My Kid Starts School Today

Umm still not sure how to process that..my son starts school today. Can that really be true? I guess it must be cause as I sit here and write this I can see two bags filled with his school supplies in my periphery and I’m assuming we wouldn’t have sp...

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Aug 12, 2021
It’s A Religion

So much of the world of health and fitness is about what diet you are on or what exercise program you are following. Do you do yoga? No, you powerlift. But your friend does crossfit and claims it is the best. There is so much dogma and so many camps...

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Jan 07, 2020
Fitness In An Instagram World

I’ve been looking forward to this article for a while mostly because I love fitness, am a fitness professional, and enjoy using IG both for personal and professional reasons. Instagram and Fitness sit at this interesting cross-section of a social med...

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Mar 12, 2019
The Case for Quantity First and Quality Second

I had this client — let’s call her Jane — who came to me with the desire to lose a significant amount of weight. From the initial consultation I discovered Jane wasn’t new to weight loss or the health and fitness scene. She had experimented with a lo...

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Jan 31, 2019
How To Overcome Being Intimidated By The Gym

I still remember the first time I walked into a gym for my first workout flying solo. I was in 6th grade and about 11 years old. I had been begging my mom to let me go to the gym with her for a couple of months - mostly because I was self-conscious a...

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Jan 22, 2019
A Flexible Workout Plan

I’ve worked with a number of people over the last several years teaching them how to eat and exercise for their health goals. That experience has given the opportunity to experiment with a lot of different workout plans and schedules as each individu...

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Jan 11, 2019
What If Failing Is Part Of The Process

Ever heard of the “diet cycle?” You know that thing that people - especially fitness professionals - start bashing every year right around New Year’s? Yeah that thing. . .Truth is I can’t be that critical of those who talk about the “diet cycle” in a...

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Jan 04, 2019
Start With The End In Mind

I’ve been working with people on improving their health and fitness for six years now. Compared to many fitness professionals this is a short amount of time, but compared to the industry average it’s nearly three times the length of a normal fitness...

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Aug 31, 2018
3 Ways To Shorten Your Workout

I’d argue time is your most valuable and limited resource. You only have so much of it and you have to decide at all times how you are going to allocate it to meet the needs of others and accomplish your own desires. In my experience, time - just ahe...

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Aug 20, 2018