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A Different Scoreboard for Fitness After 50

What numbers come to mind when you think about fitness?   Weight. Calories. Miles. Repetitions. Pounds lifted.   Those numbers can tell us something, but after 50, they don’t always tell us the thing that matters most: Is getting stronger making your life easier?   Maybe you don’t care about...

Power Up with Power Training

What is power training? Why should you incorporate it into your fitness routine? How is it used in daily life and what is the importance of it?   We’re going to break it all down it today’s blog!   Yesterday I did a light jog on a treadmill while watching...

Getting Started Is Never Easy, But It Is Possible

Life has its ups and downs; there is no argument there. Some people have higher ups and lower downs.   The people that succeed the most are the ones that don’t give up.   Today I want to tell you a little story about our SuperHero Client and rock star...

Pick One Meal to Optimize (Use The K.I.S.S Acronym)

Growing up, teachers, coaches, and instructors loved using acronyms to help people like myself learn things more readily and quickly. One that always stuck with me was the K.I.S.S. acronym.   It stood for: Keep It Simple Stupid. Meaning to keep the ideas, the concepts, the information as easy and...

The Importance of Unilateral Training

If you ever worked out at Core Principles you probably noticed doing many single-leg and single-arm movements such as one-arm cable row, single-leg deadlift, box-step up etc. The other day a while working out a client, she asked me what was the point of doing a single-leg squat to a...

Do You Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone?

Stepping out of your comfort zone.   We say it a lot, we hear it a lot but do we truly understand what it means.   As humans we often fall into habits. Things just seem to happen whether its your morning routine, how you drive to work everyday, or...

Diet Meal Plans vs Habits

Nutrition is a big part of the fitness industry. It’s one of the biggest pieces when it comes to losing weight, achieving a desired body mass, achieving a higher level of performance, and just feeling better overall.   These are all benefits of a sound nutrition game. However, in a...