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Are Crabs and Vampires Keeping you From Succeeding in Fitness and Life?

August 31, 2010 By Tim Borys 1 Comment
Calgary Personal Trainer helps you find the crabs in your life

Hey there everyone.  I just thought I would fire out a quick blog post to you to get something off my chest.

I had a consultation with a new client today that really hit home.  The session went well, but brought back a true story I heard a few years ago and made me reflect on many situations in my life that held me back from success.  This story (and reality of the situation) highlight a common reason people fail to achieve their goals

Let’s start with the story (as told to me by Bedros, one of my mentors) that shows an interesting fact about crabs and the parallel with people in our lives…

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Calgary Personal Trainer, creativity, inspiration, Motivation, Negative people

Calgary Personal Trainer recommends the “15 minute rule” if you don’t feel like exercising

August 26, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
Hire the Calgary Personal Trainers at FRESH! Fitness to tone up your body and your motivation!

As a Personal Trainer in Calgary for the past decade, one of the most common excuses I hear is that people are tired, unmotivated and lack the energy to exercise.  This becomes a habit that leads you down the slippery slope of weight gain, poor health, and unhappiness with your mind and your body.  Short of hiring a Personal Trainer to pick you up and drag you through each workout, you need to figure out a solution to get your butt in gear!

The good news is that I have a simple solution for you.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Exercise, Fitness Results, Motivation, Personal Trainer, Procrastination

Calgary Personal Trainer Guarantees Results

July 20, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
Woman Measuring Her Waist

Personal Training in Calgary is a growing trend.  In fact, I like to call it Personal Coaching because with FRESH! clients, it goes a lot further than just the physical workout.  That’s because anybody can give you a generic workout.  You can also download one from one of the many fitness websites out there or from popular magazines, but this will never compare to hiring an experienced and certified personal trainer in Calgary.

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A Simple Mind Shift to Drop Fat and Stay Lean!

July 13, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
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Let’s face it, most North Americans are overweight despite having access to the most nutritional information on the planet!  That means there is a short circuit somewhere in society that information isn’t getting absorbed (unlike the food we eat)!

Clients will sit in front of me and SWEAR that they eat healthy and the right portions.  The fact is, you don’t get to be fat and overweight by eating small healthy meals!  Without getting into too much detail on the technical aspects of nutrition, here is ONE SIMPLE THING you can do at your next meal to start the process of dropping those pesky extra pounds of fat…without feeling you’ve deprived yourself of something you like!

OK, here is is…this simple mind shift will literally change your life (and your body):

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Accountabilty, Fat Loss, Healthy Eating, Nutrition Mistakes, Restaurant Eating

Want Motivation? Picture This…

July 3, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
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One of the most common things I hear from clients is the lack of motivation to exercise, eat healthy, or make even the most simple healthy changes in their lifestyle.  Everyone is motivated by something, and for many of us, it comes down to aesthetics.  Of course, we all want to be healthy and live a longer life, but that isn’t really tangible, or even that motivating in the short term.  Now, talk about looking great on the beach, or turning a few heads when you walk by…now that kicks people into gear!

So, if you are having trouble with motivation? Try this technique to get you fired up and help you take action! [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Accountability, Calgary Personal Trainer, Exercise, Fat Loss, Fitness Results, Motivation

Mid-Year Check-up on Your Fitness & Fat Loss Resolutions

July 1, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
What happened to YOUR New Year's Resolution? A Calgary Personal Trainer gets you back on track

Happy Canada Day!  I hope the first part of your year was spectacular!

If you are like most people, you likely set a New Years Resolution 6 months ago.  How is that progress coming along? Again, like most people, this resolution has probably been long forgotten or seriously slipped in importance as the comfort of old habits crept back in.

You may ask what prompted me to write at the start of July and check into your progress.  Well, the fact is, I’m a “glass half full” type of person and wanted to let you know that there is still plenty of time to reach your goals.  It’s true that the year is half over, but that also means there is still half the year to go!
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Filed Under: Articles, Blog Tagged With: Accountability, Calgary Personal Trainer, Fat Loss, Fitness Results, Goal Setting, Motviation, New Years Resolution, SMART Goals

What is YOUR #1 Reason for Exercising?

June 24, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
Young adults hiking

Many people think of exercise as a chore.  I hear this all the time when meeting with potential clients.  They say things like, “I hate the gym”, “Exercise is boring”, “Exercise is the last thing I want to do, but I know I SHOULD do it”.  While it’s true that exercise is often a chore in the beginning of a program, it’s because you aren’t used to doing it and your body hates you for pointing out how out of shape you’ve let it get!  The good new is…this isn’t always the case. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Accountability, Calgary Personal Trainer, Exericse Habit, Fitness Results, Inspriation, Motivation

The End of Food Temptation

June 18, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
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You start each morning with the promise to be “good” today.

You’ll refuse the baked goods at the office. You’ll speed past that fast food place at lunch. You’ll turn a blind eye to the vending machine in the mid-afternoon. And you’ll pass on the ice cream after dinner.

But… you hadn’t counted on the fact that a box of your favorite donuts would be sitting in the break room. Or that co-workers would invite you to join them for fast food place at lunch. Or that Girl Scouts would come through the office after school with boxes of thin mints. Or that your special someone would come home with a pint of Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.

And as you get into bed each night you tell yourself that tomorrow will be different.

Tomorrow you will conquer temptation.

But tomorrow comes with its own set of special circumstances and temptation gets the best of you once again.

Why Does Temptation Always Win?

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Filed Under: Articles, Blog Tagged With: Healthy Eating, Motivation, Nutrition, Overcoming Barriers, temptation

The Domino Effect

June 18, 2010 By Tim Borys Leave a Comment
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Regular exercise makes it easier to eat healthy. Just as healthy eating makes you more likely to exercise.

It’s the domino effect. When you begin to make a positive change in one area of your life other areas will soon follow. [Read more...]

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Body Worlds Tour

June 5, 2010 By Tim Borys 2 Comments
Body Worlds - An incredible way to learn about what happens under YOUR skin!

It’s Saturday afternoon and I just finished touring the Body Worlds exhibit at the Calgary Science Centre with 12 enthusiastic members of the FRESH! Fitness community.  It was awesome!

For me personally, it was my 3rd time seeing the exhibit (previously Montreal & Edmonton) and it still blew me away.  There were some new features that I hadn’t seen, but the beauty and complexity of the human form is something that never fails to amaze me.  The exhibit is incredibly organized, the information provided makes you reflect on your past, appreciate your present, and become motivated about creating your future!

It was also great to see the wonder, awe and amazement in the faces of those who attended the tour.  During the visit I was able to use the various exhibit specimens to answer a wide range of questions from the group and explain about common fitness and health related conditions they may have experienced (or were still experiencing).  Whether it was that nagging IT Band, plantar fasciitis, or muscle injury, to a more detailed explanation (with visuals) of the broken bone or orthopedic surgery they had, the answer was easy to provide due to the surrounding exhibits.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anatomy, Body Worlds, Calgary Science Centre, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle Habits
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