No Excuses! Maria Kang, a mother of 3, was recently inundated with negative comments after posting the following photo. Some people said it was “bullying” or “fat-shaming” and that her intent to motivate others actually back-fired. I can understand why the negative comments surfaced. People don’t like the prideful boasts that basically say “Look at me. …
Changing Your Workout Focus for Fall and Winter
Changing Your Workout Focus for Fall and Winter In the summer, I’m always outside cycling, running, and hiking but as the weather gets a little colder and the nights a little darker, I find I spend a lot less time outdoors. So since my outdoor activity level drops, I look for opportunities to stay active and…
Change Your Mind and Change Your Body
Pitfalls to a Healthy Lifestyle – Change Your Mind and Change Your Body Succeeding with your health and fitness program often requires a change in mindset. Sometimes even when you have intentions of doing the right thing, if you have the wrong attitude about it, it can slip you up! See if you find yourself in any…
Stay On Track This Time!
What went wrong? Why did you fail last time? Most people have great intentions and start an exercise program over and over and over again. They decide to start working out and eat healthy and within a few months, for whatever reason, find themselves back where they started. Something like a New Year’s resolution, summer,…
Surround Yourself With Great People!
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…