The three rules to a training program 1.) Basic movements 2.) Simple progressions 3.) Easy to follow Starting off with any program, there are so many studies, personal anecdotes, rules, and things to follow that It’s more confusing than ever. Just lock in these three rules and keep seeing real
Changing any part of your body will take time. It will take effort. And it will take some patience. With that there is one thing that will be constant toward just about any goal in health and fitness– progress. I am not talking about seeing progress toward your specific goal as
I had someone years ago come in with the goal of losing 10 or 15 pounds. Very common goal, but I always ask for a secondary goal or even a shorter term goal to have something else to shoot for along the way. As we know weight is not everything,
It’s a serious question. How much are you really willing to give? You can give time, money, energy, effort, compliance and they can all work for you to get where you want to be. With all those things comes a lot of sacrifice. More time here can take away time from something
YES Doing too much is one of the more common things in the health and fitness world. People will push past their limits and wonder why some things aren’t working. Overreaching is just as bad, from a results standpoint, as underreaching. It’s much worse when you factor in joint health,
We all have our own personal goals in health and fitness. Most of those goals involve progress from where you are now to where you want to be. In many cases, there is a goal involving how your body looks, feels, or moves. Whether it’s losing body fat, improving your joint
Lower body training is a love/hate relationship for a lot of people. We enjoy what It does to our body but It doesn’t feel great as we are going through It. Making sure we are doing the RIGHT things is always key. We want to be efficient and effective in
Living an “active lifestyle” sounds cliche but it’s a great way to keep your body working the way It should. We can even add other cliche terms to the mix: “Movement is medicine” “Movement is lift” “Change happens through movement” The best part about these cliche terms is that, for the
We all tend to fall into patterns in our everyday lives. That is no different for your workout routine. Gravitating to the things that we enjoy and bumping out the things we may not be so good at. This is not always the best play, in many cases the things we
Every decision we make has some priority linked to it. We have to know where our priorities stand in order to make our decisions. Things may be blurred but what we choose more often will be what we prioritize at that moment. If we want to make more money but