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A Boca Raton personal trainer and top model, Peter Maneos also distinguishes himself as a published author. During his sophomore year of college while in Rome in 2001, he published The Soul of A Young Man, described as baroque in style and with emotional intensity. Peter Maneos graduated from the University of Miami in 2003 with an English degree. His second poetry collection, Poems of Blood and Passion, was published in 2005, and he published the satire American Bards & The London Reviewer in 2010. As a Personal Trainer, Peter Maneos assists residents and visitors of the Southern Florida beach communities including Deerfield Beach and Delray Beach. Although his gym is located in Boca Raton, Pete Maneos also makes house calls and has maintained some clients for more than 5 years. Additionally he is certified by the National Academy of Health & Fitness. As CEO of FitnessWorkoutsInc.com, Peter Maneos and other top models appear in DVDs demonstrating exercise routines. Also a Model, Peter Maneos appears in several national publications including Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly and Men’s Exercise. He also is featured in the coffee table book, Attraction, by world renowned photographer David Vance. Peter Maneos appeared on TV several times, including his role on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on a panel that included Billy Graham. He also was featured in an episode of MTV’s True Life. Born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Peter Maneos graduated from The Haverford School in 1998. He studied at private secondary school Northfield Mount Hermon before attending college. Peter Maneos enjoys reading literature and studying health and fitness in his spare time.

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Peter Maneos: Workout Intensity

Athlete, model, and fitness professional Pete Maneos understands the requirements to build a healthy and aesthetically appealing physique. In order to continually improve and make physical gains from training, you must find ways to maintain focus and intensity in your workout. Many people hit the gym every day and simply go through the motions, paying little attention to how their body responds to what they are doing. While such workouts can help you maintain the fitness you have already achieved, they will not impel you to a higher level.

If you wish to get the most out of your workout and want to experience ongoing improvement, then Peter Maneos offers the following suggestions for maintaining focus and intensity.

1. Work with a personal trainer or coach to design a workout routine that meets your goals. Involving a trainer can help you learn proper form, which maximizes the benefits you receive from exercise and minimizes the chance of injury.

2. If you have been following the same routine for several months and it feels too easy, incorporate new exercises or change out your routine entirely.

3. Music can help you focus during a workout and provide motivation. Watching television or reading while you workout, however, distracts you from what you are doing.

4. Pay close attention to the cues your body sends you. As you work a body part, focus on those particular muscles, as well as supporting muscles, and listen to your body’s signals. Observe your form as well, assuring that as you move through a range of motion you do not rely on “cheats” such as momentum or help from uninvolved muscle groups.

5. Perform weight-lifting repetitions to failure. In other words, repeat a weight lifting exercise until you cannot raise the weight one more time.

6. Avoid resting in the middle of a set. For instance, when performing a biceps curl, every time you fully straighten your elbow or move beyond maximum flexion, you provide your muscles with a small chance to rest. Have a trainer or experienced lifter show you the proper range of motion for each exercise.

7. For true intensity, slow down your speed of motion when lifting weights and focus on lowering the weight to its original position just as slowly.

8. Add special techniques, like supersets, to up your intensity.

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For an explanation of the superset technique, check out the following video.

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MAX’S – Sam Pappas Trains with Supersets

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Tips For Getting Past Your Workout Plateau, Part 1, by Peter Maneos

By: Peter Maneos

Most anyone who works out regularly has at some point experienced a plateau: the inability to move past a certain weight, speed, or time regardless of how much effort is expended. The human body tends toward plateaus in order to conserve energy. If you give your body the same task over and over again, it will eventually settle into a routine and stop progressing. The most important part of getting past that plateau involves change. The more frequently you change not only the exercises you do but the nature of the physical activity involved, the less likely you are to experience extended plateaus. For example, if your workout consists largely of isolation routines involving equipment like the pec deck or cable-based machines, you should switch not only the settings on the machine but the type of underlying motion. Consider trying the equivalent exercises with free weights. That might not seem like it would make a big difference, but you’ll be surprised. Each exercise “tool” requires a slightly different use of the muscle, even for a similar motion. Switching between cables, free weights, and medicine balls or kettlebells can transform your workout. Next, change the intensity of your workout. Say you typically do 12 reps per set for each exercise. Try 20 reps at a lower weight and faster speed, or 7 reps at a higher weight and slower speed. Also, change the rest time between sets. If you tend to take a short break between each set, try placing two different exercises back to back with no rest in order to give your body variety. Another important consideration is the proportion of cardio in your workout routine. It’s very hard to lose weight and build muscle at the same time; you’ll simply wear yourself out on the cardio before you get to weights. Keep cardio on weight training days to a light warm-up. Check back soon for some more tips, or visit my personal training website.

Tips For Getting Past Your Workout Plateau, Part 2

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University of Miami - by Pete Maneos

Possessing a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Miami, bodybuilder and personal trainer Pete Maneos holds a side career as a poet. His published collected works include The Soul of A Young Man (2001) and Poems of Blood and Passion (2005). Critics compare Pete Maneos’ style to that of Pablo Neruda, Lord Byron, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Pete Maneos attended the private college and preparatory academies of The Haverford School and Northfield Mount Hermon School before enrolling in the University of Miami, where he developed his poetry writing career and modeled in his spare time.

About the University of Miami: Founded in 1925, the University of Miami today serves more than 15,500 students from its campuses in Coral Gables, Miami, Virginia Key, and four other locations. Offering 115 undergraduate degrees, 114 master’s programs, and 51 Ph.D. options, U Miami is comprised of 12 schools, including the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Communication, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. According to the U.S. News & World Report’s latest collegiate ranking, the University of Miami lists 47th among national universities. U.S. News also named the institution’s Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine the country’s 47th best medical school, and its School of Law 60th in the nation.

As a major research hub, the University of Miami achieved a school record of $326 million in sponsored research expenditures during the 2008 fiscal year. Funding went toward the university’s Center for Hemispheric Policy, the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, and other institutes and centers. The University of Miami’s alumni include successful individuals from nearly all faucets of life, including Olympic and professional athletes, internationally popular musicians and entertainers, and respected state and national politicians. Actor Sylvester Stallone, singer andsongwriter Enrique Iglesias, and current Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez all graduated from the University of Miami. Read more about the University of Miami at miami.edu.

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