With approximately 70% of our society overweight or obese, many people use January 1st as an incentive to lose weight and get healthy. Although carrying excessive body fat is a major contributing factor to many health issues including Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes, weight loss as your primary goal may set you up for failure. Stepping on…
Workout Myths That May Be Limiting Your Success
Most people start an exercise program only to find themselves quitting within a couple months. Behavioral Change research is shedding light on what may be the issue for most people. It’s important to note that the method that die-hard exercisers use will likely not work for most people. They are just a different breed! Avoid…
Best Apps to Help Achieve Resolutions
Setting and failing at New Year’s Resolutions is so common that it’s become an expectation. If you are serious about experiencing lasting transformations and achieving whatever goals you set for yourself, using an app on your mobile phone may be exactly what you need to hold you accountable to your health and fitness goals. Most…
Set The Plan For A Healthy & Fit 2023
In a couple weeks, many people will resolve to make changes to improve their overall health. Some decide to start exercising, eating better, quit smoking and/or lose some weight. Unfortunately, most people don’t achieve their goals and instead set the same resolutions year after year. Increase your chances for success! Most important actions people who…
Countdown To 2023
In a few weeks, we’ll all be celebrating and toasting into the New Year. If you’re serious about your health and fitness, I encourage you not to wait until January 1st to focus on your physical and mental health. Why not start right now, so you can launch into 2023 with a head start?! With…
Making Workouts Fun – Exercise Doesn’t Need To Be A Pain!
Most people can’t find the motivation to start exercising. They wonder how others can find any joy in burpees, running, pushups, squats or yoga. Many who do find the inspiration to exercise, find it a chore and can’t wait until it’s over. The key to sticking to any fitness program is finding an activity that…
Copy and Paste for Fitness & Health
Sticking to a health, fitness and nutrition program is challenging, but it may be easier than you think. Researchers Katy Milkman and Angela Duckworth, authors of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, found through a recent study that copying healthy habits from people you’re closest to works better than researching random advice and trying…
Move Fast So You Can Stay Fit
“If you don’t use it, you lose it.” When we were young, we ran, skipped, climbed, jumped and sprinted, but as we get older, we tend not to move as quickly. As a result, as we age, we lose about 7 pounds of muscle each decade and this loss is predominantly noted in the number…
5 Tips to Get Back on Track
It’s been over a month since many of you decided to make some changes in your lives. If the stats are accurate, most of you have already fallen off the wagon. Even if you had great intentions, soon the motivation fades and many are doomed to set the same resolutions year after year. First, if…
Do The Things to Create The Results!
Last week, we discussed the importance of setting your intentions for 2022 and establishing structure to assure you manifest those ambitions. It is clear that setting goals is not enough. People set goals all the time and never achieve them. In fact, they set the same goals repeatedly with no success. So, if you’d like…