I've been holding this confession back for a long time but I feel like I'm ready to spill the beans: I am pretty much over Group Fitness Classes and I am almost ready to quit teaching altogether. My Reasons are as follows: Lack of Standards with Group Fitness Instructors Pointless Workouts with no goal or ... read more >
GoalsMy goal for this 6 weeks was to lose body fat and also getting back to my holistic approach to eating and merging it with bodybuilding.NutritionMy food scale broke. This was a blessing in disguise. I felt like I was becoming a slave to my food scale, so when it broke I made a point to ... read more >
My 6 week training cycle became 7 weeks and 2.5 days once I realized how long it was from October 1 until Thanksgiving Eve.So that gives me an extra week or so to bring it on down before I take a break Thanksgiving weekend and cook my favorite naughty treatsA Review of Q3 ProgressWhen I ... read more >
As a fitness coach, it makes me sad to look around the cardio room and watch people work hard and sweat only to not see their bodies change or change in the wrong direction.We've been taught that cardiovascular is the key to FAT LOSS. Many take up endurance sports like running and biking to lose ... read more >
I'm back.From G Day in August until about Sept 27, I have been in limbo. During that time I have quit and given up on bodybuilding and my goal of doing a fitness competition about 10 times. I figured it was never going to happen and I should just throw in the towel. This lasts ... read more >
In the last installment of this article, I talked about adjusting mindset towards food. It is time for a shift in thinking about "dieting". Here are several things that you must realize: 1) In order to lose body fat you MUST eat in a caloric deficit 2) The goal of your "diet" should be to ... read more >
You need to learn to eat as much as possible in order to optimize your metabolism. This means that yes, Ladies you need to EAT. This is a post primarily geared at women but I think that everyone can find some useful information. We need to change the perspective on what it means to “diet”. ... read more >
That moment where it's you, the scale, and some prayers that today you will receive a favorable outcome. Readjusting to Real Life Last Saturday I stepped on the scale and saw a number that didn't make me leap for joy. Since abandoning my fitness competition goal for this year I have tried to readjust to normalcy ... read more >
Here in the Bay Area, it is just starting to warm-up so that means lots of sleeveless wear.Please check out this workout that I put together and was featured on my company's website! It's gets the job done utilizing supersets to overload the muscle and save time!Upper Body Strength Workout!
Flashback to the 1990's: Fat Free foods were all the rage. Fat free cookies and desserts lined the shelves. Food Marketers and health experts preached that our intake of fat is what was leading to cardiovascular disease and the obesity epidemic. What happened? Americans became fatter than ever so that wasn't the answer. In the ... read more >
