The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly around the world, claiming the lives of many, and leaving a feeling of danger for the majority of the…
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Working Out at Home: Creating an Environment for Success
With gym closures and social distancing protocols in place nationwide, worldwide, working out at home has become the only solution. Virtual fitness classes and…
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The Power of Positivity: Inspiring Fitness Clients to Succeed
Positivity is paramount in our daily lives. See the glass half full. Make lemonade with lemons. All that good stuff…happy thoughts. It can be found,…
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Mighty Mitochondria: Powerhouses of the Cells
Mitochondria play a huge role in our energy levels and our metabolic functions. Can we help clients make the most of these cells’ power? As…
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The Sitting Solution: Body Hacks to Keep You Loose While Stuck Inside
It’s a quarantine conundrum…as the body adapts to staying at home, how do we avoid the deleterious effects of our home behaviors? We all know…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on a New Business Owner
The repercussions of COVID-19 on our lives have been overwhelming for most, but there is a unique stress to being the owner of a business…
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Tips for Working From Home
Whether you’ve been working from home for years or for weeks, you know that working in the same place where you cook, sleep, and spend…
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Calisthenics: Bodyweight Workout for Home Fitness Clients
Change and uncertainty can be extremely unsettling. When life falls out of its natural rhythm and we don’t know when it will return, it’s hard…
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The Carbohydrate Conflict: Why Carbs Don’t Make You Fat
No doubt, nutrition is a complex and confusing topic for many, especially our personal training clients. It is further complicated and “muddied” by the constant…
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Isometric Towel Workout
There are three different types of muscular contractions: concentric (shortening of the muscle), eccentric (lengthening of the muscle) and isometric (muscle doesn’t change length and…
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Coffee Hacks: Boosting Your Java Jolt
Coffee and creativity seem to go hand-in-hand, often to the nutritional benefit of the savvy consumer and coffee hack enthusiast. Wake up and take a…
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Trying Tai Chi: A Novel Approach to Staying Active at Home
With all that’s going on courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures like quarantine and fitness facility closures to ‘flatten the curve’ or slow its…
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