Are you a fan of making New Year’s resolutions? If you are, stop reading because I might upset you and don’t want to do that. This is not an anti-New Years’ resolution post, far from it. It’s just I’m … Read More
Healthy habits
Trust The Process
Trust the process is a key factor with your health & fitness Results are paramount in my profession and when clients are not seeing the results they’d like, their trainer will sometimes utter the words ‘trust the process.’ But what … Read More
Doing The HARD Things
Doing the hard things is not usually fun. Like getting out of bed when you’re sleepy. Or going to a job you don’t like much or dieting and not eating your favorite foods to get rid of a few pounds. … Read More
4 Ways To Get Accountability
A big reason clients keep personal trainers around is accountability. It’s not because of the trainers’ dress sense, knowledge, programming skills or sparking personality. It’s the fact the client pays for their sessions, schedules their sessions, and to have someone … Read More
Fix This To Get Fit
This one simple switch could be standing in the way of you getting fit. In a previous post I mentioned you don’t need fixing. Fixing implies something is broken and needs repairing. Seeing I believe the human body is already … Read More
Don’t Over Complicate Health And Fitness
Don’t Over Complicate Your Health & Fitness. Keep It Simple Have you heard of Occam’s Razor? “The simplest explanation is usually the right one.” A lot of people including me love to over complicate things, especially health and fitness. Because … Read More
3 Ways To Get Some Skin In The Game
I eventually had to put some skin in the game. In early 2001 it was decision time, and this would change my life as I knew it. Either take a low-level sports journalism in country Victoria or move to the … Read More
6 Reasons For Spending More Time Outdoors
Guest Post by Anita Franco Odds are good you’ve heard being outdoors offers a range of benefits. However, there’s also a good chance no one ever tried to prove it by citing scientific studies. So many of us just accept … Read More
5 Tips For Exercising After 50
Before I turned 50, my son called me ‘pre-old.’ I wasn’t old (in his mind) until my 50th birthday. And now I am 50 years old and counting, I’m officially old (according to him) and getting my AARP emails. But … Read More
5 Healthy Habits To Start Now
The perfect time to start healthy habits is now Are you a half a glass full or half a glass empty type of person? Ponder this for a moment. Before being a trainer, I was the latter. I’d see the … Read More