Surround Yourself With Great People & Choose Your Friends Wisely This past weekend, I was uploading photos from our Summer of fun and adventures. It made me reflect how lucky I am to have such an incredible group of friends who like to participate in events and activities with me. Then it made me think…
Fall Back Into Fitness, Fall Back Into YOU!
Kids are back to school soon. Yahoo! Oops, did I say that out loud?! 🙂 September is a very busy time in the fitness industry, only second to New Year’s Resolutions. Summer holidays are over, school is back in session and now it’s time for YOU! Take advantage of this natural tendency to turn over…
Sign It – Your Fitness Commitment!
Sign It – Your Fitness Commitment! Here at Northwest Personal Training each new client signs and Fitness & Training Commitment. This signed agreement serves as a reminder of the commitment that they have made to themselves and to provide a list of the health behaviors that we will help them to adopt over the next few weeks…
Be a Fitness Mentor
Yep, you can be a fitness mentor! Are you one of the lucky few fitness fanatics? You have no problem getting up every morning and getting to the gym for your workout or your early morning run. You’ve been exercising for years and couldn’t imagine ever quitting. When you’re on vacation or on a business trip,…
Stick to Your Workout Routine
Here we are mid-summer and many of you are probably beginning to lose your desire to stick to your workout routine. Many people wonder what happened to the energy and the zest they had in early spring. Well, you’re not alone. A lot of people get zealous when the sky is blue, the sun starts shining…
Starting and Sticking To It!
As a Personal Trainer, I understand that the actual physical fitness program we design for our clients is only a small part of our job. Our most important role is helping our clients actually DO the program. That is…starting and sticking to it! Everyone knows they should exercise and take better care of themselves but…
Celebrate Without The Hangover
Labor Day weekend is such a great time for barbecues, back yard parties and celebrating the end of summer. Many times with these celebrations come alcoholic drinks and then sometimes that darn hangover the next day. Of course, I don’t encourage over induldging in a alcoholic drinks, but if you find yourself at a party with a drink in your…
10 Tips For Quick & Effective Workouts
Are you one of those people that says you are too busy to workout? We hear that from clients all the time, but guess what? Myself and my team of the worlds best personal trainers have become experts in helping really busy people commit to their health and fitness so they can look and feel…
Take Your Kid To Class To”day”
Have you ever tried taking an exercise class WITH your kids? It is a crazy idea, but a good one and there are lots of fitness facilities that offer such classes (especially in the summer). This option is popular at both our Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR studios. If your kids are too young to do this…
Exercises for soccer players
Soccer players are amazing athletes possessing exceptional speed, agility and kicking, jumping and throwing power. The following drills will enhance performance in all components of the game. Click on the link below for photos and descriptions of all exercises. http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/07/exercises-to-help-soccer-players-enhance-their-ski/ …