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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...

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The Holy Grail of Nutrition

Whether we believe it or not our life is built around habits. Some that we are aware of, some that we are not so aware of.   Think about your morning routine. You probably wake up around the same time, do the same thing first when you step out of...

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YOU DON’T KNOW SQUATTTTTT!!!!!!

Everybody and their mother is an expert in physiology, biomechanics, and anatomy. What’s even worse is that everyone tells you how to live your life, how to perform your best, and how to do certain things. The fitness industry has some of the worst culprits. The most relevant and overly...

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7 Secrets of the Fat Loss Forever Society

Your done with diets, right?   Good answer.   If you really want to set yourself up for success by slowly changing your habits, just a little bit at a time, check out these   7 habits of The Weight Loss Forever Society.   Does the idea of eating healthier...

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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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