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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...

Small Changes For Big Results

Change can be intimidating, we are so used to what we do on a daily basis whether those things are good or bad that we become too comfortable.   If you want to see some sort of outcome change it is necessary that you create some behavior changes that support...

Meal Timming Myth or Science?

Just the other day a client sent me a video they saw on the internet and asked for my thoughts on it.   To briefly summarize, this particular person was stating that eating a larger breakfast that is high in calories and then eating smaller meals later in the day...

The Most Simple Way To Meal Plan

Last week I talked about a question I got from a client, is it more important to track your food or plan your food?   In case you missed that you can check out my post HERE.   Simply speaking I think planning and preparing your food will set you...

Should You Track Your Food Or Plan Your Food?

We know from experience that simply going to the gym and working out or being active is not enough to really achieve all of your weight loss goals.   We say it over and over again because it is so important that in order to reach your full potential you...

You can build the butt you always wanted.

I get excited about new movements just like everybody else. It’s nice to break up the norm and maybe have found a new varation that can lead to improvement.   So what is a kickstand? Well, a kickstand is actually something used to hold up a bike, scooter or motorcycle....

What can you do more of or better this year? Who’s going to help keep you on track

The year is coming to a bittersweet end. This point comes, and most of us find ourselves self-thinking about what did we do this year? What can we improve for next year?   Sales Goal for the new year is to get a blue shirt. The point of a new...