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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...

3 Of The Biggest Deadlifting Mistakes And How To Fix Them

I don’t believe there is one exercise that everyone should be doing. I do believe there are certain “movements” that everyone trains in the gym, but the way people train them may be different.   If you’re curious as to what those movements are you can check out my previous...

Meet Richard….. A Hardworking Professional Like You….

Meet Richard,   Richard is on the left, in the dark red shirt Richard is a hard working professional that has made his health and fitness a priority. How?!!!! Well Richard for the past year and half has shown up consistently 2-3 days a week to make the changes he...

My Big Fat Greek Dinner: Culture and Eating

This week my mom is visiting me from the Midwest. One of the first things she did when she walked through the door on Saturday is open the fridge to see if we needed to go grocery shopping.   My mom is old school Polish and her idea of a...

How To Choose An Appropriate Weight

Everyone that goes to a gym goes for a reason, they want something to change. They want to get “better at something” those things can range from body composition, improve their lifestyle, sports performance, reduce or prevent aches and pains, and just feel good overall.   No matter what your...

What Does a Supportive Gym Community Look Like: The Beautiful people of Core Principles

Most gyms, while advertising the best results in four weeks, look and feel the same at first glance. There is a lot of rubber stuff, a lot of shiny metal things, and people that have headphones watching the latest episode of Orange is the New Black.   Now while I...

4 Good Habits of Social Eating and Casual Dining

So you got your eating routine down packed during the week and by the time Friday rolls around you’re ready to paaaaar-taaaay! You may have a social event, a party to go to or a friendly brunch planned at your fave restaurant.   If you feel like your healthy eating...