Category: Goal Setting
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Building Your Base – How To Start Running (or in my case start again!)
Dear Runners, I am ashamed to admit it, I’ve lost my base. As a runner, this is one of the most painful places to be. This is that point when you know you should be running longer. You know you should be running faster. But at least you’re running. The problem is though, when you’ve…
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Fitness Accountability: The Secret to Achieving your Fitness Goals This Year.
Yesterday was officially the first real day of the New Year. Sure we’ve technically already had 5 other days, but given that our holidays fell in the middle of the week this year most of us were probably still on Holiday until Jan 6th. So here’s a question for you. Did you work out?…
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The Secret to Fitness is to Establish a Routine
As the New Year approaches, I thought as a personal trainer/yoga instructor it would be important to take some time to send a message to everyone looking to make health and fitness part of their New Year’s Resolution. So often at the beginning of a New Year, we look back on the past year and…
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Yoga For Athletes: 6 Reasons Why You Should Do Yoga to Enhance your Athletic Preformance
One of my favorite viral images was this one to the right that started getting passed around about a year ago. “I can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible enough.”-The Many Athletes out there not doing yoga. Athletes can do amazing physical feats but it’s so funny how often they shy away from the things…
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Health and Fitness While Traveling
One of the hardest things about personally training is countering my clients excuses. Now, it must be said some people just don’t have the intention to EVER get healthy and fit. They find eating a pizza they saw on the way to the check out with their lean steak and veggies, after canceling their session…
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Fitness Lessons You Can Learn from a Traveling Bikram Yoga Instructor/Personal Trainer
I’ve officially been in the road now for over a week now. So far my quest to maintain a healthy fit lifestyle is working out pretty well. I’ve gone on some awesome runs. I’ve run around the Marina with views of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. I’ve run along rolling hills of vineyards…
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The Psychology of Personality: How Knowing Yourself Better Can Keep Your Fitness Goals On Track
I recently attended The World Domination Summit (WDS) in Portland, Oregon. The conference was 3 days jam-packed, full of lectures and workshops all led by entrepreneurs, writers, and artists. One of the of the many great speakers I heard was Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project. In her lecture, Gretchen pointed out that in…
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Getting Back On Track: What You Can Expect From Mastering Health and Fitness in the Upcoming Year
Hi Fitness Friends! I apologize for my hiatus from posting. It has been a crazy couple months. My then fiancee Tom Morkes and I packed up all our belongings at the end of June and road tripped back to Washington State where we just got married 2 weeks ago on August 3rd. I’ve spent the past…
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4 Reasons You Should Do A 30 Day Challenge
Spring has finally arrived–which means summer is just around the corner. It is time to up the workout ante! Challenge yourself to complete a 30 Day Challenge. Your challenge can be whatever you want. You can do the 30 Day Squat Challenge which should only take 2-5 minutes out of your day. You can challenge…
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4 Fitness Tips You Can Learn From an Orange Cat
Here are 4 things my cat is doing right, but what you can do better so you lose the last 5 lbs he can’t [vsw id=”g1oVB2OtgJM” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] 1. Eat mini meals throughout the day, but don’t exceed your calorie range. 2. Get a workout in, but also make sure to accumulate…