Part three is here and is going to be all about the nutritional aspects that I used to reach my goal of losing 30 pounds!
Click the link below to see the 10-lessons learned and strategies used along the way!
Read MoreThe cliche statement of ‘long term weight loss is best’ and/or the cliche of ‘it will take time to reach your goal’ is 100% true, and in my first 10 lessons, one of the success points was that I gave myself over 5 months to achieve my goal.
But I wanted to go a few layers deeper, HOW do stay motivated over 3,4,5 months of training? Or if you’re reading this and you are someone who needs to lose 70,80, or even 100+ pounds, how do you stay consistent for that length of time?
Well, keep reading, because this article is for you.
Read MoreBack in January I received an invite to one of my close friends weddings. The save the date told me that the party was going down in the middle of June and that I needed to bring my dancing shoes.
The dancing is neither here, nor there, but I felt was important for the story, haha!
Like many, when I received my invitation, I thought about what I was going to wear. I pulled out a few of my 'go-to’s’ as far as fancy-pants, dress up clothes, and much to my dismay, the pants didn’t fit.
I’m not talking about sucking it in.
I’m talking about stealing one of my wife’s hair ties and wrapping it around the fly of the pants to bungee those suckers shut.
Alas, my weight-loss motivation began!
Read MoreWhich came first; the chicken or the egg?
Which came first; the weight you want to use or how many reps you want to do?
^^That sounded way better in my head^^
The serious- and timeless- question awaits...how do I know what weight to use when I work out?
Read MoreMy favorite part about working as a personal trainer is the excitement individuals have when they first start working with me.
It’s amazing.
I even remember my first day working with Diane, a retired Nurse, who came in to her first workout with brand new sneakers.
Seriously, seeing people get fired up about improving their health is contagious. It’s my favorite party of the gig, for sure.
It took a few years to realize but that excitement was also my greatest mistake.
Read MoreI wanted to write this week and answer three really good questions asked by personal training clients over the last few weekly check-ins.
I always like covering these questions because, well, if clients are asking I'm sure more people are wondering the same thing!
If you're interested in checking out past editions of articles like this, you can check them out
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