The golden rule is always calories in vs. calories out. Simple and effective when done the right way. Calories matter most when we are talking about any goal in health and fitness. So if we naturally and physically burn 1,500 calories per day, I can eat 1,400 calories and I
The numbers mean everything right? What the scale says, what the body fat percentage reads, and how much muscle mass you have. To be honest, I like looking at the numbers. It’s one thing to feel progress, but It feels even better when all the numbers follow along with It. But things
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