It’s the season of Thanksgiving and Holidays when we often take time to reflect on the people and things we are thankful for. I thought I’d take this from a different perspective, a fitness perspective. You may not know this but here are 10 crazy fitness things to be thankful for: The fact that energy creates energy so that…
Last week, we discussed ways to overcome the Winter Blues that many people experience at this time of year. It’s pretty clear that maintaining a fitness routine throughout the dark, rainy and cold months can keep your energy up and your outlook more positive. But there are other ways to counteract SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) other than…
Our annual 6 week Spring Makeover Challenge allows our clients to participate in a fun, friendly team competition to help them shed that extra winter layer that most of us put in during the cold, dark rainy days. Each of our trainers recruit team members and we all compete against each other to see who can…
When it comes to your health and fitness goals, there are a lot of different ways to achieve the same results. At Northwest Personal Training, we host an annual Spring Makeover Challenge when our clients and trainers compete against each other using different approaches to maximize fat loss in a 6 week period. So far in this…
There are a lot of different ways to achieve the same results. That’s why during our annual Spring Makeover Challenge, our trainers and their teams compete against each other to see who can shed the greatest amount of body fat in 6 weeks using different approaches. So far in this series, I’ve shared with you 2…
Last week, I shared with you Derrick DeLay’s “Interval Diet” approach to maximizing fat loss during our Spring Makeover challenge. It basically requires you consume a super healthy, low calorie diet Monday through Friday and then eat whatever you want on the weekends in combination with some cardio and weight training. If that approach doesn’t work for…
In the colder climates, it is common over the winter months to gain a little weight. The days are shorter, it’s cold outside and we just don’t get as much activity and access to local healthy fruits and vegetables. It’s one of the reasons that every spring we launch our annual Spring Makeover Challenge to help our…
I just attended the International Personal Training Summit in Seattle and wanted to share with you some of the highlights from the event. I hope that at least one tip will resonate with you and inspire you to reach for your Personal Best. Dr. Len Kravitz on Exercise Conditioning: The biggest difference been sedentary couch…
Last week, we discussed the type of Cardio activity to include into your fitness program. Today, I wanted to educate you on a few more training principles that can help when designing your cardio program. First, every good cardio program should include aerobic and anaerobic exercise with some variable impact and agility training. Read below for…
Have heard how stress and lack of sleep makes you fat? Let’s face it, it’s common for people to be running from appointment to appointment, deadline to deadline always feeling behind on everything. Whatever happened to the days where you actually got home at around 5:30, had dinner and sat on the front porch talking…
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