What motivates you to exercise? There are two basic motivators: a desire to move towards a goal or the intent to avoid an outcome. For example, you may be motivated to exercise because you want to shave a couple of minutes off of your 10K time or be able to lift an additional 50 pounds - that is the type of motivation of moving towards a goal. However, if you’ve been advised … [Read more...]
6 Benefits of Vertical Core Training
Lying down to "strengthen your core" is sooo 20th century. If you're looking the best core exercises that can help you to reach your goals, consider doing them from a standing position! Let me ask you a question: how do you feel when you’re lying down? Does your energy go up or do you find yourself getting drowsy and ready to fall asleep? The chances lying down makes you … [Read more...]
8 Fitness Trends for 2020
Every year the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) releases a list of fitness trends. While they use quantitative metrics from the fitness industry to identify popular workout programs, there is a flaw in their methodology. Some of the “trends”: personal training, exercise is medicine and health coaching (in the 2020 version which can be READ HERE) are nothing more than … [Read more...]
Join a health club or go to a fitness studio?
Over the past decade the fitness industry experienced a huge disruption from a couple of areas; 1 being technology which will be addressed in a future blog. The other disruptor to the fitness scene was the explosive popularity of fitness studios. Fitness studios existed before 2010, but the 20-teens saw a HUGE explosion in studios from Barre to indoor cycling to high … [Read more...]
Want Results? Use these 6 Recovery Strategies for your Fitness Program
Exercise is stress. Whether you’re lifting weights, running, cycling, swimming, doing bodyweight exercises or simply going for a vigorous walk, exercise is an imposed stress for the purpose of initiating changes in the body. It’s important to understand that exercise is the process of applying a stress, giving the body the time and ability to adapt to that stress is the … [Read more...]