Sam Korn

N.C.S.F. Certified Personal Trainer

Sam Korn is a certified personal trainer through the National Council on Strength and Fitness (N.C.S.F). It was her personal experience and passion for athletics, exercise and fitness that lead her first to the Physical Therapy field and then into the diverse and individualized field of personal training.

Sam loves being able to take part in helping people reach their specific health and fitness goals, whatever they may be, and often even challenge them to go beyond and “raise the bar”. She also personally subscribes to this challenge through consistently taking continuing education courses and utilizing all tools available to her to stay abreast of current trends in the field and combat exercise complacency! Sam most recently completed courses on exercise for chronic diseases and serious illness as well as exercise for chronic disabilities and knee pain.

Sam continues to incorporate her love for athletics into her daily life. She is a member of the Philadelphia Flames soccer team who play within the competitive Women’s United Soccer League.

In fact, her participation in athletics have helped to sculpt her view of health and fitness as a whole. While at one point she perceived the commitment to combine a healthful diet with physical conditioning to be a way to achieve her peak performance as an athlete, she soon realized that the same principal applies to each and every person. She now believes that finding each person’s unique, ideal combination between these two things is the way to achieve a peak performance in life!

  • Tip of the Month

    January 2012

    Smart Starbucks and Steakhouse Choices

    Starbucks Choices
    • Peppermint Choc Mocha- 520cals, 20g fat
    • Pumpkin Frappuccino- 420cals, 13g fat
    • Flavored Latte- 360clas, 16g fat
    • Latte- 220cals, 15g fat
    • Coffee w/cream and sugar 180 calories
    • Cappuccino- 120cals, 4g fat
    • Coffee w/sugar 90 calories
    • Coffee w/cream 90 calories
    • Coffee w/whole milk 60 calories
    • Coffee w/skim milk 30-50 calories

    Order a coffee with cream and sugar every work day?  Add 900 calories per week to your diet.  That is over 13 pounds in one year.

    Enjoy a cappuccino every day instead, and you save 300 calories per week, and cut 4 pounds per year from the above diet.

    Go to coffee with skim milk and Splenda?  Now you are only adding 250 calories per week, and under 4 pounds per year in coffee weight.

    Enjoy a flavored frappucino or latte once per week?  That could add up to 26,000 calories, and another 7.5 pounds per year.

    Just your coffee could account for 20 pounds of caloric intake annually!

    Steakhouse Choices
    • Caesars Salad- 800cals
    • Chopped Salad, 320cals
    • Spinach Salad, 170cals click here for more »

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  • Recipe of the Month

    January 2012

    Drink alcohol a little more wisely!

    Drink Choices
    • Eggnog, 350cals
    • White Russian, 260cals
    • Riesling, 160-200cals
    • Shot of liquor, 70-125cals
    • Tonic or Soda, 100cals
    • Winter Beer, 150-200cals
    • Beer, 150cals
    • Bloody Mary, 130cals
    • Wine, 120cals
    • Light Beer, 55-85cals
    • Champagne, 85cals
    Enjoy a small glass of eggnog and two gin and tonics, and you have drank 750 worthless calories.
    Or, start with some champagne, and enjoy two glasses of wine and you only have drank 330 calories, less than half of your first choices.