What Personal Training Is Really Like
With all the tv shows and movies out there today, personal training has gotten a bad rap. Think about it. In every movie that has a personal training character, they usually are some sort of drug dealer or creep looking to hustle people. And I know you have seen the tv shows like biggest loser.…
The Importance of Taking Action
It’s easy to become really comfortable in life. We get in a daily routine and it becomes hard to deviate from that. This can be problematic when we have a goal we’re trying to accomplish. A goal is something you want to achieve but haven’t yet. It requires work, patience, and sometimes sacrifice. It also…
How To Improve Consistency
We all know exercise and eating better will do wonders for our health. With all that life entails though, it’s easy for these things to be pushed to the side. We become more focused on our jobs or our families, instead of making time to better ourselves. When we actually do schedule gym time or…
The Benefits of Protein Powder
Supplements are often overrated. They are marketed in really shady ways, and sometimes provide you no additional benefit. And yet supplement sales hit $11.5 billion dollars in 2012. That’s pretty remarkable. But it begs the question, why do people pay for supplements? I believe there are two answers to this question. The first is that…
The Myth About Breakfast and Weight Gain
Breakfast has been widely touted as “the most important meal of the day”. We’ve all heard it. But the question remains, Is it true? One of the biggest components of this argument is that there have been studies showing a correlation between skipping breakfast and weight gain (1,2). Notice though, I said correlation not causation.…
7 Fitness and Nutrition Hacks For Faster Weight Loss
A hack is a strategy designed to make your life easier and more manageable. They are great time savers and will make you much more efficient. This means quicker results. Today, I want to present you with 7 fitness and nutrition hacks you can start using immediately. Enjoy! 1. Add protein powder to your morning oatmeal Protein…
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…
The Split Squat
Today, I want to cover an exercise that I don’t see being done very often: the split squat. I want to highlight some benefits of this exercise as well as some common mistakes I see when taking a client through it for the first time. So let’s jump right in! First things first, what is…
Get More From Your Training
The typical gym goer usually doesn’t track anything when they go to the gym. More often than not, their workout is made up on the spot. They perform the basic 3 sets of 10, and then call it a day. They mix up exercises every now and then, and try to add weight when they can.…