The Health And Fitness Equation
One of my nephews recently started learning his multiplication tables in school. He has this little game where a problem is presented and he has to select the answer he thinks is correct. I watched him one day and started thinking about how simple basic math is. I mean, 2 x 2 will always equal…
How Under-Eating Can Prevent You From Losing Weight
Most of clients I see at Tidewater Fitness come in looking to lose weight, become leaner, drop a few clothing sizes, have more energy, and feel better. Nutrition plays a huge role in these goals, obviously. One of the major services I provide is habit-based nutrition coaching. This has proven to be the most successful way…
This Simple Food Swap Could Drastically Improve Your Health
In this day and age, food can be manufactured just like any other product. It’s not solely grown anymore. And because of that, we have access to a wide variety of processed food items. One item that is used quite frequently in the average American home is cooking oil. There are many different kinds of…
An At-Home Workout For Beginners
You want to start working out but don’t want to go all in on a gym membership. Does this mean you’re doomed to wallow in a sea of inactivity forever? Absolutely not! Many fitness beginners are intimidated by the gym. It’s typically filled with judgement, equipment they’ve never used before, and an uncomfortable feeling of being out…
How Many Days Should You Exercise Each Week?
This is a question I get asked often by friends, family, and potential clients. At Tidewater Fitness, we offer 1x, 2x, and 3x per week training options so that everyone has something to fit their needs. But one thing everyone wants to know is, can they receive any benefit from working out only 1x week?…
A Simple Way To Eat More Vegetables Throughout The Day
There’s no debating the importance of eating more vegetables throughout the day. I’ve mentioned the primary benefits of vegetables several times on this site before. They are loaded with fiber, contain important vitamins and minerals, and are low in calories. Research shows they also possess protective effects against cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, and hypertension. Needless…
A Daily Checklist For Optimal Health And Fitness
Everyone loves a checklist, right? They make things simple and can streamline even the toughest of tasks. One of the most rigorous objectives we have in life is maintaining our health and fitness. The reason being it requires work. It’s easy to sit on the couch all day and eat whatever we want. But it takes…
The Benefits Of Single Leg Training
Lower body training plays an important role in the effort to strip body fat and get lean. Lower body exercises use a lot of muscle mass and burn a ton of calories. But most of the movements you commonly see are things like squats, leg press, deadlifts, hip thrusts, RDLs, and the like. There’s absolutely…
The Primary Reason Fitness Is Valuable
Talk to 20 different people and you will probably get 20 different definitions of the word fitness. If you were to consult the dictionary, it would say “the quality of being suitable to fulfill a particular role or task”. I really like this definition, and I’ll come back to why in a minute. When you generally…
Do You Need To “Earn Your Carbohydrates”?
The health and wellness industry is expected to be worth 1 trillion dollars by 2017. Yes, you read that right. 1 trillion dollars! This industry is home to categories like fitness, nutrition, supplements, clothing, and wearable tech. The market has a huge reach, not only in America, but around the world too. And within any…