Fitness after New Years – Still Going Strong?
We are 12 days in. 12 Days after making New Year’s Resolutions, and, you might be struggling to make it. You have been good for a couple of days, but you might have fallen off the wagon. Reset Now The key thing to success is not perfection. Perfection only happens in utopia. The real world…
Compounding Interest in Fitness
I have been reading about finances. Yep, I need to do more for retirement, I admit it. The term that keeps being beat upon over and over again is compounding interest. If you don’t know what compounding interest is, here is the definition: You get interest on your investment, the following year you will get…
When Motivation To Work Out Fades
You have done it…what now? There are two different scenarios for loss of motivation: You have worked so hard for it. For months if not years you have worked on accomplishing your goal. You have got the job, you accomplished your weight loss, you did your race,… you name it. Now you feel sort of let down…
Fear to Commit
Have you ever been afraid to commit to something? It might have been a relationship, it might have been your fitness goals or a goal at work! How we try to cover up our fear I just don’t have time to do it It is not the right moment I am too busy I am…
Great Butt…Stable Hip!
We have been talking a lot about the mental part of training. This post is all about your behind, your tush, your booty, call it whatever you want! It is one of the most discussed topics in your life, think about it. People want a bigger one, a smaller one, want to get rid of…
Extreme Makeover vs. Slow and Steady?
Fast changes in nutrition & fitness versus the turtle approach! We are always looking for a right and a wrong. Maybe we need to forget about that… at least when it comes to fitness. One approach rarely is for everybody. We are all created not equal but equally different. Our individual minds differ very much,…
Nutrition: One Habit 80% Success, Two Habits 20% Success?
Changing more than one habit sets you up for failure! We all know the feeling of New Year coming around. A new beginning. A new way of getting it done. This time I will go to the gym, eat healthy, cut out soda, eat veggies, stop eating fried food….The list is almost endless. This is also…
What is wrong with my willpower?
Not making your goals? I often hear from my personal training clients that they lack willpower to do this, to not do that, etc. Personally I have my own struggles with willpower, so I can relate! How often do you plan to do something and in the end it just does not happen or you fall…
Mindfulness – Part of the Secret to Success?
Change does not come easy! For some people it is easier than others. As a follow up to last weeks blog this is about a particular aspect that is important when trying to bring about change: being mindful. When searching for the term Google comes up with the following definition: mind·ful ˈmīn(d)fəl/ adjective conscious or…
Change – What Makes It Happen
I am obsessed – obsessed with finding ways to help myself and others accomplish what they seek when they come to our personal training program In that context, I have been reading again (I think I always have 2-3 books I am reading at a time). This one I actually listened to. The book is by…
