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Develop Lean, Sexy Muscles with this Tool

One of the girls I often train has incredible strength. When I first saw her, she looked to be in great shape so I was confused as to why she wanted to hire a personal trainer. “I want my muscles to lean down and look more lean,” she replied. Fair enough.

As we warmed up, I asked her where her fitness level is at now and what goals she has to improve it. I learned that she was a college athlete who was used to training with heavy weights everyday to get strong for her sport.

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How NOT to Lose Motivation

I remember the first time I saw the scale show that I lost 12 pounds, I was elated. Then a few weeks later I lost another 14 pounds. With each pound lost, I grew more eager to hit the gym and go workout.

At one point I was taking two and three classes at the gym in a row. It wasn’t because I obsessed over losing weight, it was because I was just motivated and wanted to do everything in my power to stay that way. Read the rest of this entry »

How Simply Smiling will Help Your Weight Loss

When I was reading my new book, my favorite book at that, I learned some pretty interesting things. In Every Day a Friday, by Joel Osteen, we learn the power of smiling.

Most people forget how important it is to smile. I know the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is smile. I’ve learned that no matter what our situation in life is, as long as we wake up in the morning, we’re doing alright.

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Amazing Thanksgiving Alternatives

Now that Halloween is over, it’s time to move on to our next celebration! Thanksgiving is one of the most beautiful and meaningful holidays, in my opinion. It is the time to give thanks for our health (at any stage is better than none!), our families, friends and everything else that’s important to us. Read the rest of this entry »

Your Body is Your Temple- Through Yoga

I have a girlfriend who has a hard time staying active. She’s always loved sports and living an healthy lifestyle.  Until recently when she’s developed some serious body pains and found it too painful to workout. As much as she iced and even took medication, the pain was to tough for her to handle and ultimately prevented her from working out. Read the rest of this entry »

How Circuit Training Will Get You Ripped

What is Circuit Training and How Did it Get Famous?
Circuit training workouts have been known to help the most elite athletes compete at the highest fitness level. Athletes often train by doing circuit training routines to help improve strength, endurance, flexibility and coordination. Its versatility has made it popular among athletes whether it be for team training such as basketball, soccer or football or for endurance training for events such as a triathlon, 5k or half marathon. Once known as only helping athletes become more prepared for their sport, has now developed into one of the most popular exercising regimens for any fitness level. Read the rest of this entry »

Why You Should be Doing Kettlebell Workouts

Kettlebell training was once thought of as a passing trend. Although it was used centuries ago to strengthen armies and train athletes, it never quite hit mainstream North American fitness; that is, until now. Trainers are kicking their clients’ butts with Kettlebell workouts. Look close enough and you’ll see the round ball with a handle on it lying around somewhere on your gyms floor. Because of the odd shape and mysterious way to use it, many people often overlook the Kettlebell or pass on training with it merely because they don’t know what to do with it. Well, allow me to enlighten you. Read the rest of this entry »

11 Tips to Avoiding ‘Chicken Wings’ During Football Season

Alright sports lovers this one’s for you. Alas, football season is here! Time to get together to cheer on our favorite teams (all the while talkin’ smack to the others). I know that with football games, comes parties and bars. Especially since it’s the beginning of the season and everyone is all excited to chug beers and scarf down hot wings. Maybe if football season was ONE day out of the year, it’d be okay to join in the indulgence of extreme calorie intake, but it’s not. Read the rest of this entry »