Personal trainer tips

Personal Trainer Quick Tip Asparagus and Cilantro, Did You Know? Asparagus Nutrition Fun Facts Did You Know – Asparagus is high in glutathione, an important anticarcinogen. Important for preventing cancer risk and promotes overall health. Did You Know – Asparagus also contains rutin, which protects small blood vessels from rupturing and could provide protection against…

Broccoli and Avocado, Did you know?  The Broccoli Nutrition fun Fact: Did you know – Broccoli contains twice as much vitamin C as an orange. Did You Know – Broccoli contains almost as much calcium as whole milk, and is actually more easily absorbed. The Avocado Nutrition fun fact: Did You Know – Avocados are…

How to Stay Motivated to Succeed This Year! It’s a new year! You know what that means? Time to set goals and be successful this year! How can you make this year different? How can you actually succeed and accomplish everything you set out to do? Setting goals is a great start, but sticking to…

New Year’s resolution Fitness Success: Happy 2014 everyone! Yesterday, January first, I decided to go through some of my old notes from 2013. It has been a year to remember! As I was searching through all the different notebooks I have taken notes in, whether for personal training, overall ideas, or overall thoughts (I have…

Personal Trainer Quick Tip How to Finally Achieve Your New Year’s Resolution Fitness Goals Continued! Last week we went over a couple ways to finally make your new year’s resolution goals a reality. This week we will break down two more quick and easy fixes to get you finally achieving your new year’s resolution goals.…

Does Extreme Muscle Soreness Always Equal a Great Workout? Personal training means you should be Sore! Kidding! Muscle soreness is not the point of reference for if you had a good workout or not.  Muscle soreness and stiffness following a tough workout is common and sometimes inevitable. If the soreness becomes debilitating to the point where…

Personal Trainers Quick Tip: How to Finally Achieve Your New Year’s Resolution Fitness Goals! New Year’s Resolutions are right around the corner and many people have fitness goals on their mind. How do you set realistic goals and stay motivated, so you don’t end up like 90% of the crowd by quitting your fitness journey…

Personal Trainer Quick Tip : Sticking to Your Diet and Exercise Routine During the Holidays! The holidays can be a hectic time of the year but it doesn’t have to keep you from achieving your goals! It is going to take some self-discipline but you can fight the bad choices that will be presented to…

Personal Trainer Discusses Foam Rolling! What It Is, Its Benefits, and How to Use It? Foam Rolling has been gaining popularity in the fitness community as well as the general public.  This is for a good reason.  Foam rolling can provide many great benefits for the body.  The benefits vary from increases in range of…

Personal Trainer Quick Tip Importance of Post-Workout Nutrient Timing! Last week we discussed the importance of what to consume post workout. The results showed a high glycemic carbohydrate, like sugar, and whey protein combined in a shake spiked insulin and increased protein synthesis, best.  But when should you have the drink? The timing is just…

Personal Trainer Quick Tip: Is a Gluten Free Diet Best For Weight Loss? Although many people have been losing weight on gluten free diets, is it really because of the gluten? Most likely not. People rave about how gluten is bad for you, but do they actually know what it is? Gluten is a protein…

We all have goals. Whether we want to lose weight, gain muscle, increase sports performance, or maybe just increase the quality of our daily living. These are all great goals to have but without proper planning and thinking realistically they may never be accomplished. We need to start making “SMART” goals. “SMART” is an acronym…