The 4 Best Tips You Can Use To Get Fit When You’re Busy
Most people today complain about being too busy. And it’s understandable. Between work, family, and your social life I’m sure it’s hard to imagine fitting anything else onto your plate. But if you have a goal you want to accomplish, the fact of the matter is, you have to put in the work. This is…
Why Gaining Muscle Is Important (Especially For Women)
“This won’t make my thighs bigger, will it?” That’s the exact question I received from a female client when we were doing squats recently. And unfortunately, it’s a question many women have at the gym due to mainstream media’s misunderstanding of muscle. The word muscle is a somewhat divisive term in the health and fitness…
1 Easy Way To Make Any Exercise Harder
Variety seems to be what all gym-goers are chasing. If you were to follow the same person at the gym for several weeks, you’d probably notice they do something different each time they workout. There seems to be this idea floating around that you have to constantly change your workout routine or “confuse” your muscles…
28 Tips To Improve Your Health And Fitness
I’ve worked with a lot of clients over the past few years. Each one of them being different than the next. They’ve had their own struggles and challenges and had to learn how to overcome them as they attempted to accomplish their health and fitness goals. The cool thing is, I’ve learned a lot along…
A Super Simple Workout Template When You’re On The Go
We live in a busy world. My wife, Candice, and I were in New York City a couple of months ago. I’d been there five years ago, but didn’t remember too much about the trip (other than the tourist attractions of course). One thing that stuck out to me, this time around, was all the…
Is Cardio Or Strength Training Better For Weight Loss?
Recently, one of my clients asked me a common question within the fitness world. The age old debate of cardio versus strength training for weight loss. To many, exercise may seem like nothing more than being more “physically active”. They believe if they are more active (whether that be on a treadmill or in the free…
How To Get In A Total Body Workout With Only 3 Exercises
It’s January, and if you’ve been to a gym lately, you’ve probably noticed it’s a little more crowded than usual. It may look a little something like this. All kidding aside, it may not be a free-for-all brawl but there’s most likely more people and less equipment to use. This can be frustrating when you…
Accomplish Your New Year’s Resolution With Performance-Based Goals
“What is the main goal you want to accomplish with training?” That’s one of the first questions I ask each new client who wants to begin personal training. It’s an important question to answer. If you don’t have a goal, the odds of you starting and continuing your fitness journey are slim. But with this…
A Workout For The Holidays
Two major holidays are right around the corner, Thanksgiving and Christmas. While both are a great time to get together with family and friends, they also present unique challenges if you’re trying to lose or even maintain your weight over the holiday season. The most obvious challenge comes with food. If everyone were being honest…
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…