Life happens. There will come days when you don’t have much time to devote to training. And there will also be days where you just don’t want to do your entire workout; you’ll want to do the bare minimum and be done with it. Whenever those days happen, that is when I like to use time crunch workouts. When performing time crunch workouts (or get-in-the-gym, get-done-as-soon-as possible-and-leave …
Archives for June 2011
What Are You Waiting For?
No, seriously. What are you waiting for before you start making necessary lifestyle changes to reach your fitness and health goals? Every day I hear the same thing: It’s Friday and I want to have a good time this weekend, so I’ll start exercising/eating right on Monday Oh, it’s the end of the month so I’ll start the beginning of next month Well, the beginning of the month starts on a …
One Step Closer
She sat silently in the locker room with her elbows resting on her knees. The fragrance of lavender soap filled her nostrils as she took a deep breath and sighed. It had been one hell of a day at work; she had to show up an hour early and stay an hour late. Instead of a 30 minute lunch break, she only got ten. “Where am I going to get the energy in the next five minutes to squat,” she wondered as …
Baby Steps for Better Health
“It’s time to get ready for summer. Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it no matter how complicated it may be. I want to be bikini-ready in four weeks.” It never fails. I always hear or read an email similar to the statement above. Since summer is just around the corner, people are starting to think about bikini season and want to drop body fat fast. But here’s the cold hard truth – most people …
Have a Fun Workout Part 2
It was a breezy, blue sky Sunday afternoon with temperatures in the low 90s. We stood in the middle of a large park with soccer fields, hair being blown from the wind, my crazy dog running around with her tongue hanging from her mouth, and we stared at the toys we brought with us: three kettlebells and one 50 pound homemade sandbag. Let the fun begin. …