GUEST POST TODAY!! I had the pleasure of talking with Jaclyn Evans, a nutrition and fitness coach in my area of Massachusetts. She is the owner of Move The Needle Nutrition and a great coach all around. She was kind enough to write up an article for my page and
We discussed last week about the steps and processes toward “perfection”. I want to take a side street off of that and talk about where we should begin, or really, how we can make a plan to make real change. This answer is going to differ greatly from person to
I often discuss the idea of enjoying the process, and I think that is a necessary piece to the puzzle because this is where we are going to spend the majority of our time. Now think of a place where you are doing everything absolutely perfect. You don’t miss a single training
I am not sure when the demise of warm-ups came about but there are so many instances where I see people moving right into their session with no preparation. Maybe using their first exercise with some lighter weights as their warm-up for the day. But there is no real preparation. No joint movement,
Every time an actor has a crazy transformation for a role we always comment on their abs. It’s the universal sign that someone got in great shape I guess? We all want that “toned” midsection, and I agree with that feeling. There is a lot that goes into having visible abs and
With the amount of different exercises out there, It’s hard to choose what you should be doing at the gym during any particular workout. Maybe something looks really cool and hard but It hurts your back? It may not be a bad exercise, it’s just not the right choice for
My first few years as a trainer I would follow along the head trainers with their new member appointments. Goal setting, assessing, building a connection, and getting the ball rolling. The same goals always kept popping up–> look better, feel better, lose weight, and fat loss. After a few appointments I heard the trainer
I had the opportunity to do a fundraising challenge and ended up getting myself to run 9 miles at the end of the challenge. As I ran, I remembered why I don’t run too often. It hurts and I don’t find It too fun. But, running that long, and at
I hope we can figure out the answer to this one. I am also a little upset that I have to write this. Over the past few years there has been a huge push of women emerging into weight training and getting great results from It. Powerful, strong women promoting the
Going back to coaching athletes we would have the team around all summer for their off-season workouts. They would work their asses off, the coach would check in and make sure everything is progressing and the kids are getting stronger, and everyone was on a motivational high. Then the season