If you Stress your body you need to Rest your body
We all have been told how important it is to stay consistent with your fitness to see results. Well it is also equally as important to give your body the rest it needs to recover from your workouts. The amount of time needed is...
My Motivation …
“If you don’t take care of your body, your body won’t take care of you” -Kaalun Chatham It’s amazing the impact words can have on you even if you don’t realise it at the time. This quote has stuck with me for almost 10 years...
Drink Enough Water
Your body is made up of over 70 percent water and you must have a constant supply available. You’ve probably heard it said many times that you should drink approximately 8 to 10 glasses of water each day. Most people don't even get close to that....
What’s Your Whip?
We all know that to keep your motivation going strong, we need something driving us forward. Is it enthusiasm and confidence that comes with your personal trainer or is it your music? What keeps you going each workout? Share what works with you and perhaps...
Training or Running Shoes?
These days, the process of buying shoes usually comes down to style and comfort, both important in their own way. We are not going to suggest a certain brand or even model to purchase because in the end, that decision is yours. We simply want...
Scaling results without the scale
How do you know you are on your way to achieving your fitness goals? Did you take pictures of yourself buy cheap to see if you are getting more toned? Did your personal trainer run you through a battery of tests to see if you...
Balance
As stated last time, we let you know how important it was to incorporate balance into your workout. As promised, here are some ideas using balance as a part of your warm up and how to apply it to an exercise you are currently doing. BOSU’s are...
Are You Forgetting Something?
I always laugh at myself when I walk into a gym because being a Personal Trainer means I over analyze what people are doing. I could go on forever about what I see but rather today, I would like to share something that I do...
Struggling for Motivation?
All professional athletes have a coach. Many, like Michael Jordan, credit a coach (Phil Jackson) with taking an already good game to a higher level. It never hurts to get an outside perspective of what or how you are doing something, at the...
Exercise of the week: Dynamic Flexibility
Recently we talked about the importance of a warm-up in you fitness routine. When doing so we used the term "Dynamic Flexibility". Now the term Flexibility you may know but adding the word Dynamic before it may be something new. This is a form of movement...
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