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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 Best Exercises For Working At Home

With all of the changes that have been going on in the world this year, the one thing I constantly hear clients say they struggle with is working from home.   You no longer have that social environment of the office, you’re stuck in the same place all day, it’s...

This One Thing Ruins Weight Loss

Have you ever tried to lose weight? I know, kind of a foolish question. We have all tried a boatload of different things.   We have identified one thing that when changed leads to significant weight loss for our clients.   If you snack regularly between meals you’re probably eating...

How One Text A Day Is Changing People’s Lives

Over here at the fountain of youth, we take our fitness and nutrition very seriously but we make sure to incorporate tons of fun and comradery into everything we do!   Recently we have started a fun little challenge with a few of our Superheros. Last week Haylin was running...

Why I’m okay with two left feet

Getting started is never easy, especially for most of the 50+ superhero we work with, they have a lot going on in their life. Today I want to share a story of two women who have made themselves...

Why There Is No “bad” Or “Good” Food

As you probably know we are currently in the middle of our Healthy Eating Skills Academy.   Our clients have been absolutely nailing it working on their skills and practicing getting a little better each day!   One common theme that keeps on coming up that I am sure pops...

30 Min @ Home Workout

We know that there are people who are still not comfortable going into a gym with the way the world is today.   I am not sure about you but I know I have seen an increase in the number of people outside walking or running through the past couple...