How to Stay Motivated to Reach Your Fitness Goals
Do you take time to regularly celebrate and acknowledge your achievements in health and fitness? I’m not talking about the BIG things, like beating your time goal in a 5k race or sticking to your meal plan for a month (although you should certainly celebrate those!) I’m talking about the little things. Acknowledge Success and Progress […]
The Real Reason You Aren’t Getting Fit and Healthy
Are you constantly struggling to get healthy, exercise, eat better, etc? Do you feel like you just don’t have the time to focus on yourself and your health? You’re not alone. And you’re not alone in one of the biggest reasons WHY you are struggling. Ready for this #truthbomb? You’re waiting for the perfect moment […]
The Secret to Doing a Push Up from Your Toes
Have you ever wanted to do a push up from your toes? If you already can, that’s awesome! Keep doing what you’re doing. If you are doing push ups from your knees, I have a better way to increase strength and your ability to achieve doing push ups from your toes. Wanna know my secret? […]
How to Stay on the Fitness Wagon
Did you jump into the New Year with an ambitious agenda to workout every single day and eat perfectly? And now you’re struggling to stay on top of it all? When thinking about improving your health and staying on the fitness wagon, do you often think of all the things you do “wrong” and need […]
10 Minute Fat Blast Workout
Is 10 minutes of exercise a day enough to make you feel better and have more energy? It sure is! I conducted a 2-week study where participants did 10 minutes of exercise a day at home and answered a short survey on how they felt about themselves and their energy level. What were the results? • […]
Demystifying the Personal Training Experience
Personal training can seem daunting if you’ve never done it before. Many people assume it’s like on TV where the trainer is yelling at the client and making them do things they don’t want. While there are some “drill sergeant” style trainers, it’s generally not like that (and not with me). My Approach My approach […]
The One Way to Stop Feeling Unhappy about Your Body
Have you ever found yourself comparing your body and progress to someone else’s? I sure have! (Yes, I’m in good shape, but that doesn’t mean I’m immune to having comparing thoughts) A lot of social media these days is full of almost naked women and men showing off their amazing bodies. It can sometimes be overwhelming […]
How to Actually Achieve Your Health Goals
Hopefully you’ve made some goals for improving your health this year. (If not, there’s still time to set a few). It can be a challenge to achieve what we’ve set out out to do, but there’s a way to make it easier on yourself. I believe the best way to actually achieve your goals is […]
The Number One Secret for Clearing Your To-Do List
How big is your To-Do List? If it’s anything like mine, it’s LOOOOONG…. and feels like it’s never ending. You feel overwhelmed with everything you have and want to accomplish, but it feels like there’s no time to get it all done. Know what? There’s isn’t enough time. Sorry. I hate breaking bad news, but […]
You’re Not Stuck! Choose Your Own Life Adventure
Do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? If you don’t, they were a series of books where after a few of pages of reading, the reader faces two or three options, each of which leads to more options, and then to one of many endings. The reader plays an active role in the outcome of […]
Revive Your Forgotten Hopes & Dreams
Did you have a dream once? You know, hopes and aspirations. Something you really wanted to do. A goal. What happened to that dream? Did you accomplish it or did it end up in a lost in a corner of your mind collecting dust? We all have hopes and dreams of things we’d like to […]
7 Ways to Combat Cravings
Cravings…we all get them, but you don’t need to always give in to them. Here are 7 ways to combat cravings so you can keep eating healthy. 1. Know your goal and be determined to reach it. Or, if you haven’t made a goal yet, set one. Keep it top of mind. 2. Find replacements […]
5 Simple Ways to Get Out of a Gym Rut
gym rut [jim ruht] noun 1. boredom with your workout 2. a feeling of low (or zero) motivation to work out Have you ever been in a gym rut? You know, that feeling that creeps up on you little by little until “suddenly” you realize you don’t like working out or you have no motivation […]
How Much Water Should I Drink a Day?
Water is the source of life. You can technically live without food (for about 30-40 days), but you can’t live much past 4 days without water. (Sorry for the depressing thought, but wanted to stress the point about how important water is to your life). Around 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up […]
Measure Fitness Progress with At-Home Fitness Assessments
How you measure your fitness progress? Do you weigh yourself? Take measurements? Use the BMI (Body Mass Index)? Check your resting heart rate? Measure body fat? There are many ways to measure fitness progress and each method has strengths and weaknesses. Ideally you’ll use a variety of ways to check your progress towards your goals. […]
