1. Create space to actually move.Skip the giant, single-use machines that eat your floor like Pac-Man. Make room for the stuff you’ll actually do: walking, crawling, squatting, lunging, hinging. Leave enough room so you don’t smack your shin on a bench every time you try to move around. 2. Choose tools that do more thanContinueContinue reading “5 Ways to Optimize Your Home Gym”
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Maximize Workouts with Whoop: Understand Recovery and Strain
Everybody and their moms seem to be rocking the newest, latest, slimmest, sexiest fitness watch. The funny thing is – these things aren’t built to tell you what time it is. They’re just bands around your wrist that read your body with little sensors that can tell you some unbelievable things. With names connected toContinueContinue reading “Maximize Workouts with Whoop: Understand Recovery and Strain”
Prevention vs. Treatment
I was sitting in the Doctor’s office sick with a cough, a few months back. It had been a regular thing for my body when weather patterns shift. It gets cold, new allergens in the air, a couple months into football season and my immune system decides to lag behind. I fall behind on sleepContinueContinue reading “Prevention vs. Treatment”
Your Fitness Routine is Set. Now What? – Bracing for the Next Steps
After consistently exercising for three months, it’s crucial to reassess your fitness goals and understand what your body needs. Whether it’s aiming for improved health risk factors, weight loss, enhanced mobility for sports, or consistent movement outside of training, the objective is tailored to each individual. It’s also essential to set meaningful goals that resonate on a personal level, fostering motivation and resilience. This process can vastly improve different aspects of your health.
Have Fun in Fitness
Hello world,There’s always fun in fitness. People get so caught up in lifting weights in various ways and stress the idea that if you don’t do X you’ll shatter your coccyx. There’s fun in the struggle. It doesn’t have to be this perfect setup with a 6 step warmup, a % rep max prescribed loadContinueContinue reading “Have Fun in Fitness”
What happens to Muscle as we Age?
Santa’s jacked One of the most important things to recognize and realize, is that in older age we will inevitably see a decline in muscle mass, strength and power. Once you hit 70, there is a 2% decline in muscle mass per year in active adults from age 70-79. At the same time, the functional abilityContinueContinue reading “What happens to Muscle as we Age?”
Intro to Arthritis – Exercise is the Best Medicine
Let’s start at Arthritis. Arthritis is one of those things that literally means there is swelling and tenderness in our joints. It is often accompanied with pain and stiffness. To put it simply, you wake up one day and you just sort of start feeling old. And it happens to everyone. It’s inevitable. But youContinueContinue reading “Intro to Arthritis – Exercise is the Best Medicine”
Improve Your Mobility Tenfold – Get Your Ass on the Ground
How often do we see someone squat like this in public? Chillin! It’s not something you typically see in a world run by desk jockeys and business people. Imagine being in a desk all day, typing away for eight hours at a time in a dog doodoo posture. Tight spines and hip flexors. Immovable midbackContinueContinue reading “Improve Your Mobility Tenfold – Get Your Ass on the Ground”
Success on the Scale Pales in Comparison to Functional Goals
YO! I’m going to pull back the veil a little too much on this one. I’ve been doing the exercise thing for a long time. I’ve helped hundreds of people lose thousands of pounds. I’ve helped people increase their strength. Hell, I’ve even helped people get six-pack abs. This industry is bombarded with goals centeredContinueContinue reading “Success on the Scale Pales in Comparison to Functional Goals”
Racquetball + Fitness = Anthony
Anthony, circa 2017 Finished up a bit ago with a client who has…survived Covid. I say survive rather than thrive because the mental game behind his training has been STOLEN from him. Not in the sense that he caught covid and nearly died. But the whole ‘Normal’ thing. Things have changed a bit from theContinueContinue reading “Racquetball + Fitness = Anthony”
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