Here are the first 7 things you MUST know about the transversus abdominis muscle for optimal performance and a great physique:...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011. A fit girl is never more happy than when she is being active and when she is fit she feels healthy and beautiful. A fit girl is stylish and discerning about what puts on her body and in her body. Here is my pick of smart...

5 cool pieces of fitness equipment you might be lucky enough to see in your gym soon. Here are some of the standout pieces of fitness equipment and tools that peaked my interest and are now on my Fitness Wish List!...

Here’s a quick hip flexor primer to give you an idea the important role these muscles play in posture, physique and performance and how I 'release' mine when they get tight...

Rule by fit people, it’s a Fitocracy and it’s building momentum...

There is nothing worse than active people who can’t be active and do what they love because of an injury. My own knees sidelined my running and hiking for several years until I happened to discover a foot support system that completely eliminated my knee pain...

Keep working your butt off for a post exercise metabolism boost. All of these articles I have been reading lately that dismiss the ‘afterburn’ after exercise are really starting to annoy me. I‘ve had people come up to me and say that I have been wrong about...

As a personal trainer I am regularly asked "Well what do you do?". This is what I do. It is surprisingly simple and the only difference between me and masses of people trying to lose weight and get in shape is that I actually do it, and I have been...

II like to throw around some pretty heavy weight during my workouts and a couple of good ‘heavy’ workouts each week keeps me lean and strong. But I choose not to be a slave to the gym during the gorgeous days of summer when outdoor workouts are as good for...

I came across this book in the bookstore without having heard about it previously, which is rare because I usually choose books based on reviews or referrals. The title peaked my curiosity because as a personal trainer this is an area of interest for me and the author’s credentials and experience...

This best selling cookbook (Robert Kennedy Publishing 2007) is the logical follow-up to the original Eat-Clean Diet book with recipes to support clean eating to get and stay lean. If you happen to be perusing the bookstore and thinking about picking up this popular cookbook whatever you do don’t flip to...

This silly squishy ball has transformed this personal trainers business to the point where I have actually started a growing waitlist of people wanting to do my Ugi workouts. Here are some of my custom 30-minute Ugi workouts...

A fitness gadget skeptic finds a new training tool. Meet UGI, the squishy fitness ball that this personal trainer has fallen in love with!...

Here are a couple of ways to sneak a workout into your winter family fun (and your kids won't even know)...

Have you ever noticed that CEO's of many of the larger and more successful companies are relatively fit and healthy looking? Is there something that successful CEO’s know about fitness that the rest of the company doesn't know?...

Enter Esther Blum, your new best girlfriend or your ‘nutritional fairy godmother’ as she describes herself. She is hip, stylish, likable, a bit of a party girl and she just happens to have a whole lot more credentials than cocktails she serves up, and that's alot...