No one is born knowing how to workout. Everyone has to start somewhere. When I was in high school and early college, before I got my first personal training certification, I had very little idea what I was doing. Luckily, I was young so my body could weather most of
The perfect workout program, the perfect diet, the perfect plan will never survive a lack of consistency. Consistency is the number 1 thing missing for most people and it is the number 1 reason for fitness failure. What if there was a way to learn to stay on track no
Whether it’s a road trip, weekend get away, work trip, or travel abroad, traveling can absolutely wreck the healthy habits you’ve worked so hard to form. Routines are disrupted, unhealthy options are everywhere, and if you’re light on sleep, you’re more likely to overeat. Now, I am not here to
How many efforts at getting in shape have you tried and failed at? If you are like most people, it’s going to be several, so don’t feel bad. But let’s talk about self sabotage. You start strong, hire a personal trainer, workout regularly, eat right, but then life starts getting
When I sit down with someone to explore personal training options, we talk in detail about goals and why those goals are important to you. “I’d like to improve my endurance” is a very common one. It’s probably the second most common goal after fat loss. I tend to sort
Summer is a time of year where it’s easy for things to snowball in the direction you were already pointed. If you are already on a good trajectory with your workouts, steps, and nutrition, summer is a great time! Your momentum tends to pick up while you have the best
Oh the quick fix… the cleanse, the diet, the detox, the magic weight loss plant/pill/injection. Everything is always going to be so fast, so quick, so easy…just enter your credit card and effortless skinny bliss awaits! *Puke!* Say it with me folks: QUICK FIXES DO NOT WORK LONG TERM! The
Someone recently asked me a pretty common question during a personal training session last week. “Hey Alec, how do I ditch the beer gut?” It’s a really common question. There are some things that are unique to the beer gut beyond normal fat loss principles that are worth covering. You
How do we beat the afternoon slump? Taking an evidence based approach to strength and longevity means using all of the evidence. Sometimes, I write you an article based on the consensus derived from the latest and greatest research. Other times, I write based on the “clinical” evidence that comes
Do you need goals or do you need standards? Goals are important. I’m not going to sit here and say they aren’t. But many goals end up being outcome goals. Outcome goals, like “I want to lose 20lbs” or “I want to win this basketball game”, tend to be things