In Fitness There Should Be No Failures, Only Successes
When you view health and wellness as a journey towards being better, rather than an either/or proposition, you give yourself the chance to finally get somewhere with your fitness endeavors. You Must Learn What Doesn’t Work As my clients all know, I have recently begun...
Life’s A Sport, Old Chum
When it comes to movement, athletes get all the glory in our society. But the fact is, everyday life is filled with movement and just like in sport the smoother, stronger, more powerful it is the better! This is why training can make such a difference in your life. It...
You’re Not Strong. Not Even Close
There is a lot of interest in being strong out there. More people are engaging in weight training, be it in the barbell vein like Crossfit, or free weight exercises in the gym, or group fitness. The growing popularity is a good thing because strength is a hugely...
When It Comes To Strength, Isolation Exercises Don’t Stand Alone
A lot of weight training that happens in the gym involves machines and plenty of isolation exercises such as chest press, shoulder raises, bicep curls, pull downs, tricep extensions, etc. Many a lifter though is surprised to find that after months or years of this...
Want To Be More Fit? Then Learn How To Learn
Fitness and exercise is usually focused on physiological change. We’re looking for bigger muscles, less body fat, more effecient cardiovascular systems, stronger bones. But there is a whole other dimension to what happens when you work out: learning. Understanding the...
Why Calorie Counting, And Many Other Fitness Methods, Don’t Always Work
An excellent article in 1843 Magazine, entitled Death Of The Calorie, puts a lot of nails in the metaphorical coffin of the calorie counting diet strategy. They discuss the problems with accurately assessing the caloric content of individual food items. They go into...