Core Bracing Helps Your Back Throughout my time as a trainer, I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard: My goal is to become… Oh but I also really want to have a nice defined core… To be fair, this is great and all but, I always try to take my clients a step… Continue reading Core Bracing: How to Start and How Can It Help You
Category: Workout Tips
How to Write a Better Fitness Program with these 6 Tips
Fitness Program “What do you guys write in those things?” one of my clients asked in regards to their program journals. If you are new to the gym, a program may seem like a complex mathematical formula with reps, sets, weight numbers, and exercises, How to write a better fitness program with these 6 tips?… Continue reading How to Write a Better Fitness Program with these 6 Tips
Become a Master Wizard of These 4 Spells / Moves
Getting started When less experienced clients ask me what they should be doing on their own, I usually will say something like “keep it simple, safe, and effective; burn calories and don’t hurt yourself”. How to be a master of moves? After that, I like to introduce the idea that if you are just starting… Continue reading Become a Master Wizard of These 4 Spells / Moves
How To Safely Stay Active During Pregnancy
Pregnancy Challenges When I first went to see my midwife during my first trimester, I had a bunch of questions since this little nugget is my first baby. All those questions were related to things I was allowed to eat or not to eat and what I could do/ not do. And let’s be real,… Continue reading How To Safely Stay Active During Pregnancy
Technique Tips for the “Big 3”
9 Technique Tips Bench Press, Deadlift, and Squats. These are the “Big 3” when it comes to weightlifting. Almost everyone wants to or has performed them depending on their exercise experience or training age. But do you really know if you are doing them correctly? I have seen people perform these lifts with both stellar… Continue reading Technique Tips for the “Big 3”
Five Cardio Routines for People Who Hate Running
Even for someone who identifies as a lifter After a decadent night out in the North End that concluded with a cappuccino and cannoli, I felt the need to get moving and stay moving the next day. Monday is my running day and seeing as it was Thursday, I didn’t feel like doing that. It… Continue reading Five Cardio Routines for People Who Hate Running
How To Stay Focused On Overcoming The Buts
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“I Want…” and The Connecting “…But” Unfortunately and to the dismay of many, this post is not about the true beauty of the le derriere, the glutes, or your bum. What I want to discuss is the discrepancy we have between “I want…” and the connecting “…but”. This is how to stay focused. Having met,… Continue reading How To Stay Focused On Overcoming The Buts
Why a Less Is More Approach Trumps All For Success
Adjust Your Approach to Fitness: Less is more. “People overestimate what they can do with their body in 6 weeks with an all or nothing approach. Then grossly underestimate what they can do in a year with a consistent, less is more approach.” ~ @coachmarkcarroll I saw this quote on Mark Carroll’s Instagram and found… Continue reading Why a Less Is More Approach Trumps All For Success
Find Value in Taking Care of Yourself
Why do you fail to value Taking Care of Yourself? As both a personal trainer/ strength coach and a Ph.D. student with an interest in behavior, I end up having some pretty specific questions. For example, knowing all the health benefits of resistance training why are most of us are failing to meet the recommendations?… Continue reading Find Value in Taking Care of Yourself
How to Crush Your New Year’s Goals
Why you keep falling short of your new year’s goals I initially composed this article for the new year. However, it seems even more relevant now post-New Year’s. New Year New Goals – enjoy the read! As we enter 2019, we can make lofty goals and try to use the momentum curated by our social… Continue reading How to Crush Your New Year’s Goals