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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...

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Good Things Come In Small Packages

Today’s blog is about a client who keeps surprising us all with her stamina, motivation and dedication for fitness and improvement. Her name is Julia and when she first came to us she wanted to improve the way she moves, get rid of some aches and pains and...

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The Truth About Carbs

Lets talk carbs today. Raise your hand if you have heard that “carbs are bad”, they are played out to be the worst thing in the world and are causing all of your problems.   Did you actually raise your hand? If you did virtual high five!   (https://tech.mn/news/2014/03/03/high-five-for-february-2014/)  ...

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How Many Times A Week Should You Workout?

A lot of times during someone’s first few times at the gym we get the question, how many times a week should I come? Should be an easy question to answer, right?   Unfortunately not, because there are so many factors that play into how many times you can make...

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A New Found Passion!!!!

It’s really cool to be a strength and conditioning coach for so many reasons. One of the main one’s being, meeting new people. Recently, we had a new member join our little humble abode and he has been a real pleasure to train. His name is Nat .   Nat...

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Stop Dieting and Eat Healthy with a Healthy Mindset

One area that we specialize in here at Core Principles is helping our members work on their nutrition habits. Many of our clients use our personalized nutrition programs in order to enhance their results and get back to healthy eating patterns. If you read some of our previous blogs, you...

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Movements vs. Muscles

This week I got asked a great question from a client and I wanted to share it with all of you, because chances are you have similar questions.   So a little background info before we start. This client has been here for 2 and half years and has made...

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