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Nutrition: are we as compliant as we think we are? With formal diets fading out and the idea of implementing sustainable lifestyle changes on the rise, the phrase “it’s all about balance” has been thrown around quite a bit. As someone heavily involved in the health/fitness industry, but also someone who enjoys high calorie beer as much as the next person, I couldn’t agree with this more. The question is: are we truly being honest with ourselves about how balanced we act...

We are all born with the working parts for perfect alignment. Unfortunately, most people (including myself) do not have it. After diving into Katy Bowman’s “Alignment Matters,” I have somewhat shifted my view on what ‘healthy’ really means. We tend to think of heath in terms of diseases and/or fitness level. However, what if I told you that someone with plantar fasciitis or chronic low back pain is just as unhealthy as someone with high blood pressure or someone wh...

How To Maintain Your New Year's Resolutions Every year, we tell ourselves that next year will be better. We will eat cleaner, exercise more, get enough sleep, meditate…the list goes on and on. When the new year comes, we are motivated to shift our habits from eating and drinking our way through the holidays to really honing in on our goals. Unfortunately, this motivation doesn’t always last. Eventually, the concept of ‘starting anew’ wears off and we resort back to our ...

The First 8 Weeks of Training: Getting Started and Staying With It Strength training can be intimidating when you are starting from scratch. Your body has become comfortable with not having to constantly adjust its physique in response to external load, and it is happy that way. But you shouldn't be. The longer you wait to begin strength training, the more quickly your body will more or less “age.” When you reach a certain age, your body naturally looses muscle mass (a process calle...

Simplifying exercise: the two key components of success If I could narrow down the top two most important components of exercise, it would be 1.) Consistency 2.) Variation. Although these two concepts seem counterintuitive side by side, they perfectly intermingle to create the formula for sustainable success. Here’s how: 1.) Consistency: what’s better - exercising intensely everyday for 6 months, or exercising 3-4 times per week for life? If you guessed the latter, you are correct....