The spring season offers a perfect opportunity to hit the reset button and embrace a fresh mindset towards our health and well-being. Spring signifies renewal. It’s a time to shake off the cobwebs of inactivity and reinvigorate ourselves with newfound energy and purpose. Spring beckons us outdoors with its longer days and warmer temperatures. Whether…
Better New Years Resolutions
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…
20 Minutes Per Day
A new 2023 study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only 28% of Americans are getting the recommended amount of daily physical activity. That’s less than 1/3 of us! The recommended benchmarks by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is to spend at least 150 minutes per week…
10 Things NOT to Do in 2023 For Your Health!
As a fitness trainer, we often focus on what you should be doing to improve your overall health. Here’s a list of what you should NOT be doing if your goal is optimal fitness and conditioning! 1 – Don’t focus on cardio When people initiate a health and fitness program, they often start with cardio….
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…
23 Different Resolutions Instead of Weight Loss
As we launch into 2023, many people will resolve to lose weight. Unfortunately, that can be a negative focus. First, many factors can affect our day-to-day weight such as fluid retention, meal timing, hormones, and bowel movements. Secondly, as our body composition changes and we build more muscle, sometimes the scale registers an increase in…
Fat Versus Fit
An important question to ask is whether skinny and unfit is more healthy than fat and fit. One researcher, Dr. Steven Blair and his colleagues at the Cooper Fitness Institute, conducted a large fitness study focusing on this exact question. They recruited over 25,000 men and more than 7,000 women ages 20-88. Subjects were followed…
10 Tips to Stay on Track
When you start a health and fitness program, everyone has the intention of sticking with it. Often though, motivation fades, boredom may set in, and time constraints make it easy to quit. If you feel yourself getting off track, remind yourself that your health is very important. Tips to Help Adhere to Your Goals: Set…
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…
Move Every Day, Without Exception!
If you want to improve your overall health, you need to commit to moving your body every day. You need to get into the habit of being active daily. Without exception, you wake up each morning knowing you’ll do something physical. That doesn’t mean you have to crush your cross-fit workout every day, but you…