Prevailing Conditions

Santa Barbara gym reviews by certified personal trainer Kardio with Karen It might have been blustery in beautiful Santa Barbara today, but that didn’t put a damper on the grand re-opening of Prevail Conditioning. Located at 417 Santa Barbara Street, this one-of-a-kind athletic training facility skirts the funk zone and the cookie cutter approach so…

Inside Out: the Major Muscle Complexes of the Body

The Major Muscle Complexes The major muscle complexes in the human body are pictured below. With approximately 600 muscles all told, their composition ranges from skeletal to smooth to cardiac. BIO: Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Karen Robiscoe is a certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and personal trainer through NASM. DBA Kardio with Karen, she is…

Hike 2 Miles, & Blog Me in the Morning

A Hike and Tell to Santa Barbara’s Inspiration Point Some days, you just need to get away from it all. To hike and tell. That day was yesterday for this Santa Barbara blogger. Feeling dejected by the plethora of so-called publishers out there—along with imaginary friends, inflated egos, and career carrots dangled and withdrawn—I grabbed…

Dust Bunnies

BIO: Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Karen Robiscoe is a certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and personal trainer through NASM. DBA Kardio with Karen, she is additionally certified as a Group X instructor and Spin teacher with Fitour, a licensed Livestrong Cancer Survivors instructor by YMCA, and a fully accredited Aquatics teacher with AEA. https://www.facebook.com/kardiowithkaren The…

Weigh to Go

  It’s well and good to hear people say muscle weighs “more” than fat, but there’s nothing like a picture to put that into perspective. Muscle fibers are considerably more dense than fat cells, as the picture to the left illustrates so well. It’s about measurements, not weight, and the only way to slim those…