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What Motivated You to Look For a Fitness Trainer Today?

This week several new clients came looking for a personal fitness trainer and signed up for coaching at our downtown studio. Since I’ve been traveling a lot lately, it was good to reconnect with this part of my business, and a great reminder of how much I love the consultation process with potential new clients. It’s my chance to listen, …

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Benefits Of Exercise And Physical Activity During Holidays

I hope you had a great Christmas (or whichever holiday you choose to celebrate), and that you spent it with family and friends, having a fun time. It’s almost the new year and most people are still in holiday mode. You are likely still stuffed from the turkey and stuffing at your holiday dinner(s), and “working out” is probably low …

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Healthy Tips For The Holiday Season

The past six weeks have been very interesting. Listening to the chatter in my network, I’m hearing a lot of grumblings about stress and excess workloads. I’ve also heard people saying how “thankful” they were for the Thanksgiving break away from work! Here are some healthy tips for the holiday season so we can stay on the right track.  The …

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Aging And Exercise

We are finishing our fitness myths busting series with one more myth that is becoming increasingly important to address (for me and my clients). Let’s discuss aging and exercise. Myth: If you don’t exercise when you are young, it’s dangerous or ineffective to start when you are older This one has remarkable staying power despite ample and clear evidence that …

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Do You Need To Take Supplements To Build Muscle?

Welcome back to another fitness myth-busting blog post. What a fantastic weekend of sun and fun. I hope you’ve been enjoying it as much as I have! Let’s quickly dive right into our fitness myth for today and answer a common question regarding whether or not you really need to take supplements to build muscle. This myth is somewhat related …