Vision Fitness and Wellness

Ask A Personal Trainer – How Often Should I Work Out?

You’re motivated. You’re inspired. You’re working out like a mad man (or woman) every single day. You might even be training on an intense two-a-day schedule. Then, suddenly, you hit the wall. You no longer feel physically or mentally inspired to continue. Your body and mind hurt and you’re just not feeling your best. But, how can this be? When it comes to working out, isn’t more always more? Not exactly. According to a great article...

Create Your Vision of Movement

Imagine if you were given the assignment to stop all the healthy things you do for yourself in a day. Your average step count – the number of steps you take each day – drops from 10,000 to only 4,300 per day. To round out the experiment, you had to keep the exact same diet – including snacks – that you would during your usually active lifestyle. Do you think you would would survive the duration of such an experiment? I...

Instant Wellness Upgrades

I love goals. Especially goals related to my favorite parts of life: fitness and wellness. With fitness, accomplishing a goal takes a plan, scheduling, dedication, sweat and the right training. With wellness things can become confusing due to the sheer number of topics there are to cover when it comes to seemingly simple goals, like losing weight. How many calories do I eat in a day to sustain my current weight? How do I know the difference...

Heart Health Myths BUSTED!

Valentine’s Day provides the perfect reminder to put a little more focus on our heart – you know, work up a sweat, get your pulse racing… via fitness and exercise, of course (wink, wink!). Don’t let this holiday overshadow another very important red-themed movement happening – Go RED for Women! Guys – this applies to you because I know you have a wife, mother, friend or loved one in your life of the female...

Busy? Try These Healthy One-Dish Meals

The daily grind. You rush to work, grab whatever is most convenient for lunch, tackle your workout and then it’s on to your home with the inevitable question of “what’s for dinner?”. It would be a dream for most of us to walk in the door to a delicious, healthy, already-prepared dinner. As a personal trainer my days begin with wake-up times as early as 4:00am, long before thoughts of dinner cross my mind. I stress the...

Vacation from your Exercise Program, Trainer Orders!

No matter where you have come from, and where you are going, I have found there is always some good that comes out of your transition. Transitioning out of my position as fitness manager this past year had me reflect on some of the most impactful contributions that some of the trainers I was honored and humbled to lead had made on the clients, members, team and myself included. Stephen was a squash coach and private trainer at the club. In...

TRAIN SMARTER, NOT HARDER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

Heart Rate Training for your cardio program will not only help you stay on track with your fitness and wellness goals but also ensure you have a good base and jump start for next year! Heart Rate Specific Training will reprogram your metabolism to burn more fat. A cardio program based on your individualized training zones will assist you in creating metabolic efficiency. This relates to your ability to train your muscles to burn fat. Benefits...

Be True to You in Your Training Program!

The one size fits all approach to training and exercises has long been taken out of the books. When it comes to reaching your fitness and wellness goals it is important to be on an exercise program that is individualized not only for your goals, current level and experience but in addition, suits your personality and who you are. Personality and who you are has a lot to do with what you enjoy doing. Success in reaching your goals is far more...