You Want It To Be... What?

"Train hard or go home," "Just do it," "Pain is weakness, leaving the body," "There is no Off-Season," these are just a few of the encouraging T-shirts and slogans meant to inspire the average gym-goer to give it their all-to do their best. Most would likely nod in agreement with these statements yet in recent years, many in the fitness industry have extolled the "benefits" of workouts marketed to experts and novices alike that promise "short" and "easy" routines resulting in nearly miraculous transformations. While punishing and torturous exercise is counter-productive at best and harmful at worst, something about the words "easy" and "exercise" just don't go together. 

What Do Successful People Have in Common? (More Than You Think)...

There is a scene in Oliver Stone's 1987 movie Wall Street in which Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) and Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) are riding in the back of a Limo. The car is stopped in traffic. Horns are honking. The two are staring out the window. Gekko, pointing, says to Bud "look out there…" and motions out to the busy street corner. A richly dressed executive carrying a briefcase stands at the curb next to a bum with a shopping cart filled with garbage. "You really think the difference between this guy and that guy is luck?" asks Gekko.

There are always exceptions but, generally speaking,successful people tend to have a lot in common. Maybe

Why Weight Training is the Only Way to Fitness

Somewhere in America, there is a woman emphatically proclaiming “…no, I don’t want to lift weights…I’ll just bulk up.”  Putting aside the fact that in order for that to happen, sufficient amounts of the hormone testosterone must be present in amounts which the female body doesn’t produce-this fallacy, somehow still prevails, (in spite of our knowledge of basic endocrinology.)  While there are women body builders who use performance enhancing drugs to  create the muscular physique that most women (and men for that matter), find unattractive, this is not the norm for most women who lift weights. 

10 Fitness Tips That Might Surprise You

Exercise science is a rapidly changing field. There is new research coming out in the fitness and nutrition journals every month. What you learned today, may be considered obsolete, no longer relevant, or even harmful a year from now.

The basics will never go “out of style.” Certain exercises, training models, and basic nutrition will always be part of the training discussion but sometimes, we just want something new. Below are 10 surprising tips that you may not have heard before. 

7 Ways to Prepare for the Impending Doom...Swimsuit Season

Spring cleaning to look good in that swimsuit! 

Since you’ll be easing yourself into a bikini or shorts in the next few weeks (always think positive), the time to set yourself up for success is NOW! Below are 7 things you should toss NOW that can sabotage your mission.  Use these simple strategies to jump start your program today!  Start by avoiding...