One of the most common complaints I hear, and biggest challenges to health and wellness, is back pain. Back pain is pervasive in society today. But if you can fix it, you almost guarantee adhesion to your training program, and ultimately success in every desired outcome.
I would have to say that...
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Pioneering humanitarian Florence Nightingale once said, “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” This statement, no less true today than it was in the 19th century, should remind everyone that if you want to succeed, excuses have no rational...
This isn’t an article to make you feel bad for not exercising. That just isn’t my thing. This is an article explaining why you might have found it hard in the past to find time to exercise. And it may just uncover some deep-seated habits that have held influence over other, possibly...
Have you ever had enough of feeling fat, unattractive, tired and miserable? I have! Picture this… You’ve finally had enough. You reach that critical pain point. That point where there’s enough pain to drive behaviour. So you get all motivated to go out and buy new runners,...
The term “functional training” has become quite a buzzword in the fitness industry. And as a result, it can be open to a wide range of interpretation. The true meaning of functional training is to perform exercises that lead an individual to perform the activities of everyday life...
The first thing any true Paleo follower will say is, “it’s not a diet… it’s a lifestyle”. And fair enough. For many people, Paleo is much more than the food you eat. It is the lifestyle you live. Many true Paleo-ers will grow their own organic fruits and vegetables,...
Getting back into exercise can be tough — you’re not feeling as energetic as you used to and you know that first session is probably going hurt. However, once you’ve done it, you know you’ll feel better for it. And every session thereafter will get easier. So to make that...
You already have one. Would you believe me if I said that? Everyone has a 6 pack. Just for some people it’s visible and for others it’s not. In fact, some of the people I train who are heavily overweight have bigger 6 pack muscles than people who are lean and skinny.
The most...
Challenges can be done for anything. Business, marketing, learning how to accept no’s, and of course, fitness. They are extremely popular and effective ways to achieve any goal, particularly when those goals are related to your health and fitness.
I did a challenge recently to get...
Losing weight is easy — eat less and move more. Or so they say. If weight loss is so easy, why do so many people struggle with losing weight and keeping it off? At the core of weight loss is certainly a calorie deficiency. That means to consume less calories than you are expending....
So you've just started exercising again and you want to know what’s happening to your body. You want to know that all that paving of the pavement or lifting of heavy things is worth it. Well, let me tell you, it is! But what exactly is happening to your body?
One of the things...
Your muscles go through a fair bit of physical stress every time you exercise. When you start exercising or do something more than you’re used to it’s even more prevalent. This pain is referred to as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). It’s perfectly normal but what is...
