It’s Ok To Say “It’s Ok”
The one aspect of health and fitness that isn’t spoken about much today is mindset. There are magazines and books covering nutrition, workouts, and supplements. And yet one of the biggest players in seeing real results, mindset, isn’t explored. The fact is, a negative mindset can be so powerful, that it can completely derail any effort…
Exercise Intensity: How To Determine What’s Appropriate
Intensity is a word often misunderstood in the fitness community. Many believe, in order to see results, they need a workout that leaves them vomiting, sweating buckets, and hardly walking the next day. There’s also the opposite end of the spectrum where reading the newspaper and pedaling aimlessly on a recumbent bike go hand in hand toward…
Nutrition Tips for the Holiday Season
With Thanksgiving approaching quickly, I wanted to dedicate a short article to providing a couple of nutrition tips to keep you on track. Holidays are one of the guaranteed times of the year where people seem to struggle sustaining their nutritional goals. With all the family gatherings and extreme amounts of food, it’s easy to see…
Find the Problem, Fix the Problem
Once you begin changing the way your body looks, there are a lot of variables that factor into your success like exercise, nutrition, and sleep. Unfortunately these variables can also play a part in holding you back from achieving your ultimate goal. Each one can present unique problems that could stop you from seeing any changes. For instance,…
5 Fitness and Nutrition Myths
There are a lot of myths surrounding the fitness and nutrition industries these days. With all the information available on the internet and all the “studies” coming out, its no easy task sifting through it all to determine what’s right and what’s wrong. Unfortunately many truths, as claimed by the media and biased researchers, are…
The Most Underutilized Exercise
A lack of time is the most used excuse people give when they can’t make it to the gym. Does this sound like you? Days filled with meetings, doctor’s appointments, sales calls, and other important events often leave few spare minutes. It makes it seem impossible to be active. Well, I want to talk to…
The Purpose of an Assessment
According to google, the definition of an assessment is “the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.” An assessment is typical in most industries today. If you take your car to an auto shop because your check engine light comes on, they will need to do a thorough assessment…
6 Tips to Maximize Your Gym Time
Everyone’s time is valuable, there’s no denying that. We go through each week trying to get as much work done as we possibly can, while still trying to find time to hang out with family and friends, catch a movie (or whatever your hobby is), workout, study subjects outside of work, etc. All of this…
The Secret to Longevity
When you walk into the average gym, what do you see people doing more than anything? If you guessed cardio, you are correct! Cardiovascular exercise has become the staple in the average exerciser’s life. There are people who spend hours on the treadmill or elliptical day in and day out. These are usually the people…
Quality vs. Quantity
In our society, there’s this notion that if we are doing something good then more is better. For example, there is research showing that if you take a vitamin D supplement, it can aid in reducing high blood pressure. Many then end up thinking, well if I take more vitamin D it will lower my…