Category: Workout Tips

How to Avoid Struggling with your Fitness Resolutions

Since it’s now officially the new year (in both the Gregorian calendar and the Chinese zodiac). I thought it would be a good time to write out some advice for all the ‘resolutionaries’; all of those people that are looking to make exercise and healthier living a part of their new year’s goals. This is… Continue reading How to Avoid Struggling with your Fitness Resolutions

You Probably Won’t Make Health Changes: Here’s Why

“Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own behavior” Some sarcastic person making a terribly accurate meme I wrote the title of the piece knowing that it may come across as pessimistic. That’s not the point. I’m not making attempts to use any reverse psychology tricks on you as well (“screw you,… Continue reading You Probably Won’t Make Health Changes: Here’s Why

How To Get Out Of A Workout Rut

This is a tough time of year to stay on track with the holidays approaching, but let’s be honest, there are many times where there are challenges keeping us from achieving our health & fitness goals… here are 5 Tips to get out of a Workout Rut: 1. Grab a friend! It’s always more fun… Continue reading How To Get Out Of A Workout Rut

Core Bracing: How to Start and How Can It Help You

Core Bracing Helps Your Back Throughout my time as a trainer, I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard: My goal is to become… Oh but I also really want to have a nice defined core… To be fair, this is great and all but, I always try to take my clients a step… Continue reading Core Bracing: How to Start and How Can It Help You

How to Write a Better Fitness Program with these 6 Tips

Fitness Program “What do you guys write in those things?” one of my clients asked in regards to their program journals. If you are new to the gym, a program may seem like a complex mathematical formula with reps, sets, weight numbers, and exercises, How to write a better fitness program with these 6 tips?… Continue reading How to Write a Better Fitness Program with these 6 Tips

Become a Master Wizard of These 4 Spells / Moves

Getting started When less experienced clients ask me what they should be doing on their own, I usually will say something like “keep it simple, safe, and effective; burn calories and don’t hurt yourself”. How to be a master of moves? After that, I like to introduce the idea that if you are just starting… Continue reading Become a Master Wizard of These 4 Spells / Moves

How To Safely Stay Active During Pregnancy

Pregnancy Challenges When I first went to see my midwife during my first trimester, I had a bunch of questions since this little nugget is my first baby. All those questions were related to things I was allowed to eat or not to eat and what I could do/ not do. And let’s be real,… Continue reading How To Safely Stay Active During Pregnancy

Technique Tips for the “Big 3”

9 Technique Tips Bench Press, Deadlift, and Squats. These are the “Big 3” when it comes to weightlifting. Almost everyone wants to or has performed them depending on their exercise experience or training age. But do you really know if you are doing them correctly? I have seen people perform these lifts with both stellar… Continue reading Technique Tips for the “Big 3”

Five Cardio Routines for People Who Hate Running

Even for someone who identifies as a lifter After a decadent night out in the North End that concluded with a cappuccino and cannoli, I felt the need to get moving and stay moving the next day. Monday is my running day and seeing as it was Thursday, I didn’t feel like doing that. It… Continue reading Five Cardio Routines for People Who Hate Running

How To Stay Focused On Overcoming The Buts

“I Want…” and The Connecting “…But” Unfortunately and to the dismay of many, this post is not about the true beauty of the le derriere, the glutes, or your bum. What I want to discuss is the discrepancy we have between “I want…” and the connecting “…but”. This is how to stay focused. Having met,… Continue reading How To Stay Focused On Overcoming The Buts