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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...

How To Speed Up Results Fast

Ready to get a little nerdy?   Ready for something crazy!?   If you’ve ever studied “behavior change”, one of the first things you learned about is the “transtheoretical model of change.” Sounds complicated but it’s not!   In a nutshell, those stages are:   I want to talk about...

The REACH Method

A while ago I read something that absolutely blew my mind! It actually made me step back and rethink some of the things I’ve been taught.   Exactly how long does it take to create a habit?   But wait … what if that’s the WRONG QUESTION?   What if...

Are You Working Hard Enough

Last week I wrote a blog on HIIT classes or High-Intensity Interval Training. I talked about a few things that I don’t like about those boot camp style classes and a few things I think those classes really excel at.   In case you missed my blog last week you...

Is HIIT Right For You?

You may have noticed a recent increase in HIIT gyms or High-Intensity Interval Training gyms popping up in your local neighborhood. Some big names that you may have seen or heard of are OrangeTheory Fitness, Row House, F45 and other boot camp style classes.   Because of their popularity, you...

How Much Is Too Much?

Have you ever been in pain before? Chances are you have dealt with some back, shoulder, knee or some type of pain before. If you have not good for you, whatever you are doing keep doing it!   So if you have been in pain before I bet you don’t...

The Easiest Way To Lose Weight

I mention it over and over again not because I am trying to be a pain in the you know what but because it is just that important!   We know that if you want to lose weight you must eat less than you are eating right now. The formula...