Hot Yoga Burns More Calories… Seriously?
Does Bikram Yoga or hot yoga burn more calories than regular yoga? Does sweating more in a hot gym mean you are burning more calories? …
Toxins in our Fruits and Vegetables
The old wisdom tells us we need to eat more fruits and vegetables but that applies to food nutrition and not to environmental toxins. When…
Joint Pain and Over-training or Under-recovering
I get asked a lot about joint pain and if the cause is due to exercise injury or from over-training. Over-training comes from long-term lack…
My Thoughts On High Repetition Exercises
My Thoughts On High Repetition Exercises “When is enough, enough?” High Intensity and or CrossFit programming has many aspects of their training philosophy that either…
Differences Between Proteins
I am often asked about what type of protein to buy and what the difference is between them. In reality the best protein is one…
Top Ten Reasons To Have A Coach
Alright, this topic is overdone. So why do we want to mention for the millionth time why you should have a personal trainer? Because you…
What Is The Purpose Of Exercise And Diet?
I have to comment on a number of discussions and conversations I have had with many individuals and coaches in the past few months. There…
Warm-up or Stretch?
It is always interesting to hear the plethora of warm-up folklore in the general fitness community. Pardon a short rant but… This story-telling of fictional wisdom…
How Did We Get Here?
Ok, that picture is not any of us but it represents the time and place where my passion for this business started. That looks exactly…
Pre-Workout Nutrition
A question I get asked all the time is what should I eat before I workout? Way too often this question comes after someone has…
Post-Workout Nutrition
You got your first workout in and as one client put it so eloquently, “I was so hungry that I was ready to gnaw my…
The Winds Of Change
The health and fitness business and the arena of preventive health maintenance are starting to converge. The poor economy and the ever-increasing rates of obesity…
Can The Same Workout Be Good For Everyone?
Individualized Programming Can The Same Workout Be Good For Everyone? The short answer is “not really” but that isn’t what every group trainer, CrossFit®, or…
Is The Obesity Epidemic Exagerated?
I spent some time recently studying the geographic changes in obesity over the past decade in the US. The only good news is we are…
Work Hard… Don’t Work Too Hard…
You need to be doing aerobics… no do slow weight lifting, no try CrossFit®, no I meant HIT or HIIT, maybe Tabatas, or just go…