a more accurate measure of body fat is hip circumference. Referred to as the body adiposity index (BAI), this measurement relates hips to height and actually offers a more accurate measure of body fat levels.

Want to calculate your BAI? Go here.

– Dr. Emily

If you’re interested in becoming a class instructor or personal trainer at Lucille Roberts, attend one or both of our upcoming academies:

Instructor Academy
Wednesday October 12
Noon-5pm
Lucille Roberts Valley Stream
FREE!

Personal Trainer Academy
Wednesday October 19
Noon-5pm
Lucille Roberts Valley Stream
$99

You must be able to attend the full 5-hour workshop to participate. To register or to find out more information, please email Emily@LucilleRoberts.com.

Tomorrow! Come support Lucille Robert’s Dr. Emily as she teaches a barefoot training workout at the WPIX Health & Wellness Expo this Sunday September 25 at Jakob Javitts Center on W. 34th St. in NYC.

Dr. Emily’s 45-minute class begins at noon in Gym 7. You can also visit Dr. Emily’s booth #309 and get your signed copy of her book “Everyday Is Your Runway”!

If you didn’t make it to last week’s online Women’s Weight Loss Chat, we hope you’ll join us at the next one. In the meantime, you can read below the highlights from last week, when Dr. Emily and trainer John Chung were on hand to field questions about working out.

Questions about Gym Equipment

Q: What execise machine makes you lose weight more–treadmill or elliptical?

Dr. Emily Splichal: I think the biggest thing to remember is that it’s not the equipment but the way you use the equipment that makes you meet your fitness goals.

John Chung: Yes, Emily is right. Also, it’s wise to choose a machine you like better and maximize it!

Q: I was doing hamstring curls on the machine, and it bothers the back of knees. Is that weird?

Did you know that your weekly Yogatone class or personal trainer session may be doing more for your brain that your biceps?

As we age, an area of our brain called the hippocampus shrinks a little bit each year, causing age-related memory impairments. Interestingly, a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that older adults who exercised regularly actually gained hippocampus volume. Participants in this study exercised for an hour a day, 4 times per week, and were able to increase their hippocampus mass by 30%!

Are you a student? Hit the gym the day of your next exam! Even just 30 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity will increase blood flow to your brain, which will improve your concentration and memory retention.

Or, you can try one of the brain-boosting classes at Lucille Roberts–HIIT, Triple Fat Burner, and Turbokick are great options!

Got a question for Dr. Emily? Email her: Emily@LucilleRoberts.com

Last week, we hosted our first Women’s Weight Loss chat on Stanzr.com, and it went great! Dr. Emily and Nutritionist Natalie were in our online chat room to answer questions from our gym members (or anyone else who wanted to join in). The following are some of the highlights from the chat. If you want to view the full transcript, you can do so here.

This is what the chat room looks like:

(Want to join in the conversation? Find out how at the end of this blog post!)

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Q: Which activity is best for losing weight–weights or cardio?

Dr. Emily: The secret to losing weight is not necessarily in the activity you do but in HOW you do it. Both lifting weights and cardio provide different benefits to losing weight. To maximize your time, doing a combination of weights and cardio in an interval-based workout is one of the most effective and time efficient ways to work out.

Q: Which is best for losing weight–low-fat, low-carb, or low-calorie?