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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...

Nutrition Tips for Summer and Summer Antics

Summer is a blast. I think we all know what summer brings. Parties, late nights, and a hell of a lot of food. For years summer would come around and I would get so pumped for epic movies, outdoor holidays, pool parties and events, and the food that accompanied it....

How to Exercise for Results

Today I want to touch on a topic that I think is important for many clients trying to meet their health and fitness goals and see results through exercise. Whether your objective is to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, get strong or improve your endurance one of the key...

The Perfect Mindset

We are currently halfway done with our Coach Catalyst 12 Week Nutrition program, SuperYou Nutrition. During this time, we have been coaching our clients through 7 nutritional habits, using the MyCoach software.   Instead of talking to you today about exactly what our program is, what habits we are working...

Meal Preppin 101

As I continue to move forward in my coaching career, I am coming to terms with the very many realizations that your influence is only as great as your practice. Even further, one’s ability to talk, describe, and match their own practice with the client’s. It’s become quite obvious that...

Mobility vs. Flexibility – What You Need to Know!

The fitness community often uses a lot of words that are very confusing, especially for people who are new to exercise or just getting back into it after a while. I have been having a lot of conversations with clients and friends lately about stretching vs. mobility work, and though...

Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Often times the gym can be a place where many people feel uncomfortable, they are nervous they may get hurt, scarred about what other people think about them, afraid of failing. These are all very common and normal feelings you may have.   Our job as coaches is to help...