Speed of Resistance Training: Fast Or Slow The Way To Go?

Working with personal training clients can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a fitness career. Based on our knowledge and years of experience, we realize there are many theories on strength training, extolled by experts and novices alike. With every theory, we also see the ongoing debates about “the best way” to work […]

The Fruit Of Your Labor

If you happen to know any endurance athletes, such as runners or cyclists, you are already aware that much of their training table contains carbohydrates. These are the foods that will fuel the body, keep the glycogen levels appropriate, and are usually quite readily available. Strength-training athletes also make use of carbohydrates, both complex and […]

The Fruit Of Your Labor

If you happen to know any endurance athletes, such as runners or cyclists, you are already aware that much of their training table contains carbohydrates. These are the foods that will fuel the body, keep the glycogen levels appropriate, and are usually quite readily available. Strength-training athletes also make use of carbohydrates, both complex and […]

Vegan Success: Creatively Procuring Calcium

Many of my clients ask me for basic nutritional guidance. Since I am a Certified Health Coach in addition to a Certified Personal Trainer, I try to guide them on a healthier path, and one that can be easily adaptive to health or religious concerns. I have recently adopted a much more plant-based meal plan, […]

Vegan Success: Creatively Procuring Calcium

Many of my clients ask me for basic nutritional guidance. Since I am a Certified Health Coach in addition to a Certified Personal Trainer, I try to guide them on a healthier path, and one that can be easily adaptive to health or religious concerns. I have recently adopted a much more plant-based meal plan, […]

Optimizing Alkalinity In Your Diet

As athletes, we are quite accustomed to fastidiously nurturing our bodies. From sculpting the external to feeding the internal, we are always focusing on ways to achieve optimal health. We juggle and calculate protein intake, carbohydrates, and good fats, thinking we are doing the right thing for our bodies. However, recent research indicates we may […]

Optimizing Alkalinity In Your Diet

As athletes, we are quite accustomed to fastidiously nurturing our bodies. From sculpting the external to feeding the internal, we are always focusing on ways to achieve optimal health. We juggle and calculate protein intake, carbohydrates, and good fats, thinking we are doing the right thing for our bodies. However, recent research indicates we may […]

Holiday Travel Advice: Carry On

If the title of this article has you mystified, allow me to clarify. It can apply to your luggage, as in, “carry-on suitcases”; or, it can indicate how important it is that our traveling clients “carry on” their fitness routines, even while visiting family or on vacation. Since my husband almost always insists on carry-on […]

Holiday Travel Advice: Carry On

If the title of this article has you mystified, allow me to clarify. It can apply to your luggage, as in, “carry-on suitcases”; or, it can indicate how important it is that our traveling clients “carry on” their fitness routines, even while visiting family or on vacation. Since my husband almost always insists on carry-on […]

Knowing When To Say When

We trainers tend to be a creative bunch. In our quest to keep personal training interesting and dynamic, especially for clients who train with us more often than once a week, we enjoy stepping outside the box as we design workout programs. After all, isn’t variety the spice of life, even in the gym? Certainly […]