Optimizing Health: The Importance of Self-Care. The All Too Typical Day It’s hard to imagine packing more into your already busy day. You already have plenty to tackle in the office, from meetings, to project deadlines, to reaching out to clients. At home,...
Rethinking Resolutions
With the new year often comes reflection, introspection, and commitment to do things differently this year than the last. Diet and exercise are frequently among the ‘things’ that individuals set out to change. As both are largely within our individual control, these...
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How the trainers eat VOL 7
Hi there. Back at it again on how we eat. Nutrition varies from person to person even though we all, all us trainers that is, have similar goals in mind - boost performance, optimize health. Here are the collective responses to what we normally eat, where we...
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Recovery is Key to Improving Fitness and Health: the secret to performing at your highest level
3,2,1..GO! You start your workout feeling good but suddenly realize that you haven’t recovered from your workout 3 days ago..legs still feel really sore from the squats, starting to feel sluggish and that kettlebell weight you used last week with ease is feeling like...
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Perfect Day Formula Part 1
Life gets stressful. Period. Finding a balance in your day can help even out stress so you are able to focus on yourself, get work done, have family time and also do activities that you love to do. One thing I love to do is learn. To make the best use of my commute...
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How the trainers eat Vol. 6
FOOD! Even just saying the word makes me hungry. This blog post will be a little different than the previous posts about how we eat. I am digging deeper into the who, what, when, where and why. Below are quotes from your favorite FiT trainers when asked...
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Headspace: De-stress to Impress
Imagine, 10 minutes of no buzzing phone, no place to be and nothing to do besides sit peacefully with yourself. Sounds out of this world, right? With just the click of a button you can have it all. Headspace is a mindfulness meditation app that has offered millions of...
What is your Spark?
Twice a year, all of our staff get together to read and dissect a book; these are usually not directly related to fitness, but instead subjects that will get us thinking. At the end of the day, though, we DO become better trainers and coaches because the topics help...
Score one for the Paleo Diet
Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet May Help Some Children With Autism, Research Suggests Research recently out of Penn State University provides more support for some of the therapeutic effects of a Paleo Diet - exclusion of gluten and casein (wheat and dairy protein,...
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What Do You Value
I was listening to a discussion between two strength coaches the other day talking about the excuses they hear from people regarding exercise and nutrition, and it got me thinking. What are your priorities in life and where do exercise and nutrition fit in all that?...