Which diet should I do?!?!

Which diet should I do?  Have you ever asked yourself this question?  If you have, the answer is really very simple…none of them.  Dieting is a fool’s errand.  If you are asking the question as to which diet you should do, you likely are attempting to change your weight.  So the real question is, “how…

What to do if it hurts when I exercise???

“Pain is gain”… that might be true if you call damaging your body “gain”. We hear it all the time.  “Pain is gain”.  It’s every meat heads favorite saying.  One problem though, pain is not gain, pain is an indicator that damage is occurring in your body.  The simple way to understand this is that…

How and When to Work Mobility: The Answer to Your Stiff Body

In this third article of our series on getting rid of your stiff body, we discuss how and when to incorporate mobility into your program. To explore that topic, we have to discuss why the loss of mobility is so damaging. First, your muscles are stupid. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. All of our muscles…

Tight vs Taut: The Answer to Your Stiff Body

Are your muscles tight or taut? The wording may seem simple but the treatment of these two scenarios is drastically different. Releasing tight muscles can relieve pain while releasing taut muscles can actually lead to more. Lets define these two types of muscle tension. Tight muscles = muscles that are shortened, often times from overuse.…

The Answer to Your Stiff Body

If you have been working out for at least six months, stretching regularly, and having very little success releasing tight muscles, this three part article could be your solution. Here’s an overview! First article released TODAY! -The difference between flexibility and mobility.  Second article released this Wednesday! -The difference between tight vs taut muscles and…

The Secrets to a Better Butt!

Let’s just face facts, everybody wants a better butt!  Yes we want to be healthy.  Yes we want to be fit and strong.  But nearly every day I get asked ”How do I get a better butt?” It’s asked tons of ways … “How do I tighten my butt”…“How do I get a bigger butt”…“How…

Tell Tale Signs of A Bad Personal Trainer…

Let me start out with this important detail…I was once a bad personal trainer. I wasn’t the worst, but I certainly wasn’t a good personal trainer. When I first became a trainer, it was because a guy came up to me and complemented the results I had achieved in the gym and he asked me…

Body fat measurement – What, how and who to trust!

There are all sorts of ways that body fat is measured, but most (read all) have quite a large room for error. Beyond potential issues with the accuracy of the tests themselves, operator error can throw results off too. So what method should be used for us to measure body fat, and who should we…

Fat Loss and Metabolism: What’s in the Numbers?

[tabs] [tab title=”Title here”] Text here [/tab] [tab title=”Title here”] Text here [/tab] [tab title=”Title here”] Text here [/tab] [/tabs] Losing fat is as easy as burning more calories than you consume…..right? …right? …guys? Let’s be honest, if we stopped and thought for two minutes, every single one of us knows someone who has tried…

How to pick a personal trainer

Ok, so you’ve spent a whole bunch of time in the gym and realized that you are spinning your wheels and not getting where you want to be. You probably also realized that working out and not succeeding really sucks! Beyond that, you also realized that other people are fit, so there must be some…