Get A Cardio Coach for Your HIIT Workouts

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When it comes to doing HIIT cardio training, having a coach to motivate you definitely helps with your intensity. However, who can afford to have a trainer standing by to push you harder? Who can afford a person to motivate you? Until now, the answer was probably “nobody”, but now we have the Cardio Coach, [...]

Accountability is Waiting to Be Found

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In my previous article, Reevaluate and Be Real With Yourself, I spoke about some issues you might be facing on your fitness journey. In this post I’d like to expand on one of the issues mentioned in that article. I want to talk about finding some accountability. After all, I am in the middle of [...]

Mission Accountability

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I recently posted a video at Welcome to My Mind (my personal outlet for my thoughts) regarding the difficulties I’ve had this week gettign my workouts in due to a change in how I am working these days. The video is entitled “Confession” and tells of my plight this week and my plans to handle [...]

What’s With The Muscle Soreness

Today’s newsletter is going to touch on a topic that happens to all of us – sore muscles from workouts or other activities outside the gym.  Most, if not all of us, have felt some sore muscles from time to time.  I know sometimes clients will wander in for their workouts muttering about sore muscles [...]

The Extreme Sport of Gardening

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The nice weather and a look in my own back yard got me thinking that it was time to get into the garden and start cleaning up.  I would think most people here in my home town of Victoria would have already started their spring gardening or like me are thinking about the outside chores [...]

How, What and Why…

The topic of today’s article is exercise, adaptation and how that relates to how, why and when to change an exercise program.  First, we should discuss a little physiology so you getter a better understanding of how the body responds to the "stress" of exercise.  Remember that not all stress is bad.  Stress in the [...]

5 Easy Steps to Help Boost Your Metabolism

I think before we talk about easy ways to increase metabolism we should first define metabolism and get a better understanding of what metabolism is and how it can be affected by lifestyle choices.  Wikipedia defines metabolism as: “the set of chemical reactions that occur in living organisms to maintain life”  Whole textbooks could be [...]

How To Fit Exercise into an Already Hectic Schedule.

What are you doing to ensure that you are getting in your exercise every day?  Yes, I do mean every day.  Some of you may have memberships at gyms or rec centers and go 2-3 times per week.  And, that is great and congratulations to those of you who make every workout.  But, what are [...]

At The Crossroads?

Life is interesting and always keeps us on our toes.  I met on the weekend with a friend and fellow business owner.  We talked about the excitement of owning and running your own business.  We also talked about the work involved and at how at times you can feel you are alone with your problems.  [...]

Muscle Fatigue – What, Why, How?

One of our clients during her workout last week asked,  "What causes the muscles to tire during exercise?"    This is a great question, as we all experience muscle fatigue during our workouts.  You will be in the middle of a set when all of a sudden, there goes all your strength and no matter how [...]

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