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...

There are a handful of ‘things’ that I use all the time to support my active lifestyle. There are fitness tools, gear and clothing that I have had for years and serve such an important role in my active life that I would surely have to replace them in they...

What a fun post idea. Here are my 7 Links as part of the Problogger challenge...

I love to hear about the surprise benefits people discover after becoming more physically active. I have collected them from my clients over the years and share some of them here...

Even if your baby is in college, you may still need to adapt your fitness program to your postpartum body. Carrying, giving birth to and raising a baby can cause muscle imbalances that can persist decades after baby is born, if not corrected. Here are some issues that may be linked...

3 things Starbucks can teach us about reaching our fitness goals...

7 reasons why I will not kick your butt on your first training session. Why I do not do full intensity workouts for one-time clients or on the first session...