Getting In Shape For All Of The Right Reasons: Part I
Ego Fit Getting In Shape For All Of The Right Reasons: Part I Hello there, my friends! Today, I want discuss one of my latest observations. To set the stage, I would like to give you a little background about myself. I have been in the health and fitness industry for the last 15 years […]
Blissfully Ignorant Fitness!
Blissfully Ignorant Fitness Recognizing and Dismissing Self-Sabotaging Stories in Your Mind Hello there, my friends! How the heck are you? I hope you are treating life well. I want to ask you a question, if you don’t mind? Have you ever become super excited to start an exercise program–I mean really excited, motivated, and psyched? […]
Passion, Persistence, And Patience: The Tried And True Triad For Life-Long Fitness Part III
Part III Patience: the Forgotten Ingredient For Permanent Lifestyle Change! Imagine this: you’re at a red light at an intersection and briefly glance down at your cell phone when you are rudely interrupted by the motorist behind you as he lays on his horn and throws his hands up into the air. No time to […]
Passion, Persistence, And Patience: The Tried And True Triad For Life-Long Fitness! Part II
Part II: Persisting Through The Pain! Hey, all! I hope you are treating life well! As I mentioned in my last post, my life has been a bit challenging lately. Since the time I wrote my last post, one of my trainers and very good friends was diagnosed with Lymphoma and started chemotherapy. In addition, […]
Passion, Persistence, And Patience: The Tried And True Triad For Life-Long Fitness!
Part I: Passion For Fitness! Hey, all! I hope you are doing well. I have been in a very reflective mood lately. To be 100% honest, I have been a little down. I own two personal training gyms in Davis County, Utah, and one of them is closing soon. Over the past few days, I […]
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, Who Is The Fattest Of Them All? Part III
Engineering Your Own Reflection Hello there, my friend! How are you? I hope you are treating life well, and I hope that it is reciprocating. I hope you have had the chance to read the first two installments of this blog post. If not, then go back and read up! This article will make no […]
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, Who Is The Fattest Of Them All? Part II
Seeing Your “Conditioned” Reflection Hello, my friends! I hope you are treating life well, and I hope that it is reciprocating! Last week I spoke about the dangers of using the scale as your “Holy Grail” of weight loss. I spoke of the physiological flaws and the psychological damage of using these seemingly innocuous measurement […]
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, Who Is The Fattest Of Them All?
Why You Should NEVER Believe What You See! I have been in the Personal Training/Personal Development business for nearly 15 years now, and I have noticed a disturbing trend among my overweight/obese friends and clients. The trend goes something like this: they go over to the scale, get on, shake their head in disgust, even […]
Exercise is Medicine: Exercise VS. Anti Depressants
I always marvel at human behavior as we tend to selectively become more active during some times of the year to the neglect of others. Summer time and the month of December are two times those come to mind. In the summer time some of us become very active while other tail off completely and […]
Excuses & Meme’s…The Great American Way! Part I
If you find yourself making constant excuses as to why you do not exercise or eat healthy, then this blog is for you!