What an honor to have been asked to write this piece for Athletic Business in conjunction with the American Council on Exercise. Adding a health coach to your fitness professional staff may just be the boost your business needs. Find Read more…
A long-time friend of mine, Sarah (we’ve known each other for the better part of – what – 30 years – shoot – now I’ve dated us!), posted an article on Facebook that highlighted the damaging impact of pre-judging a Read more…
Hello, faithful blog followers! I hope you’re enjoying this summer day! I wanted to take a minute to provide you with a resource if you are looking for information on the quality of different fitness trackers.
There are a ton of quality as well as questionable fitness products on the market today. And, it gets tricky an
d time-consuming to research all the
various pros and cons of each individual product. A reader recently sent me this resource: Reviews.com.
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Hello, loyal readers and friends! Please join my colleague, Bev Hosford, and me on our new Facebook Live show starting Wednesday, July 12th at 11:30 a.m. (MST). We are excited about this endeavor! During the show, we will be discussing Read more…
As any professional tends to do, I reflect…almost too much…on the past and examine what went well, what didn’t quite work out, and what I learned from said experience. I jokingly tell my students, if I was paid on the number of errors I made, I could retire by age 40. (more…)
Believe it or not, even health and fitness professionals reach plateaus and search for new ideas to infuse the fun back into a workout. This week, I thought I would share some of my favorite fast, fun, and fabulously effective workouts. (more…)
Stress is one of the most pervasive afflictions in today’s world. It often begins as a little “thing” and snowballs into a chronic condition – if we don’t find healthy and natural ways to diminish the daily drain.
A misconception about stress is that it relates to a person’s occupation. While it’s true, occupational stress is a hazard to health, but stress isn’t limited to a workspace nor does it discriminate against certain people. In short, stress affects everyone – we just respond to what stresses us in different ways. The key to combatting this gremlin is to starve it – not feed it.
Days get crazy – even if we start them with the best of intentions and a “plan” to attack the to-do list. Trust me, I get it. I have roughly 10-12 articles due a month for various organizations and sometimes I even need to remind myself to get up every 90 minutes and move. Given that 2/3 of the country struggles suffers from poor health, we can safely assume that same 2/3 struggle with daily movement. Below are the tactics I employ throughout my day (following my morning workout) to keep the blood flowing freely and the calories burning. (more…)
Nutrition is a complicated topic if we keep the focus on the latest fad, popular trend, or the “in” pop culture-esque piece of advice (whether it’s right or wrong or somewhere in between).
Some days are harder than others, would you agree? All of us balance a million different tasks and responsibilities and we can’t always afford the time or the money to treat ourselves to a relaxing day spa experience.
As you all know, I’m an advocate for living a balanced life – not just in a 
physical and nutritional sense – but in a mental and emotional sense. To do this takes a conscious commitment to integrating those “for me mini-moments” in the day. Why not, in addition to taking a few minutes to be active, take 10-minute spa breaks? Doing so will help you hit the reset button and attack the nex task with vigor, energy, and an enhanced cognitive focus. (more…)