It's around 3pm and you need a pick me up. After a bad night's sleep, you've already spent the morning dealing with customer service after your laptop wouldn't turn on. You're already behind on work when your supervisor throws another project on your plate. Feeling tired and overwhelmed, you reach for a cookie. [...]
Good recovery is every bit as important as the actual training. The “Go! Go! Go!” theme of today’s fitness world is pervasive. In this world, the ideal workout happens at least once a day, involves an angry drill sergeant doubling as a fitness instructor, and ends in blood, sweat and tears. More is better [...]
The holidays are around the corner and wishlists are filling up with Fitbits, Whoop straps, Oura rings, and the latest Apple watches. Before you click “purchase” on the flashiest new gadget, here are a few things to keep in mind. What’s your goal? Although having an Oura ring is a great conversation starter at [...]
This month, I’ve decided to switch things up. I am taking a break from writing about fitness motivation, how and why you should be doing Bulgarian split squats, or the best time of day to workout. Instead, here’s a look at what I am currently working on and into. Enjoy! TV Show: My [...]
Setbacks and injuries of varying degrees are inevitable from time to time through out life but if we are doing the right kind of strength training the injuries are often less severe, less frequent and when they do arise we can generally still train around them. Active recovery is just as essential to [...]
Having a trainer as a guide can be empowering. Not only will you feel capable in your workouts, but you’ll also gain the confidence to perform exercises the right way and you won’t have to deal with the decision fatigue of figuring out the type, timing, and number of workouts you should be [...]
The fitness industry has gone through big changes in the last few years. Here’s what that’s looked like for me. The fitness industry changed massively over the last year and a half. One day we were all in the gym, doing our thing, banging out endless burpees in our group fitness class and then [...]
The non-negotiable essentials I focus on when training athletes Every summer I train a handful of athletes during their offseason as they try to get a leg up for the upcoming year in their respective sport. I have trained basketball players, soccer players, field hockey players, track athletes, [...]
If you are someone that has been out of the fitness game for a long time, it can seem like a daunting task getting back into it. Life catches up to us very quickly. Between careers, families, and staying up with the latest Netflix show it can feel like fitness is the last [...]
General low back pain is one of the most common nagging complaints and setbacks that I come across in my career as a personal trainer. I don’t know if it’s more common than ever before or if I simply hear about it more given my field. It’s possibly both are true, but the [...]
