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How You Train is How You Look
A question generated by a previous article, "How You Train Determines How You Look", is from a reader who exercises regularly, but still has concerns regarding the approach to training and disappointing visible results. Question: I am 57 years old and have been...
2009 Health Observations – A Trainer’s Perspective
”The main reason diets fail, and health, fitness, and wellness goals are not achieved, is that our mental discipline weakens in an attempt to lose weight and become fit in a small span of time. Ironically, we consider ourselves weak willed and undisciplined when our...
How to Maintain Fitness and Weight Goals During the Holidays
Staying active and eating moderately during the holidays is a challenge for most of us. Enjoying family, friends, and great food while maintaining fitness goals is most effectively achieved through proper planning. Take these action steps before your holiday outings...
High Intensity Interval Training For Increased Metabolism
High intensity interval training, also called HITT, is a specific type of interval training that in the past was practiced mainly by athletes at the highest level of sports. Today, it is implemented commonly by athletes and non athletes alike who desire obtaining the...
What to Eat Prior to Training
People will often ask me what they should eat before they train. It's a good question because what and how much you eat prior to working out should depend on which fitness component you will be working on. For example, say that your emphasis on a particular day is...
Future of Our Wellness
“We are not only what we read, we are how we read,” says Maryanne Wolf, a developmental Psychologists at Tufts University and the author of Proust and the Squid: The story and Science of the Reading Brain. Wolf contends that the style of reading promoted by the...
