“If you Need a Witness to Your Success, Be Your Own.” It is no secret that one of the best ways to notice improvements in a gym setting is to track your performance or progress. Normally, we would do this by performing some sort of field test. A field test may be a timed run, […]
28 October 2020
Coaching the Single Sport Athlete
I hated every minute of training, but I said,“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion.” – Muhammad Ali “Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.” – Paul J. Meyer Athletics, sports, and the athletes within are changing. It is becoming more and […]
16 October 2020
Percentage Based Training: Is It the End All Be All?
If you have ever found yourself looking at a strength training program, you have probably seen a written up version of percentage-based training. Verbiage like “5×5 @ 85%” or something similar to that is a frequently used method of building a program. This type of programming does have a lot of merit and a lot […]
One of the goals of our training department is not only to help you move better but also to move well. You may be wondering, what’s the difference? Well, it’s sort of like the difference between an A and an A+. There is a difference because we all may be able to do a squat […]
01 October 2020
Mindset: The Most Powerful Tool You Have Internally
“ To Change Your Life, You Have to Change Yourself. To Change Yourself, You Have to Change Your Mindset.” – Wilson Kanadi Mindset is everything when you are trying to make life-sustaining changes. Our mind is a very powerful thing and what’s so interesting is that it’s very easy for us to focus on the negative […]
22 September 2020
Let’s End the Year 2020 with a BANG!
Well, 2020 has turned into quite the year for everyone. It has caused a bag of mixed emotions and may have disrupted the plan of your health and wellness goal that you set for yourself at the beginning of the year. I’d love it if we could regain that focus during the last 90 days […]
01 September 2020
Monthly Wellness Challenge: Fall Step Challenge
You may have started working from home or your normal routine has been disrupted by the pandemic and you aren’t able to make it to the gym like you used to. So let’s start to incorporate more MOVEMENT this Fall. Take the stress out of trying to do a structured fitness program while life still […]
31 August 2020
Why Exercise is Still the Best Medicine
Written by Finlay Macdonald, courtesy of lesmills.com. EXERCISE AND IMMUNITY How being physically fit increases your immunological fitness too. Fears of a Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic are a timely reminder that regular exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle is still one of our best defenses. If you’ve been following the news, you know the drill: wash […]
21 August 2020
5 Way to Stay Committed to Exercise
Exercise is like a roller coaster. It has ups, downs, twists, turns, starts, and stops. I have 5 ways that I know will work to keep you committed to exercise and health. Just move exercise can be anything where you are moving. It does not have to be formal, organized, or done in one setting. Get together with a […]
01 April 2020
Monthly Wellness Challenge: Declutter
Stressful Times Call For Ways to Help Declutter Negativity Who knew that when we started a new decade that we would have been faced with the challenge of trying to control an unseen enemy with this pandemic. Now that you are asked to stay at home and work from home to help with social distancing […]
