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I take a lot of pride in what I do, and am the first to recognize when it’s taken for granted.  Believe me when I say it: the personal training…

  There’s an important point that most people with an interest in fitness seem to forget: It’s the fact that at its core, the fitness industry should be about health,…

Log onto YouTube on any given day and sift past the fluffy stuff. You’ll probably notice it’s teeming with videos of lifters moving impressive numbers in the weight room.  This…

As adults, we look at the vulnerability, innocence and impressionable nature of children with smiles on our faces, knowing that those days will soon be gone come their maturation to adulthood.…

The pursuit of a healthy, fit lifestyle and its rewards has to be one of life’s most misleading areas of concentration. In my previous blogs, you’ve read about the psychological…

I’ve written a fair amount of articles that place a dual responsibility on fitness professionals and the gymgoers who make the decision to get in shape.  This one takes a…

There was once a revolution that kick-started an idea. This idea revolved around a lifestyle where lifting weights and working out with a measure of purposeful intensity wasn’t necessarily the…

My industry is excoriated by white-collar fatheads and old school sticklers more than any other industry we can think of.  It’s an uphill battle to deal with people who won’t…

As a trainer, I’ve heard every reason in the book to explain why people’s fitness levels and bodies are the way they are. Sometimes – scratch that – many times,…