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#46 – There Are Only Baby Steps

In fitness, there are only baby steps. Ya ya, fitness is a journey. Trust the process. Consistency beats intensity. You’re beautiful as you are (are you?). You’ve heard it all before. I say it a lot myself. Maybe you roll your eyes. Maybe you’ve heard it so much that you no longer hear it. Girl,…

Extremes Don’t Last

When I was a bartender in NYC, there was a group of hard-charging coworkers raving about a trendy workout. They were seeing great results really fast. For 3 months, they were incredibly fit. And then…they never worked out again. Only a few weeks after ending these workouts, the progress they had made was gone. It’s…

How to Recover from Workouts Faster

Soreness, pain, and fatigue are all typical responses after a workout, but there are ways to limit these. Even if you don’t experience these symptoms, recovery matters because results from your workouts happen during recovery. This is when both your body and your brain adapt to any stimulus you place on them. A focus on…

Common Training Pitfalls

Here are the most common things I notice keeping people from getting better results (it’s okay, we all do it). Exercise Pitfalls (in the gym) Mindset Pitfalls (mental game) Lifestyle Pitfalls (outside the gym) Take Action Alrighty then, I’ve warned you about falling in the pit. Now, if you fall into it, I’ll help you…

Train Smart: How to Order Your Exercises

If you want to get the most benefit from your workouts with less time and effort, the order in which you do your exercises matters. You want to tackle the most demanding, technique-intensive movements when you’re fresh and have the most energy and focus. In other words, you want to start with the harder stuff…

11 Warning Signs Your Training is Broken

*If your goal is strength, athleticism, injury resilience, and a body that defies aging. How did you do? Avoiding 80% of these is a passing score. If you’re guilty of any of these, don’t feel bad, my training falls apart sometimes, too. Plus, I don’t expect many to know this. Let’s break it down. You…

Does Running Help Your Tennis?

If you are running to improve your tennis game, especially your endurance, there are far more effective options for you to consider. In short, running distances over one mile does not transfer to tennis, a sport consisting of short bursts of explosive energy. Even major sports like football, soccer, basketball, and combat sports are cutting…

Fitness Confusion

“Rookies debate and complicate, experts simplify.” – Dustin Hassard Are all of the fitness experts confusing you? No matter what topic you come across in fitness, someone is telling you something different. What you thought you knew to be true is contradicted by someone else. People will vent their frustration when they hear a new…

When and How to Train to Get Results

In short, I’ve created a Simple Training Program that answers the following questions: What type of workouts should I do? How often should I workout? What results can I expect? This program covers when and how I recommend you train based on the results you want to get. You can download it below. Now, I’ll…