5 Essential Holiday Fitness Tips

5 Essential Holiday Fitness Tips

Holiday Fitness Tips The average American gains anywhere from 5 lbs. to 12 lbs. between Thanksgiving and New Year’s! So before we kick off this month and a half marathon of good times and overindulging, let me weigh in with 5 tips to help you minimize setbacks and...
Should You Use Exercise Machines?

Should You Use Exercise Machines?

All things being constant (same weight, same exercise), you will get more benefit from using free weights than you will from a machine. Two reasons: Because free weights allow for a full range of motion. We all come in different shapes and sizes, machines don’t. So...
Why You Should Always Warm-Up

Why You Should Always Warm-Up

Most of us workout to lose weight, build muscle, and feel more confident. Unfortunately, most of us also skip the warm-up. I get it, there’s nothing particularly sexy or fun about warming up. But the truth is, when you bypass the warm-up and go straight into your...
How To Lose Fat Not Muscle

How To Lose Fat Not Muscle

Your body has the ability to “catabolize”, or break down and use your muscle tissue for energy if your glycogen stores are depleted and no glucose is available. If you are trying to lose body fat AND build lean muscle simultaneously, you obviously want to avoid this....
Gym Etiquette 101: Mistakes To Avoid

Gym Etiquette 101: Mistakes To Avoid

While this gym etiquette list could be A LOT longer, here are some basic unwritten rules to abide by when in a crowded gym.  Some of these may seem obvious to my fellow gym goers who’ve been at this a long time, but remember that we were all beginners at one point...