Personal trainer tips

One of the most common concerns people have about taking GLP-1 drugs is fear whether they’ll lose muscle along with body fat. The short answer is it can happen, but it’s also a lot more in your control than you think. Weight loss often includes a combination of body fat, water, and lean tissue. Because…

If you’re considering taking a GLP-1 or have recently started one, you’ve probably heard people talking about how much weight they lost. While losing weight may be the goal, it’s important to remember that not all weight loss is the same. That number on the scale only tells you the total of how much weight…

Food should support your lifestyle, not control it. I think a lot of people end up making nutrition harder than it needs to be because they separate it from the rest of their lives. Meals become strict rules instead of something that helps them feel good, recover, perform, and enjoy life. The reality is that…

Why Logging Your Food Matters Perception vs. Reality One of the biggest challenges with nutrition is that most people don’t actually know what they’re eating. Ask someone about their diet and you’ll often hear the same responses: “I eat healthy”, “I don’t eat that much”, “I eat all the time and still can’t gain weight”,…

Top 3 Kettlebell Exercises to Add to Your Summer Training Program Kettlebells can be a great way to really amp up your summer off-season training program! Not only do they help increase strength but they allow for you to move with the weight. This helps improve weight transfer, leading to increased speed, power and overall…

Once the season is over it’s likely you’ll want to take a break and chill out after a long tough season. Although we do suggest two weeks off to let the body recoup and fully revamp, you don’t want to take too much time off as that can lead to poor off-season habits. We’ll show…

Fueling Performance: How Nutrition Timing Differs From Basal Metabolic Rate Most people approach nutrition by focusing almost entirely on calories. They calculate their Basal Metabolic Rate, estimate how many calories they burn in a day, and assume that meeting those numbers is enough to support training, recovery, and performance. While total calorie intake is important,…

Update*** Camp is Full – Jr Warrior Summer Camp Registration The response from local families has been incredible. The JR Ninja Warrior Boxing Camp is now fully booked with all 20 camper spots filled. This Open House is exclusively for registered and paid camp families, providing an opportunity to meet the coaches, tour the facility,…

Top 3 Ways Training Ninja Warrior Helps Performance in Any Sport It might seem like an unorthodox way to train for sports but ninja warrior training could actually be the missing piece to the performance puzzle! Yes traditional training methods are still necessary and shouldn’t be forgotten, but ninja warrior training offers a very unique…

At some point in training, everyone hits a wall. It’s inevitable for the weights to stop changing, the progress slows down, and it starts to feel like all the work you’re putting in isn’t paying off the same way it used to. Your first reaction may be to push through harder with more weight, more…

In training, we’re always told to fix what’s “wrong.” Tight hips, uneven movement, compensations, they’re all things that surely can seem to need immediate correction for injury prevention and for the general population, that’s usually a good approach. Cleaning up movement helps reduce pain, improve efficiency, and build a healthier foundation long term. Now when…

Top 3 things to Add to Your Elite Hockey Leg Workout Leg day, usually the toughest day of the week and often skipped! If you are hitting legs than you’re probably loading up on squats and deadlifts which can be great strength builders but are your workouts really optimized for elite sports performance? Learn our…