If your progress has stalled despite working out and tracking your calories, you’ve hit a plateau. In order to break through the plateau and continue making progress, something needs to change in your nutrition and your exercise routine. This does NOT mean you need to eat less and burn more calories with more cardio. Here’s […]
Feeling fatigued, burnt-out, or unmotivated? Here are 7 things you can do to feel better now: 1. Hydrate. Most people are chronically under-hydrated. It’s amazing how much better you feel when you drink enough water. Your body will feel better, you’ll have more energy, your digestive system will work better, and you’ll be more focused. […]
Thinking about hiring a trainer/coach to help you reach your goals? Whether you’re in the market for a personal trainer to help with exercise or a coach to help with nutrition and lifestyle habits, first make sure you are coachable. Being coachable means: You’re able to take feedback and suggestions without […]
Do you remember the days before smart watches? All of us at the gym before class wetting the chest strap’s transmitter so it would pick up our heart rate for the workout. It’s amazing how far the technology has come in less than 10 years. Now instead of strapping on the Polar for the workout, we wear our smart watches […]
A trending phrase that’s got me fired up right now is rest day. Recovery day? Yes! Active Recovery? Even better! But rest and recovery get used interchangeably. And they’re not the same. To rest is to stop working. As a training variable, rest is the time between sets or intervals. Globally, it means no work […]
Consistency is key! But what if you don’t have the energy to workout? If you’re staying on your workout routine, you will need active recovery days. While you’re taking a day (or up to a week to recover), It’s important to maintain the habit of daily exercise by showing up at the gym (or […]
Athletes don’t wait until they’re in the game of their life to try a new play. When the pressure is on, they know the plays because they’ve run the drills hundreds or thousands of times already. Do you know when they run those drills? During practice. When it’s safe. When the opponent is not out […]
The things you think are behind the scenes will eventually make their way center stage in your life. Take something like how much sleep you get at night. Nothing is more behind that scenes than that, right? Well, I know if I’m not sticking to my bedtime routine and getting enough sleep it shows! It shows in my […]
Habits are actions your brain has automated because it doesn’t want to work hard for the reward you get from that action. Your brain doesn’t know the difference between good and bad habits. There are only actions and rewards. In Atomic Habits, James Clear calls it the habit loop: Cue > Craving > Action > Reward. There […]
Whether you’re in a time of high-stress (busy season at work, finals at school, dealing with a health issue) or you feel like you just can’t seem to get off the never-ending hamster wheel of overwhelm, there are steps you can take to reduce stress. What is stress? Stress is two things: it’s the […]