What Exercises Are Best For Fat Loss?
A couple weeks back, I wrote about how diet was more important for fat loss than exercise. I didn’t say exercise was irrelevant, but when you compare the two, nutrition seems to have a greater effect on body composition than exercise alone. I also mentioned why strength training is a vital piece of the fat loss…
What’s The Optimal Number Of Sets?
Within the fitness research community, there’s a huge debate regarding the optimal number of sets for a given exercise. Previous studies have looked at 1 set all the way up to 6-8 sets to determine an answer. But as science would have it, the results aren’t so cut and dry. In 2007, a researcher named…
Diet Or Exercise: Which Impacts Weight Loss More?
You get to hear some pretty interesting conversations when you work in a gym all day. One that comes up time and time again is how exercise affects weight loss. Many believe that if they just exercised more (whether that be cardio, strength training, etc.) they would have their dream body. But is that the most…
One Simple Nutrition Strategy To Prevent Holiday Weight Gain
The two biggest holidays of the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas, are right around the corner. And with these holidays come tremendous amounts of food. Most people tend to overeat during this time of year. Between the turkey, stuffing, and sweet potato casserole it’s easy to see why. This doesn’t necessarily mean you’re guaranteed to pack on…
Calorie Counting Made Easy
One “diet” method that will stand the test of time is calorie counting. If you’re goal is weight loss or fat loss, the amount of calories you eat each day will have the biggest outcome on your progress. With today’s technology, there are countless apps you can use to log your foods. They usually provide you…
Two Things You Need To Do To Crush Any Goal
A goal is defined as “the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result”. Goals are very important in life, because they push us to do something we otherwise may not have attempted. But they can be tough to accomplish. Working with clients week in and week out has given me a…
Vitamin D Can Help You Lose Body Fat? The Surprising Truth
Vitamin D deficiency is very common in America. In fact, there are roughly 3 million cases per year in the United States alone (1). Contrary to popular belief, vitamin D actually isn’t a vitamin, in the traditional sense. It’s a steroid hormone. There are two main forms, D3 and D2. D3 is found in foods like…
5 Questions You Need To Ask To Bust Through A Plateau
Why isn’t this working anymore? I thought I was doing so well? Should I just give up? All of these are common questions you may ask yourself when hitting a progress plateau. It’s easy to feel disappointed and frustrated in times like this. You had been working so hard, and all of a sudden the results…
5 Fundamental Nutrition Habits For Fat Loss
Did you ever play sports when you were growing up? If so, your coach probably talked about the importance of fundamentals. In relation to sports, the fundamentals are the most important and basic aspects of the game. In basketball, for example, the fundamentals include passing, dribbling, and shooting. A player must build on these skills if they…
How To Get Results When You Are Short On Time
One of the biggest obstacles stopping many from getting to the gym is that they don’t have enough time. On one hand I think people lean too heavily on this excuse, but on the other I can see where they’re coming from. When you have a full time job, kids, and a host of other things…