REST YOUR MIND, REST YOUR BODY

This one is for all the competitors out there.  Competing in fitness competitions is hard on your body.  To constantly stay in peak condition limits your growth potential because you are constantly eating below your calorie maintenance, this means that while in a calorie deficit to promote fat loss, your body never has extra calories to build new muscle.  So while you may keep your 6-pack year round, all your hard work in the weight section isn’t going to pay off less you take a bit of time off.

IT’S A MINEFIELD OUT THERE

Welcome to the personal trainer minefield. In this day and age there are tons of options for trainers: in your gym, online, boot camps, small groups, the list goes on and on. So who do you trust with your health and money?

NEVER STOP LEARNING

For me, one of the greatest things about fitness is that it is an ever changing and evolving field.  New studies are constantly being done, new training techniques (good and bad) are created, the opportunities for improving yourself never cease!

TRAVEL FIT

It’s not always easy to stick with healthy eating and a killer fitness regime if you are traveling for work or holidays, but it is possible! In just a few easy steps you will be traveling fit in no time without getting derailed from your dream body.

MAKE YOUR METABOLISM WORK FOR YOU: PART 2

So yesterday I gave you tips on changing what you eat in order to get your metabolism burning hot. Since I didn’t want to be tooooo long winded, I broke it into two parts. Here are my final bits of advice to get you fit in no time 🙂

APPLE CINNAMON PROTEIN PANCAKES

Some people are masters of making healthy food exciting and interesting. I am not one of those people. I’m a complete creature of habit, will eat the same thing day in, day out and be fine with it. However, I am trying to expand my repertoire in order to avoid my husband leaving me for someone that doesn’t force him to eat plain brown rice and grilled turkey for every meal haha.

NOT REACHING YOUR GOALS?

So you have been eating healthy and working out but still can’t reach your goals? One of the most common things I hear as a trainer is that people stop going to the gym or stop their diet because they aren’t seeing the results they wanted. What they don’t realize is that they aren’t reaching their objectives due to little mistakes they are making. Well today we are here to correct them.

THE TRUTH ABOUT TONING

As a trainer, I hear a lot of fitness BS especially when my clients are just starting out. They have had all sorts of info pushed on them from every direction so it has to be correct, right? One of my biggest pet peeves (just behind the myth that whey protein will make you fat but that is another rant all together) is when I hear women say they just want to “tone up”, they don’t want to get big. Really? Can you tell me what it means to “tone up”? Are you coming up with a tight, lean look as what “toned” means? Well I hate to break it to you but that tight, lean look is muscle. That round, shapely booty? Yeah that’s muscle. Flat abs? Yep, muscle again.