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What Does a Personal Trainer Actually Do During Your Workout?

“Eight…nine…ten!”   If that’s your picture of personal training, it raises a fair question: Why do I need someone to count repetitions for me?   You don’t.   The valuable part of coaching happens around those repetitions: deciding what you should do, watching what actually happens, making small adjustments and...

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New Approach To Resolutions

Have you ever set a New Year goal only to find yourself giving up after a week because the goal was way too hard!   If so don’t worry we all have been there.   Maybe your goal was to work out 5 days a week, or avoid all carbs,...

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The Best Holiday Gift!

With the holiday season here everywhere you turn it seems like you are seeing an ad for something new.   New cars, new toys, and certainly new fitness equipment.   The big thing in fitness this year seems to be Tonal, Mirror Home Gym, and Tempo Fitness.   To be...

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Too Cold To Walk?

Can you believe it is December already?   Time seems to be such a weird thing lately. Some months feel like an eternity and others just fly by!   If you live in the northeast you know the winters can be brutal up here.   Snow, ice, the cold, wind,...

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Failing to Succeed

Last week I told a story of how one of our superheroes came in one day when she didn’t sleep much but was still able to feel better walking out the door. We talked about the concept of treating your training like a dimmer instead of an on-off switch.  ...

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Light Switch or Dimmer?

Just this past week I had such a great conversation with one of our superheroes that I wanted to share with you all.   To give you some context this superhero was here for her second workout of the week. The first workout was Tuesday morning after a long night...

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The proven # 1 skill for fat loss: Hunger

I talk about hunger a lot with my clients for two reasons:   1)This skill is the single most important skill for fat loss. If you only picked up ONE new skill with your eating habits, this would be a good one! Like a foundation is to a house. And...

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