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What is Functional Training, and Why is it Important?
What is Functional Training? Functional training is performing exercises or movements that help you perform everyday activities such as carrying groceries, getting out of bed, and even playing basketball with your kids. Functional fitness exercises are designed to...
What is a Certified Nutrition Coach?
The Certified Nutrition Coach acts as mentor to the general population. The CNC help clients create positive changes to behavior to include healthy eating patterns and healthy mindset. They will provide guidelines in regard to calories in and calories, they will...
Goal Setting – Write Them Down!
We all know the importance of goal setting but most times we do not clearly define our goals. What is the difference between these two sayings: " I want to lose weight" and " I want to lose weight by eating healthy and exercising ". Which of the two statements define...
Healthy Holiday Tricks
The average calorie intake on Thanksgiving is 5,000 Calories! When I read this it blew my mind but I can see how this is easily done with all the all the appetizers, main dishes, desserts and drinks. So How can we enjoy the Holidays without derailing our health and...
How To Move Past a Weight Loss Plateau
We all know that to lose weight there must be a calorie deficit. This means we must expend more energy than we take in. When we first start our journey to weight loss, we may work with a certified nutrition coach who can help guide us to the right path that works for...
The Best Reasons Why You Should Get A Personal Trainer
Working out sounds easy on paper. You just go into the gym, do some cardio, pick up some weights, and head back home. However, when you go to the gym, you realize this is not the case, as you do not even know where to start. Moreover, you do not know what exercises...
Be Stronger Than Your Excuses
We hear all the excuses on why it is hard to be healthy. When you hear them or say them to yourself turn the excuse around for a reason to be healthy! 1. I don't have time! I get it ,we are all very busy. With Beachbody on Demand we save time as we do not have to...
Staying Healthy and Productive while working from home
Our lives have turned upside down and we are trying to create our new normal. Many of us are working from home for the first time. Some of us have to coordinate home school and work, and with all of this we are trying to stay active, fit and healthy So just how do we...
How Do I Get a Flat Stomach?
The abdominals are just like any other muscle group - for the abdominals to become visibly defined, they must grow larger and the fat that lies over them must decrease. What makes the visible definition of the abdominals so difficult to see is that they are situated...
Tips for Getting Fit and Healthy
There are so many articles out there on how to get fit, how to lose weight quickly, that no wonder we all start and stop our journey! The fad diets are just that- -FAD diets – low carb, high carb, low fat, high fat, take this pill, drink this shake. It all gets so...