New Year, New You: A Dr. Seuss Inspired Fitness Resolution
New year, new you, it’s time to start, A journey to a fitter heart. No more excuses, no more delay, Let’s work out and sweat every day. First, set a goal and make it clear, Whether it’s to lose weight or build some muscle here. Next, find a plan that works for you, Whether it’s running, cycling, or lifting, do what you do.Don’t let the scales define your worth, Focus on how you feel, on…
Life Has No Off Season
Motivation is what gets most people started onto their fitness journey. The motivation to get stronger. The motivation to get fitter. The motivation to lose weight. The motivation to be more involved in family life. But once motivation wears off what does one do when the pain of hard work outweighs the lack of motivation. Everyone loves to be motivated. I do too. But motivation doesn’t last forever. Particularly not if you expect it to…
Making Your New Year’s Resolution Last All Year
If you’re wanting to start your journey into a healthier lifestyle, remember that you have twelve months to do it. That’s twelve months of starts, failures, retries, more failures, more retries, rinse, repeat, shake it a little or a lot, and start it all over again. Or put another way, that’s 52 whole weeks. You fail in one week you have 51 others to regroup and try again. Being healthy is a lifestyle. Change is…
Who Wants to Live Longer and Healthier?
I’ve recently started reading a couple of books and listening to a third in audio book form on the topic of living longer and healthier lives. I fell on it by accident as I was studying for the NASM Certified Nutrition Coach certification. I was reading about the mitochondria. Read some science papers on the contradiction of free radicals, which led to disease and aging which really doesn’t seem to make sense from a biological…
New Year Motivation
You know the drill, January 1, hit the gym. New Year, New You. Let’s get that bikini body. And get rid of the flabby arms and the double chin. No more donuts. Too many new to fitness and wanting to improve themselves set the wrong expectations thinking it’ll be easy. Then realising that it requires too much of a commitment. Or it requires too much of your time. You’re not disciplined enough to keep going.…
Try this Fat Burning Bodyweight Workout
Here is a fat-burning bodyweight workout that you can try: Remember to warm up before starting this workout and to cool down afterwards. It’s also important to use good form to avoid injury. If you’re not familiar with bodyweight exercises, it might be a good idea to work with a trainer or coach to learn proper technique. High Knees Stand with your feet hip-width apart and bring one knee up towards your chest as you…
Try this Fat Burning Kettlebell Workout
Try this fat burning workout. Remember to warm up before starting this workout and to cool down afterwards. It’s also important to use good form to avoid injury. If you’re not familiar with kettlebell exercises, it might be a good idea to work with a trainer or coach to learn proper technique. Goblet Squats Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a kettlebell by the horns (the handle) close to your chest. Squat down…
Improving on Training
In the last year, since I’ve moved into a house and setup a basement home gym, I’m been working on several different ways to improve my fitness. I’ve been experimenting with different training methods and equipment to find what’s the best for my goals. But at the same time, I’ve been learning more about fitness overall. And on top of that I’ve started on my path to become a certified personal trainer with NASM. Everyone…
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