January 2014

Now, I may take some heat for this.  My clientele may come out and think that this is about them.  It’s not.  I promise.  But what we know and what we continuously find out all the time is that consistency is the key to success.  No excuses, no issues, no rationalizations.  So many new gym goers give up so quickly because they are not seeing the results that they want in the time span that they think they should.  So they quit and say that it wasn’t worth it or it wasn’t working.  But just like anything else, exercise is a SKILL.  And skills need to be practiced.  Now, that being said, practice does NOT make perfect, as the old adage goes.  Practice makes PERMANENT.  It’s good to be consistent, but you have to be consistently GOOD.   If you practice exercise poorly (a discussion that I have with person after person that I come in contact with), you will only emphasize and promote poor movement and long-term injury.  But so many people are not willing to put in the consistent practice to make sure that what they do, they do WELL.  It is just like your mother always told you when you were a kid….Anything that is worth doing, is worth doing well.  So be good at it!  But you have to practice.  And in order to practice, you need to BE THERE.  Get consistent.  Get good!

Hard Before Easy






Eat well!


So, everyone should call their mother and tell them that they were right.  Not about the clothes she put you in, but the fact that she made you eat breakfast and said it was the most important meal of the day!  New studies at the Tel Aviv University showed that people who ate a heartier breakfast (about 700 kcal) were able to better regulate their metabolism throughout the day, and ended up losing more weight than groups who ate smaller breakfasts and larger dinners.  The test groups all ate the same amount of calories through the course of the day, the only difference was how they were distributed.  One group ate less at breakfast and more at dinner, the other just the opposite.  Now, the foods weren’t Krispy Kreme’s and Cocoa Puffs, however.  They were filled with things like scrambled eggs, milk, whole wheat toast and even some tuna (not my choice of meat in eggs, but to each their own).  So, don’t skip breakfast.  Don’t skimp on it either.  Your body and your metabolism will thank you.


Well Hello there!  I’ve missed you guys.  It seems like it’s been forever since I’ve written.  Probably because it has.  Crazy Christmas, holidays and sicknesses.  Anyway, I’m going to start 2014 off with an easy one.  I want you guys to fill in the blank, and respond in the comments.  We’ll see what kind of answers we get!  I’m excited.  Answer the following question:

My WELLNESS goal for 2014 is _________________.

Now, keep in mind, that wellness is a much broader umbrella than is fitness.  Fitness is part of it, but not all of it.  So, therefore, your goal does not have to do with fitness, as such.  To give an example.  MY wellness goal for 2014 is patience.  Patience, people will tell you, is a virtue.  It is just one that I do not generally possess.  So, I am going to try to be more patient in 2014.  I believe that this will help me to be less stressed overall, and achieve a better sense of fitness and wellness.  See, it is all connected.  So, what is YOUR wellness goal for 2014.  I’m eager to hear your responses.