You need more than fitness. This is one of the first things I tell my personal training clients. It is also why we take an integrated, whole lifestyle approach. Lack of working out is obviously part of the solution and we solve that with personal training. But what about the
On Target Fitness isn’t the Alec show, but here is a little story for you. I got my start in Personal Training when I was on a NROTC Scholarship in college. I had seen how powerful fitness could be for myself and then for others. Fitness had opened the door
One of the best strategies I have seen to get the most bang for your buck on the Seacoast has been shopping local. This doesn’t mean that chains are the devil or you shouldn’t ever shop there. There are just some benefits of giving your business to those that live
Here is a familiar scenario if you have ever raised or been around toddlers. They are playing, having a blast, and bam! Wipe out! They bump their head or their knee, you make a sharp inhale and then there is a 1 second period that feels like an eternity. You
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot and anybody driving faster than you is a maniac?” -George Carlin Let’s talk about phone and social media addiction. Let’s start with the fact that like “driving like a maniac” we have a much better ability to
I had an epiphany when I was thinking about the best way to improve nutrition. I realized there are really only two strategies. Nutrition is so tough for all of us because it is the intersection of a few different disciplines: chemistry, biology, agriculture, evolution, psychology, family dynamics, and good
I hate to say it. It applies to me too. If you only tell us what we want to hear, we’ll buy from you. Of course we want fitness to be quick, easy, and cheap. Much of the fitness industry is selling comfortable lies that all end in the same
Pennies make dimes. Dimes make dollars. It is really easy to overlook all the small ways we can increase our activity in a day. After all, what real difference could something simple like parking farther away really make in the grand scheme of things. It turns out, a lot. It’s
I’ve had a couple of really interesting conversations in the last couple of weeks. Each of them was with someone who has serious momentum behind their fitness, nutrition, and overall health. Two were clients who have lost significant weight and are now in amazing shape. Another was a buddy of
Sorry friends. I am going to be a buzzkill. We all have to actively decide what our relationship to alcohol will be. That is going to look a little different for everyone. I will also say that most of us require a pretty high level of disfunction and poor health